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minx.cc - 2/28/2009
"Truth Commission" a Go
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The Church Committee destroyed the CIA's operations division for... well, forever. Let's see if we can't hit that mark again. The 'fact-finding' effort will seek details on secret prisons and interrogation methods -- but will not aim to determine if...
CIA Signals Continuity With Bush Era
online.wsj.com - 2/26/2009
CIA Signals Continuity With Bush Era
— online.wsj.com — The CIA's new director outlined spy policies, including an aggressive campaign in Pakistan, that underscored considerable continuity... with the Bush administration. (more) CIA Signals Continuity With Bush Era

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latimes.com - 3/3/2009
CIA destroyed 92 tapes of suspect questioning, confinement - Los Angeles Times
— latimes.com — Monday's acknowledgment involved a civil lawsuit filed in New York by the American Civil Liberties Union, which... sought details of the interrogation programs that followed the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. "The CIA can now identify the number of videotapes ... (more) CIA destroyed 92 tapes of suspect questioning, ...

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adnkronos.com - 3/2/2009
Serbia: Top Milosevic aide 'worked for CIA' - Adnkronos Politics
— adnkronos.com — Belgrade, 2 March (AKI) Sensational disclosures that late Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic's head of state security, Jovica... Stanisic, was a top American spy, have provoked shock and disbelief. Claims that Stanisic was for nearly a decade the ... (more) Serbia: Top Milosevic aide 'worked for CIA' - Adnkronos ...

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THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS:  FRANK CHURCH REDUX: HERE THEY GO AGAIN, DEMOCRATS ABOUT TO EMASCULATE CANDESTINE OPERATIONS AGAIN

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FRANK CHURCH REDUX: HERE THEY GO AGAIN, DEMOCRATS ABOUT TO EMASCULATE CANDESTINE OPERATIONS AGAIN
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS — ACE: "Truth Commission" a Go The Church Committee destroyed the CIA's operations division for... well, forever. Let's see if we can't hit that mark again. The 'fact-finding' effort will seek details on secret prisons and interrogation methods -- but will not aim to determine if CIA officials broke laws, legislative sources say. By Greg Miller February 27, 2009 Reporting from Washington - The Senate Intelligence Committee is preparing to launch an investigation of the CIA's detention and interrogation ...

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