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"A former CIA agent who participated in interrogations of terror suspects said Tuesday that the controversial interrogation technique of "waterboarding" has saved lives, but he considers the method torture and now opposes its use""A former CIA agent who participated in interrogations of terror suspects said... more
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CIA director Michael Hayden has closed door hearings on the interrogation tape destructions today with the Senate Panel, tomorrow with the House Committee.
I expect his case got a lot more tricky to make given an ex-CIA agent's interview with ABC saying waterboarding was "authorized from the top, and effective to boot" (not a direct quote, but that was the jist of it).
Ugh.CIA director Michael Hayden has closed door hearings on the interrogation tape... more
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An ex-CIA agent seems to consider the procedure torture and says he did not perform it himself, though he did witness it. He said that practice was authorized at the top levels, by the White House, the National Security Council and the Justice Department, and was most often carried out by "retired commandos under contract to the CIA."
And he says it works - that in one instance it took only 35 seconds before a suspect began providing valuable information he says prevented dozens of attacks.
If it works...does that change anyone's mind on the topic?An ex-CIA agent seems to consider the procedure torture and says he did not perform it... more
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My feeling is that it was Bush who ordered them to be destroyed, so as to protect his own backside and to protect the backsides of his co-criminals in Saudi Arabia, in Pakistan, and in the fictitious and CIA-invented "Al Qaeda".My feeling is that it was Bush who ordered them to be destroyed, so as to protect his... more
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There are articles a plenty now circulating the net which discuss the CIA's destruction of video tapes of "interrogations". What most people have assumed is that this move came to protect CIA operatives from the law, by destroying evidence connecting them to torture.
The tapes are actually of Abu Zubaydah, a Saudi who was the America's top suspect post 9/11. According to many sources, including Seymour Hersh, Zubaydah was pleased to see his American interrogators who were acting as Saudis. In a fit of excitement at the prospect of being released he revealed a telephone number from memory of a member of the Saudi Royal family. He said "call him and he will tell you what to do" with regard to getting Zubaydah off the hook. The rabbit hole seems to run deep.
For a detailed investigation of "The Interrogation" I recommend Hersh's book, which discovered this years before the mainstream media even bothered to look at the story. It's only when the CIA destroy the tapes linking Saudi Arabia to 9/11 that it becomes a story.There are articles a plenty now circulating the net which discuss the CIA's... more
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Given the last seven years, expectations are already low for the administration thats never seen justice it didnt want to obstruct. But intentionally destroying evidence of a possible crime, in the midst of ongoing legal inquiries, suggests the Bush gangs contempt for the rule of law cant get much worse.
The Central Intelligence Agency in 2005 destroyed at least two videotapes documenting the interrogation of two Qaeda operatives in the agencys custody, a step it took in the midst of Congressional and legal scrutiny about its secret detention program, according to current and former government officials.
The videotapes showed agency operatives in 2002 subjecting terrorism suspects including Abu Zubaydah, the first detainee in C.I.A. custody to severe interrogation techniques. The tapes were destroyed in part because officers were concerned that video showing harsh interrogation methods could expose agency officials to legal risks, several officials said. [
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The destruction of the tapes raises questions about whether agency officials withheld information from Congress, the courts and the Sept. 11 commission about aspects of the program.
Indeed, it arguably does more than just raise questions; it may point to actual criminal wrongdoing, intended to cover up more criminal wrongdoing. As Sullivan put it, What defines [a banana] republic? How about an executive that ignores the rule of law, commits war-crimes and then destroys the actual evidence?
We live in a country where the government can detain indefinitely, torture in secret, and then secretly destroy the tapes of torture sessions to protect its own staff.
Time for the Justice Department to launch a criminal investigation? Marcy Wheeler explains: AG Mukasey has a mighty big headache on his hands, a clear case of obstruction of justice involving Goss and a bunch of other people. I guess we wont have long to wait to see whether hes willing to spike investigations for the Unitary Executive.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/07/washington/07intel.html?_r=2&hp&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2007/12/06/absence-of-torture-tape-librarian-a-feature-not-a-bug/
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"It's not the intelligence community's job to "object" to the Iranian program, it's their job to evaluate factual evidence. And the entire declassified portion of the NIE was less than a thousand words long. Nothing got more than a few sentences of emphasis.
You can decide for yourself whether you believe the NIE, but its actual conclusions are straightforward: Iran wants a nuclear bomb; it has the scientific capability to produce a nuclear bomb; it's continuing to enrich uranium; and it might decide to restart its bomb program in the future. But for now, based (apparently) on new intelligence collected earlier this year, the program is halted and there's evidence that international pressure and sanctions might keep it that way."
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This link will take you to the article on this issue. It appears that the Intelligence Community has addressed all the issues that the experts are saying haven't been addressed.
