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Results tagged “CIA”
Oct 28 2009, 3:16PM
Blowing Wali Karzai's Cover: A Wall Of Silence
No one's talking about the leak, but here's what they might say.
Oct 8 2009, 9:53AM
15,000 Affected By Intelligence Community Server Shutdown
15,000 Affected By Intelligence Community Server Shutdown
May 15 2009, 4:13PM
Panetta: Tune Out The Noise
CIA Director Leon Panetta does not want the CIA's he-said/she-said fight with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to get in the way of day-to-day business. Continuing to cement his role as...
May 14 2009, 4:54PM
Ten Reasons Why A Torture Probe Is More Likely
Even as the Obama Administration remains resolutely opposed to a Truth Commission or major criminal investigation into TortureKampf, the wagon may have already been unhitched. Given the ten developments below,...
May 14 2009, 12:03PM
Pelosi Fights Back
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi today repeated her claim that she was not briefed by the CIA on harsh interrogation tactics and suggested (as Republican Pete Hoekstra has) that the CIA...
May 8 2009, 11:00AM
What Pelosi Knew
Responses among the cognoscenti to the CIA's contention that it briefed Nancy Pelosi on the use of enhanced interrogation techniques are fairly typical. Those inclined to defend Democrats point to...
Apr 25 2009, 2:42PM
A Risk-Averse CIA And The Killing Drones
We keep hearing the "if you investigate/prosecute officials in DOJ on torture than the CIA will be timid and risk averse" story.It's worth keeping in mind that as some folks...
Apr 22 2009, 12:23PM
The CIA's Not Going Rogue, But...
David Ignatius, who probably speaks to more CIA officers on a daily basis than anyone of his colleagues except for Walter Pincus, channels the view of the agency quite accurately,...
Apr 21 2009, 3:44PM
Obama's Truth-Commission Ideals Mesh With Congress's
President Obama, taking questions from reporters earlier today, fielded one on the possibility of a truth commission to investigate the Bush administration for potential abuses of wartime power, including torture....
Apr 20 2009, 5:40PM
The Future Of Obama's Relationship With The CIA
In the wake of President Obama's decision to release the OLC memos authorizing the CIA's enhanced interrogation program, it can be stipulated that there is plenty of angst at the...
Apr 16 2009, 4:50PM
Did Obama/Holder Really Grant Immunity?
A reader walks me through an argument that I considered, dismissed, and am now forced to consider again:Here's what Attorney General Holder said today in his statement: "Holder also stressed...
Mar 5 2009, 5:02PM
CIA to Get Investigated
The Bush administration review plot thickens: Dianne Feinstein's (D-CA) Senate Intelligence Committee announced Thursday that it will undertake a year-long investigation of CIA detention and interrogation policies under the Bush...
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