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Officials: U.S. Aware of Hasan Efforts to Contact al Qaeda Army Major in Fort Hood Massacre Used 'Electronic Means' to Connect with Terrorists By RICHARD ESPOSITO, MATTHEW COLE and BRIAN ROSS U.S. intelligence agencies were aware months ago that Army Major Nidal Hasan was attempting to make contact with people associated with al Qaeda, two American officials briefed on classified material in the case told ABC News.Shocking, just shocking enhanced interrogation worked
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/016/910mqqtl.asp?pg=1 What the CIA Documents Show Yes, Virginia, enhanced interrogation works. by Stephen F. Hayes It's not very often that there is agreement between the leadership of the American Civil Liberties Union and officers at the Central Intelligence Agency.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.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.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.Eric Holder’s Hidden Agenda
Eric Holder’s Hidden AgendaThe investigation isn’t about torture, but about transnationalism. By Andrew C. McCarthy ‘This is an administration that is determined to conduct itself by the rule of law.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.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.O-bummer
O-bummer By JIM VANDEHEI & MIKE ALLEN Congressional Democrats are firing a surprising number of unexpectedly sharp brushback pitches at President-elect Barack Obama and his staff over policy plans and personnel picks, making him look embattled during what was to be a triumphant debut week in Washington. The honeymoon isn’t over — the president-elect remains widely popular, even among some Republicans — and his Inauguration on Jan. 20 will be a signature event in the lifetime of most Americans, giving his opening days a greater lift and pop than any president since at least Ronald Reagan.Pelosi: I Was Told Interrogation Methods Were Lawful
Pelosi: I Was Told Interrogation Methods Were Lawful The House speaker's statement came after CIA records showed Pelosi was briefed in September 2002 on the interrogation methods and appeared to contradict her claim last month that she was never told that waterboarding or other enhanced interrogation techniques were being used. FOXNews.com Friday, May 08, 2009 Speaker Nancy Pelosi insisted Friday that she was briefed only once about the "enhanced" interrogation techniques being used on terrorism suspects and that she was assured by lawyers with the CIA and the Department of Justice that the methods were legal. Pelosi issued a statement after CIA records released this week showed that Pelosi was briefed in September 2002 on the interrogation methods.
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