It seems the war drum beat is persisting and getting louder."It's not the intelligence community's job to "object" to the... more
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Sneaky bastards:
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 The Central Intelligence Agency in 2005 destroyed at least two videotapes documenting the interrogation of two Al Qaeda operatives in the agencys custody, a step it took in the midst of Congressional and legal scrutiny about the C.I.As secret detention program, according to current and former government officials.
The videotapes showed agency operatives in 2002 subjecting terror suspects including Abu Zubaydah, the first detainee in C.I.A. custody to severe interrogation techniques. They were destroyed in part because officers were concerned that tapes documenting controversial interrogation methods could expose agency officials to greater risk of legal jeopardy, several officials said.Sneaky bastards:
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 The Central Intelligence Agency in 2005... more
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"WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 The Central Intelligence Agency in 2005 destroyed at least two videotapes documenting the interrogation of two Al Qaeda operatives in the agencys custody, a step it took in the midst of Congressional and legal scrutiny about the C.I.As secret detention program, according to current and former government officials.""WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 The Central Intelligence Agency in 2005 destroyed at least... more
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News from the NYT that the CIA destroyed 2 videotapes documenting interrogation of two suspected terrorists. Some sources are saying the CIA was concerned the agency would be prosecuted for their tactics. News from the NYT that the CIA destroyed 2 videotapes documenting interrogation of two... more
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by Nicole
The Documentary Network is a veritable online goldmine of shorts and full-length features. Visitors can watch sample documentaries from a selection of 81 for free. Repeat customers can register and watch more stuff for free, plus a further selection of pay-per-view films which start at around 1 Euro (approx $1.50). As an added bonus, funds go directly to the filmmakers, minus a modest hosting fee, which makes this a great way of cutting big media distributors out of the equation.
The Daily Mantra got sucked in watching the illuminating Global Dimming, a Nova/BBC production that hypothesizes that the true power of global warming has been significantly underestimated, being masked by the counter effects of global dimming, which is caused by visible pollution such as smog and airplane contrails. To support this theory they interview scientists who collected and analyzed data from 5,000 weather stations taken during the three days after 9/11 when a flight moratorium was imposed, and our skies were free of planes and their contrails for the first time in decades. The three-day period created a sudden data spike, with the temperature change jumping significantly.
Continuing on the 9/11 theme, the Documentary Network has the seminal internet conspiracy flick, Loose Change, which outlines numerous inconsistencies and loopholes in the official version of how 9/11 played out. In the interest of being fair and balanced they're also showing Conspiracy Theory, which sets out to debunk the debunkers, and The Great Global Warming Swindle, which has a pretty self-explanatory title and should appeal to the diminishing pool of flat-earthers.
Talking of being fair and balanced, the Documentary Network also has OutFOXed, which documents "Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism." One journalist who certainly won't be suppressed however is Greg Palast, who showcases his homage to Bush's Election Fraud on the site. In his 15 minute short he succinctly explores the statistical anomalies of the "spoiled" and simply "not-counted" 2004 votes, and shares with us some misdirected emails from Rove to Bush which indicate the not-so-dynamic duo are plotting to use illegal caging-list techniques to steal the election in '08.
Other films well worth viewing include the Pirates of Silicon Valley, which takes a humorous look at the characters in the Jobs' and Gates' camps who formed the technological landscape we know today, and the eye-opening Origins of Aids, which explores the idea that the disease may have infected humans due to contaminated oral vaccinations made from chimpanzee tissue that were used in an immunization program in the Belgium Congo. (Indeed something similar occured here in the U.S. in the 1950's with the polio vaccine which was contaminated with the simian virus SV40, potentially exposing 98 million Americans to the monkey disease which has been linked to cancer in humans.)
It's often said that truth is stranger than fiction, and continuing in this spirit there's documentaries on corrupt world governments (The Revolution Will Not Be Televised and Stealing A Nation), the CIA (Crack The CIA and Secrets of The CIA), Iraq (Baghdad ER, The Power of Nightmares and Iraq For Sale), and the environment (Biofuels: Think Outside The Barrel), plus an investigation into the conspiracy theory perhaps above all others, the "faked" lunar landing (Moon Hoax: Astronauts Gone Wild), which all add up to a most enlightening video vault that remains open long after Blockbuster closes the doors on their edited-for-content DVDs.
http://www.dailymantra.com
http://www.myspace.com/thedailymantraby Nicole
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A group of protesters and clowns - yes, clowns - crashed an info session by a CIA recruiter at the UCSB campus, simulated waterboarding on a volunteer, then followed the recruiter and chanted at him as he left.
