Showing posts with label cia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cia. Show all posts
Thursday, December 11, 2014

What You Should Know about CIA Torture

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Can you handle the truth? Then here it is, in simple language: The CIA engaged in pointless sadistic practices against people many ...
Tuesday, November 25, 2014

State of War, by James Risen: a review

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Things you'll learn, or be reminded of and still shocked by, if you read State of War by James Risen: CIA Director George Tenet got ...
Sunday, November 23, 2014

The Woman Who Could Have Stopped the War in Iraq

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The Iraq War could have been prevented if the CIA had listened to... Dr. Sawsan Alhaddad, a Cleveland anesthesiologist. The CIA recruited ...
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Friday, May 1, 2009

A Tiger Set Loose

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There was a young lady of Niger Who smiled as she rode on a tiger; They returned from the ride With the lady inside, And the smile on the fa...
Monday, April 20, 2009

Impunity

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I am not surprised that Obama is not going to prosecute the people who told George W. Bush what he wanted to hear: that it was legal to str...
Sunday, April 5, 2009

Ghost Wars, conclusion: The Limits of Hard Power

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The U.S. does not have the power to defend itself against terrorist attacks, and it is not doing the things it would take to build that powe...
Sunday, March 29, 2009

Ghost Wars, part II

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The enemy of my enemy is NOT my friend. That's a second lesson I've learned by reading Steve Coll's history of U.S. involvement...