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The CIA: Just Doing Their Appointed Rounds
As one commenter to the piece on Common Dreams remarks, “Finally, the CIA is being efficient and back hauling terrorists for rendition on their regular drug flights and all you commie, pinko, liberal, hate America types are complaining!” Richard Jehn … Continue reading
The Pursuit of Justice for Those Still Languishing in Guantanamo: Binyam Mohamed
Jackie Chase (left) of Brighton’s Save Omar campaign, with a picture of Binyam Mohamed, and Andy Worthington (right).London’s High Court Strikes a Blow at CIA: Shining a Light on the Dark PrisonBy Andy Worthington / August 30, 2008 In the … Continue reading
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Tagged CIA, Criminal Justice, Detention, Guantanamo, War on Terror
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All These Methods Were First Tested in Laos
A view of Long Chen. The most secret location in ‘the secret war’ against Laos was the former CIA air base of Long Chen, a place that remains off limits even today.LAOS: Film Reveals CIA’s ‘Most Secret Place on Earth’By … Continue reading
Tape : Order to Forge Iraq-9/11 Letter on White House Stationery
In damning transcript, ex-CIA official says Cheney likely ordered letter linking Hussein to 9/11 attacks By John Byrne / August 8, 2008 A forged letter linking Saddam Hussein to the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks was ordered on White House stationery … Continue reading
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Tagged 9/11, Bush Administration, Cheney, CIA, Criminal Justice, George W. Bush, Iraq, Iraq War, Political Corruption
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BOOKS : The Dark Side by Jane Meyer
They described not just standing, but being kept up on their tiptoes with their arms extended out and up over their heads, attached by shackles on their wrists and ankles, for what they described as eight hours at a stretch. … Continue reading
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Tagged al-Qaida, Books, Bush Administration, CIA, Criminal Justice, FISA, Guantanamo, Human Rights, National Security Agency, Patriot Act, Red Cross, Torture
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That’s Not Our Policy; That’s Not What We’re About
Ex-Agent Says CIA Ignored Iran FactsBy Joby Warrick / July 1, 2008 A former CIA operative who says he tried to warn the agency about faulty intelligence on Iraqi weapons programs now contends that CIA officials also ignored evidence that … Continue reading
Gitmo Torture Methods Cribbed From Chinese Communists
Image by Matt Groller / Rolling Stone.“Coercive management techniques” copied verbatimBy Scott Shane / July 2, 2008 WASHINGTON — The military trainers who came to Guantánamo Bay in December 2002 based an entire interrogation class on a chart showing the … Continue reading
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Tagged Chinese Communists, CIA, Guantanamo, Human Rights, Military, Torture, Waterboarding
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Sy Hersh : Preparing the Battlefield
Drawing courtesy of The New Yorker The Bush Administration steps up its secret moves against Iran. by Seymour M. Hersh This blockbuster article by Seymour Hersh about U.S. covert operations in Iran appears in the July 7 and 14 issue … Continue reading
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Tagged CIA, Congress, Covert Operations, George W. Bush, Imperialism, Iran, Seymour Hersh, Vietnam
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History : How the Republicans Perfected Their Propaganda System
Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North at Iran-Contra hearings, 1987.Iran-Contra’s ‘Lost Chapter’By Robert Parry / June 30, 2008 As historians ponder George W. Bush’s disastrous presidency, they may wonder how Republicans perfected a propaganda system that could fool tens of millions of … Continue reading
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Tagged CIA, Covert Operations, Espionage, History, Iran, Iran-Contra, Oliver North, Propaganda, Republican Party
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New Yorker Report : Covert Operations Against Iran
President Bush shown arriving at the Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives National Conference in Washington, June 26, 2008. U.S. congressional leaders agreed late last year to President George W. Bush’s funding request for a major escalation of covert operations … Continue reading
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Tagged CIA, Congress, Covert Operations, George W. Bush, Iran, Nuclear Weapons
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The Return of the Neocons
Former Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Douglas Feith, an architect of the neocon philosophy. Illustration by Paul Giambarba / Courtesy truthout. Bush Hawks Aggressively Working to Rewrite Accepted Iraq War History By James Risen / June 19, 2008 Ever since … Continue reading
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Tagged Bush Administration, CIA, Department of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, Douglas Feith, George W. Bush, History, Iraq, Iraq Occupation, Neocons, Paul Wolfowitz, Right Wing
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