tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com - 7/13/2009
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Earlier today, we raised a few questions about the notion that the secret CIA program that Dick Cheney reportedly withheld from Congress concerned an effort to kill or capture al Qaeda leaders. And now a top counter-terror expert is doing the same.
Vince Cannistraro, a former CIA ...
thinkprogress.org - 7/13/2009
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thinkprogress.org —
On Saturday, the New York Times reported that
former Vice President Dick Cheney gave “ direct orders...
” to the CIA, compelling the agency to withhold “information about a secret counterterrorism program from Congress for eight ...
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Liz Cheney: Investigating My Dad Would Prove Americans ...
talkingpointsmemo.com - 7/14/2009
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talkingpointsmemo.com —
The New York Times is also reporting now
that the secret Bush-era CIA program kept from Congress...
and terminated last month by CIA Director Leon Panetta was a plan to assassinate top al Qaeda officials that was never implemented. This is additional ...
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Something Not Adding Up
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com - 7/13/2009
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tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com —
We've gotten some more information in recent days
about that secret CIA program that the agency withheld...
key information from Congress about, and that CIA director Leon Panetta promptly shut down when he learned about it last month. But the new ...
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New Info Brings More Questions On Secret CIA Program
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Drone or Gun = Same Difference
Talking Points Memo —
... Now a former CIA counterterrorism chief tells TPMmuckraker there would be no need for a special CIA program or separate legal authorization since we've been targeting Al Qaeda leaders for years. Remember all the drone attacks still going on in Pakistan? ...
CIA Vet: Agency Doesn't Need Secret Program To Target al Qaeda
The Political Carnival —
... ? Well, well, well, looks like it was Ultra Super Duper redundant... unless it was those darned Americans they were targeting: ...
Something Not Adding Up
Talking Points Memo —
... is additional confirmation of the Wall Street Journal story that essentially reported the same basic outlines of the still-classified program.
The Times compares the program to drone attacks against al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan. "This was another effort that was trying to accomplish the same objective," Sen. Kit Bond (R-MO), ranking member on the Senate intel committee, tells the paper.
But as a former CIA counterterrorism chief told TPMmuckraker today:
"The CIA runs drones and targets al Qaeda safe ...
Why would the CIA hide Al Qaeda hit squads from congress?
Majikthise —
... A former CIA counterterrorism official told TPM Muckraker that there's no legal difference between killing with a drone and shooting or stabbing the victim. ...
Secret CIA Program: Al Qaeda Hit Teams, or Death Squads?
The Moderate Voice —
... start with this post David Kurtz wrote yesterday. “Something [about this program] isn’t adding up,” he said:
The Times compares the program to drone attacks against al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan. “This was another effort that was trying to accomplish the same objective,” Sen. Kit Bond (R-MO), ranking member on the Senate intel committee, tells the paper.
But as a former CIA counterterrorism chief told TPMmuckraker today:
“The CIA runs drones and targets al Qaeda safe ...
The Democrats' Selective Amnesia on Assassination: Clinton Did It and Obama Does It Too
Commondreams.org Views —
... being described- should hardly be a major scandal to members of the House and Senate Intelligence Committees, as some are now treating it. As they well know, President Obama has continued the Bush targeted assassination program using weaponized drones and special forces teams hunting "high value targets." As former CIA Counter-terrorism chief Vincent Cannistraro and others have pointed out, "The CIA runs drones and targets al Qaeda safe houses all the time." Cannistraro told Talking Points Memo that there is no important difference between those kinds of attacks and ...
Jeremy Scahill: The Democrats' Selective Amnesia on Assassination: Clinton Did It and Obama Does It Too
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... being described-- should hardly be a major scandal to members of the House and Senate Intelligence Committees, as some are now treating it. As they well know, President Obama has continued the Bush targeted assassination program using weaponized drones and special forces teams hunting "high value targets." As former CIA Counter-terrorism chief Vincent Cannistraro and others have pointed out, "The CIA runs drones and targets al Qaeda safe houses all the time." Cannistraro told Talking Points Memo that there is no important difference between those kinds of attacks and ...
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obsidianwings.blogs.com 7/12/2009 — by hilzoy From the Washington Post : "Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. is leaning toward appointing a criminal prosecutor to investigate whether CIA personnel tortured terrorism suspects after Sept. 11, 2001, setting the stage for a conflict ...
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Liz Cheney open to running for office —
CNN Political Ticker 7/13/2009
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Liz Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and a former State Department official, said Monday that she is considering running for political office sometime in the future.
"It's something I may well may do ...
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