briefingroom.thehill.com - 4/25/2009
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Former CIA Director Porter Goss penned a strongly worded op-ed in the Washington Post today, lambasting the administration for releasing the so-called "torture memos" and for hinting that it's open to prosecuting the architects of post-9/11 interrogation policy.
"We can't have a secret ...
blogs.abcnews.com - 4/24/2009
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In a letter from the Justice Department to
a federal judge yesterday, the Obama administration announced that...
the Pentagon would turn over to the American Civil Liberties Union 44 photographs showing detainee abuse of prisoners in Afghanistan and Iraq ...
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Obama Administration to Release Detainee Abuse Photos; ...
mcclatchydc.com - 4/25/2009
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WASHINGTON — The CIA inspector general in 2004
found that there was no conclusive proof that waterboarding...
or other harsh interrogation techniques helped the Bush administration thwart any "specific imminent attacks," according to ...
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CIA official: no proof harsh techniques stopped terror ...
corner.nationalreview.com - 4/26/2009
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Critics of the CIA program are desperate to
convince Americans that no valuable information came from the...
interrogations of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (KSM) and other senior terrorists. They know that if our citizens learn the details of how enhanced ...
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The West Coast Plot: An "Inconvenient Truth"
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Pirate's Cove —
... are not secret and that our intelligence is destined to fail us.
With Obama and the Donkeys running things, including their mouths, expect our intelligence to fail us, much like it did on 9/11. Interestingly, Conservative dissent, which is now considered un-patriotic, is meant to increase American power and security. Democrat dissent, supposedly patriotic, according to them, is meant to reduce American power and security.
Others, via Memeorandum: The Hill’s Blog Briefing Room, Firedoglake, JustOneMinute, ...
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Don't Kill the CIA
WWW.samefacts.com 4/27/2009 — It was only a matter of time before the torture debate turned on the CIA. Matthew Yglesias has done it, suggesting that we "consider" abolishing the agency. This would be a great idea if it weren't completely wrong. Let me suggest just a few reasons why:
No Joy in That
commentarymagazine.com 4/25/2009 — Former CIA Director and House Intelligence Chair Porter Goss has had enough of expedient amnesia by Democrats in Congress on the enhanced interrogation techniques. So he lays it out:
Let me be clear. It is my recollection that:
– The chairs and ...
Debunking the Torture Apologists’ “Half the Intelligence” Claim
emptywheel.firedoglake.com 4/20/2009 —
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In another thread, Bob Schacht wrote ,
BTW, according to CNN, Haynes and Mukasey are claiming that “half” of what we “know” about Al Qaeda came from torture sessions. Did they really write that, and if so, I’m ...
The Role of the CIA
lefarkins.blogspot.com 4/18/2009 — Spencer has some thoughts: And here's how it's problematic for Obama, Blair and Panetta to indicate to the CIA that they'll stand by CIA officers who relied on OLC guidance for the torture. Marc Ambinder observes that there's some wiggle room in that ...
WaPo Doubles Down on Conflict Over Truth
emptywheel.firedoglake.com 5/24/2009 —
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In spite of the fact that it is becoming increasingly clear to the rest of the media that Porter Goss and Nancy Pelosi agree that they were not briefed that the CIA had already been torturing prisoners in September ...
Graham: CIA Claimed to Have Briefed Before Torture, They Did Not
emptywheel.firedoglake.com 5/16/2009 —
I've got to correct something I said yesterday about Bob Graham. I reported that Graham said that CIA had given him two erroneous dates for briefings. That was wrong (RawStory reported the number correctly, though). They gave erroneous dates ...
Pelosi Torture Shocker! CIA Manipulating Briefing Process!
emptywheel.firedoglake.com 5/9/2009 — OK. Not really a shocker. We knew that CIA was playing around with its obligation to inform the intelligence committees before it starts any big new projects--like opening torture factories around the world.
But that's the real story of this ...
Former CIA Director and House Intel Chairman Porter Goss...
corner.nationalreview.com 4/27/2009 — ...is shocked by his former colleagues' apparent amnesia. He writes in today's Washington Post:
Let me be clear. It is my recollection that:
The chairs and the ranking minority members of the House and Senate intelligence committees, known as ...
Thou Torturest the Truth: CIA’s Comedy of Briefing List Errors
emptywheel.firedoglake.com 5/20/2009 —
Now that we know of another problem with the CIA's briefing list , I thought I'd collect all the known problems with the list in one place so those trying to claim the CIA has any credibility on this issue can see just how wrong CIA has been on ...
Kerry: CIA Lied About Contra-Cocaine Connections
huffingtonpost.com 5/21/2009 — House Minority Leader John Boehner pushed on Thursday for a bipartisan panel of lawmakers to investigate the veracity of Speaker Nancy Pelosi's claim that the CIA lied to her about whether it was waterboarding detainees.
"Her allegation that the ...
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