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The Political Carnival: Italian court convicts 23 Americans of kidnapping in CIA rendition case
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News: EXCLUSIVE: Convicted CIA Spy Says "We Broke the Law"
Firedoglake: Obama Administration “Disappointed” Italy Enforces Laws Against Kidnapping
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"...sloppy" tradecraft involved cellphone records of the CIA team assembled to take Abu Omar. (Heh, heh!) http://alturl.com/ye8h 22 days ago |
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Convicted CIA Spy Says "We Broke the Law" http://bit.ly/2UHAYJ 24 days ago |
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RT @thespianduckie: EXCLUSIVE: Convicted CIA Spy Says "We Broke the Law" - ABC News http://bit.ly/3Gw556 24 days ago |
Italian court convicts 23 Americans of kidnapping in CIA rendition case
The Political Carnival —
... Sabrina DeSousa, a former CIA operative, told ABC News that the agency and the US government "betrayed and abandoned" her and the other US government employees who orchestrated the kidnapping as part of the CIA's extraordinary rendition program, which saw terrorism suspects shipped to countries where they could be tortured within the confines of local law. ...
EXCLUSIVE: Convicted CIA Spy Says "We Broke the Law"
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... whoever authorized and approved this," said former CIA officer Sabrina deSousa in an interview to be broadcast tonight on ABC's World News with Charles Gibson. DeSousa says the U.S. "abandoned and betrayed" her and the others who were put on trial for the kidnapping. She was sentenced in absentia to five years in prison. ............... "Everything I did was approved back in Washington," she said. deSousa says she was on a ski trip on the actual day of the kidnapping. Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/exclusive-convicted-cia-s...
Obama Administration “Disappointed” Italy Enforces Laws Against Kidnapping
Firedoglake —
... ABC reports that one of the convicted officials concedes the US broke the law, but she argues the Bush and Obama Administrations should have claimed diplomatic immunity for her: ...
ABC = Journalism MIA
At-Largely —
... that one of its officers was seeking to connect with suspected al Qaeda figures, the officials said. So a guy the Bush FBI cleared after an "intensive investigation" happened to attend the same mosque as Hasan. And? What is the point? What is the connection to the allegations? Then we get this part, as always, Hoekstra doing his song and dance: Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R-MI), the ranking Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, said that he requested the CIA and other intelligence agencies brief the committee on what was known, if anything, about Hasan by the U.S. ...
Hasan Tried To Contact al Qaeda. Sounds Like A Jihadi To Me
Pirate's Cove —
... Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R-MI), the ranking Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, said that he requested the CIA and other intelligence agencies brief the committee on what was known, if anything, about Hasan by the U.S. intelligence community, only to be refused. ...
Hasan Tried To Contact al Qaeda. Sounds Like A Jihadi To Me
Stop The ACLU —
... that one of its officers was seeking to connect with suspected al Qaeda figures, the officials said. Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R-MI), the ranking Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, said that he requested the CIA and other intelligence agencies brief the committee on what was known, if anything, aboutHasan by the U.S. intelligence community, only to be refused. For a long time, ever since 9/11, people have been asking the government to “connect the dots.” Much of the connecting of the dots is stopped by political correctness. Or inter-agency turf wars. Failure of ...
Breaking the Law, Breaking the Law
SteveAudio —
... at war against terrorism.” [...] Both Mr. Castelli and Mr. Lady have retired from the C.I.A., according to former agency officials. Most of the top C.I.A. officers said to have planned the Abu Omar rendition have left the agency, with the exception of Stephen R. Kappes, who at the time was the assistant director of the C.I.A.’s clandestine branch. He is now the C.I.A.’s second ranking official.But wait, there's more: EXCLUSIVE: Convicted CIA Spy Says "We Broke the Law" Sabrina deSousa Says U.S. ...
