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CIA "Often Lied to Congressmen"
CIA Director Leon Panetta has admitted that his agency regularly misled Congress, six members of the House Intelligence Committee have alleged. The claims are echoed in a letter from the committee's Democratic chairman, Sylvestre Reyes. The allegations follow a claim by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that the CIA misled her about interrogation methods.CIA director says Pelosi received the truth
CIA director says Pelosi received the truth By Sam Youngman (The Hill) CIA Director Leon Panetta challenged House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s accusations that the agency lied to her, writing a memo to his agents saying she received nothing but the truth. Panetta said that "ultimately, it is up to Congress to evaluate all the evidence and reach its own conclusions about what happened." Pelosi (D-Calif.) infuriated Republicans this week when she said in a news conference that she was "misled" by CIA officials during a briefing in 2002 about whether the U.S.CIA destroyed 92 interrogation tapes
Now why would people with nothing to hide destroy tapes? Mar 2 01:10 PM US/Eastern By DEVLIN BARRETT Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - New documents show the CIA destroyed nearly 100 tapes of terror interrogations, far more than has previously been acknowledged. The revelation Monday comes as a criminal prosecutor is wrapping up his investigation in the matter.Obama and the CIA: Making the Terrorists' Day
Obama and the CIA: Making the Terrorists' Day By Peter Ferrara on 9.2.09 @ 6:08AM President Obama has decided that the CIA is a greater threat to America than Al Qaeda and Islamic terrorism. If that decision turns out to be wrong, with thousands of Americans dying in another terrorist attack, President Obama and the Democrat Party will end up paying a grievous political price, which would be well deserved. As former Vice-President Dick Cheney said on Fox News Sunday this past week, We had a track record now of eight years of defending the nation against any further mass casualty attacks from Al Qaeda.New York Times Op Ed
OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR | TRANSITIONS Out of Sight FEW post-9/11 issues have produced more anxiety and revulsion than the Central Intelligence Agency’s use of “aggressive interrogation” and the extrajudicial rendition of terrorist suspects to countries that practice torture. President-elect Barack Obama has promised to ban waterboarding and other pain-inflicting soliciting techniques, as well as rendition. He has also promised to close the Guantánamo Bay prison.Prosecutor to Probe CIA Terror Interrogations
Holder to Appoint Prosecutor to Investigate CIA Terror Interrogations By Carrie JohnsonWashington Post Staff WriterMonday, August 24, 2009 2:23 PM Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. has decided to appoint a prosecutor to examine nearly a dozen cases in which CIA interrogators and contractors may have violated anti-torture laws and other statutes when they allegedly threatened terrorism suspects, according to two sources familiar with the move. Holder is poised to name John Durham, a career Justice Department prosecutor from Connecticut, to lead the inquiry, according to the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the process is not complete.Holder to decide CIA prosecution
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/25/us/politics/25detain.html?hp August 25, 2009 Obama to Let Holder Decide on C.I.A. Investigations By DAVID JOHNSTON and JEFF ZELENY WASHINGTON — President Obama does not intend to voice his preference for whether anyone is prosecuted from prisoner abuse cases, a White House spokesman said Monday, and will allow Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. to make the decision.How COOL is this?
LONDON (AFP) - Britain's overseas security service, MI6, has turned to social networking website Facebook to help recruit new agents, it emerged Sunday. "The open recruitment campaign continues to target wide pools of talent representative of British society today," a Foreign Office spokeswoman said. "A number of channels are used to promote job opportunities in the organisation.Why Fort Hood Really Happened
Not only were the CIA interrogations effective, they were also moral.
No Cause for ShameNot only were the CIA interrogations effective, they were also moral. The release this week of the CIA inspector general’s report makes clear that the CIA interrogation program was both lawful and effective in stopping new attacks. But was it moral?
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