Wait...the CIA has info sessions?A group of protesters and clowns - yes, clowns - crashed an info session by a CIA... more
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Why isn't this on every front page in this country? Why is it not the focus of every news show in this country? This is an admission of treason and if this is not reason enough to impeach both Bush and Cheney then I don't know what is. How can Congress just sit on their hands and do nothing? What will we tell our children when they ask us why we did nothing? What will we then tell them when this happens again? Because unless we stand up to this now, it will happen again and we will have no one to blame but ourselves. I truly am stunned this hasn't gotten more airplay. McClellan could well be Bush's Dean (Referring to John Dean whose testimony broke open Watergate,) and people sit worrying more about where to shop on Black Friday than the actions of those who have done nothing but usurp our government with the help of a corporate mainstream media keeping this hidden. It will be up to stations like Current and the Internet to take up the mantle and I hope they do. What has happened to this country? Are people simply afraid to speak out, or is that just an excuse to cover up that in reality people on the whole are just too contented and lazy to care? Some things are more important than fear, and this damn well is one of them.///////From the link:///// "The most powerful leader in the world had called upon me to speak on his behalf and help restore credibility he lost amid the failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. So I stood at the White House briefing room podium in front of the glare of the klieg lights for the better part of two weeks and publicly exonerated two of the senior-most aides in the White House: Karl Rove and Scooter Libby.../////There was one problem. It was not true.///// I had unknowingly passed along false information. And five of the highest ranking officials in the administration were involved in my doing so: Rove, Libby, the Vice President, the President's chief of staff, and the President himself./////
--Excerpt from Scott McClellan's forthcoming book "What Happened"
(Public Affairs Books, due out in April 2008)
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A federal judge expressed frustration Tuesday that the government provided incorrect information about evidence in the prosecution of Sept. 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui and raised the possibility of ordering a new trial in another high-profile terrorism case.
At a post-trial hearing Tuesday for Ali al-Timimi, a Muslim cleric from Virginia sentenced to life in prison in 2004 for soliciting treason, U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema said she can no longer trust the CIA and other government agencies on how they represent classified evidence in terror cases.
After the hearing, the judge issued an order that said she would not rule on the prosecutors motion until the government grants needed security clearances to al-Timimis defense lawyer, Jonathan Turley, and the lead trial prosecutor so they can review the secret pleadingsA federal judge expressed frustration Tuesday that the government provided incorrect... more
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CIA paparazzo Trevor Paglen is a thorn in Uncle Sam's side. Known for snapping telephoto candids of CIA planes and Area 51, the artist also gathers "patch intel," which he's collected in this provocative book (main title: "I Could Tell You But Then You Would Have To Be Destroyed By Me"). The fruit of several Freedom of Information Act requests, Paglen's book proves that classified black opps concoct esoteric team insignias just like other military divisions. The photo-driven work presents 75 de-classified patches with colorful eagles, skulls, swords, dragons, wizards and even aliens (!). Surveying iconography that was never intended for your eyes is both exhilarating and frustrating. Decoding them is often impossible, which only leads back to the obvious: How else are our tax dollars being secretly spent? I was lucky enough to get an advance copy, so this is a bit of a tease, but the book will be available next week. And unlike grainy, questionable YouTube clips of UFOs, Big Foot and Loch Ness, in this case, seeing guarantees believing.CIA paparazzo Trevor Paglen is a thorn in Uncle Sam's side. Known for snapping... more
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UCSB students, clad in clown outfits, protest torture tactics, by "waterboarding" someone during a CIA recruiter's PowerPoint demonstration. Then proceed to follow the recruiter to his car.
Use this link for a full article, in addition to the video: http://www.dailynexus.com/asset.php?m=15128&a=8121UCSB students, clad in clown outfits, protest torture tactics, by... more
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Much of the evidence in the case can not be submitted due to "Sate Secret" nature of the files. Many see this as a key win for the Bush administration and its wire taping program. Many civil rights organizations have claimed that the battle is far from over.Much of the evidence in the case can not be submitted due to "Sate Secret"... more
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The issue is that she had access to very sensitive information regardless of where she was in the hierarchy, said Cressey. Because she was able to interview high-value targets, that put her in a very unique position. So if she therefore shared that information, it could have cost major damage to our nations security.
The issue is that she had access to very sensitive information regardless of where... more
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"FRONTLINE/World begins a new season of investigations this November with a story about the CIA's controversial rendition program. Five years ago, award-winning journalist Stephen Grey left his job at The Sunday Times in London to investigate one of the darkest sides of the Bush Administrations war on terror. Beginning with the mysterious flight logs of secret CIA flights, Grey and others uncovered a secret CIA prison system involving countries like Egypt, Jordan, and Morocco, and the CIA's own "black sites," where the White House authorized "enhanced interrogation techniques," which critics say amount to torture."
Coming November 6, at 9 pm
Watch on TV and online"FRONTLINE/World begins a new season of investigations this November with a story... more
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The same logic that allowed the government to use and test LSD as a weapon and lead to the testing and use of sodium pentathol is being applied in the harsh light of day today in regards to torturing of prisoners. The same logic that allowed the government to use and test LSD as a weapon and lead... more
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