CIA Interrogation Contractors Fired
Posted by Xander in Headlines on 15. Jun, 2009 | No Comments
Robert O’Harrow
Washington Post
June 15, 2009
We have known for awhile now that the intelligence community spends up to 70 percent of its budget on contractors. That includes the firms that supply light bulbs, the office chairs and such.
It also includes technology vendors, along with legions of contract analysts, who have been hired to, among other things, [...]
CIA Urges Judge To Keep Interrogation Documents Sealed
Posted by Xander in Headlines on 09. Jun, 2009 | No Comments
Sarah Fitzpatrick
Washington Post
June 9, 2009
The Obama administration objected yesterday to the release of certain Bush-era documents that detail the videotaped interrogations of CIA detainees at secret prisons, arguing to a federal judge that doing so would endanger national security and benefit al-Qaeda’s recruitment efforts.
In an affidavit, CIA Director Leon E. Panetta defended the classification of [...]
Nominee Pulls Out as Role at CIA Is Studied
Posted by Xander in Headlines on 06. Jun, 2009 | No Comments
Peter Finn and Walter Pincus
Washington Post
June 6, 2009
A longtime CIA official chosen by President Obama to be the intelligence chief at the Department of Homeland Security withdrew from consideration yesterday after it became apparent that senators examining his nomination planned to scrutinize his role in the agency’s interrogation of terrorism suspects.
Philip Mudd, a former deputy [...]
AP Source: Obama nominee tied to CIA interrogation
Posted by Xander in Headlines on 04. Jun, 2009 | No Comments
PAMELA HESS and EILEEN SULLIVAN
AP
June 4, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration’s pick for a top intelligence post at the Homeland Security Department has ties to the CIA’s harsh interrogation program, a congressional aide said.
This could become an issue during Philip Mudd’s confirmation hearing, which is expected next week. Mudd was nominated to be under [...]
Conservative radio host gets waterboarded, and lasts six seconds before saying its torture
Posted by Xander in Headlines on 23. May, 2009 | No Comments
Rawstory
May 23, 2009
Comment: This is very revealing. Mancow isn’t even tied down and he lasted less than half the time Christopher Hitchens, an old fat guy, was able to withstand the torture. Hitchens was tied down and had the entire towel over his face, as well as a hood, yet he lasted for around 16 [...]
FBI chief undermines Obama on Guantanamo closure
Posted by Xander in Headlines on 20. May, 2009 | No Comments
AFP
breitbart.com
May 20, 2009
FBI chief Robert Mueller Wednesday undermined President Barack Obama’s plan to close the Guantanamo Bay prison by warning that detainees could fuel terrorism if transferred to US soil.
“The concerns we have about individuals who may support terrorism being in the United States run from concerns about providing financing to terrorists, radicalizing others,” Mueller [...]