The truth about Abu Ghraib was revealed during the trial of Bruce Jessen and James Mitchell, two CIA “psychologists” sued by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of two former prisoners and the family of one detainee who died of extreme cold in a secret CIA prison. . “Concealed from..…
The public and Congress had little or no awareness that the CIA engineered this. . ... Another lesson is the power of the CIA to withhold from Congress what it knows would embarrass the president. . ..…
Wilson's ex-wife, Valerie Plame, CIA officer now running for Congress, told Times his cause of death was organ failure.. In 2002, CIA asked Wilson to investigate claims that Iraq had attempted to buy yellowcake, nuclear material, from Niger.. ..…
Wilson's ex-wife, Valerie Plame, CIA officer now running for Congress, told Times his cause of death was organ failure.. ..…
As already mentioned, the effort to oust the Sandinistas was moved into the National Security Council which had a different funding stream than the Department of Defense or the CIA. When Congress moved to ban the NSC from spending money for the Contras as well, the administration convinced..…
CIA's changes would upset the balance carefully struck by Congress and make journalists, especially security and investigative reporters, ation. ..…
Suleiman spoke in the hallowed halls of Congress, Valerie Plame, CIA officer, announced that she was running for Congress New Mexico. ..…
“The CIA unconstitutionally spied on Congress by hacking into Senate intelligence committee computers,” he said. ..…
Former CIA director John Brennan. MSNBC screen capture. . . Congress originally designed the Patriot Act as a tool to enhance the fight against terrorism. ... “The CIA unconstitutionally spied on Congress by hacking into Senate intelligence committee computers. ..…
Valerie Plame, CIA agent whose identity was outed during Bush Administration, is running for Congress New Mexico. · Thursday, May 9, 2019 · No comments. ... Valerie Plame, CIA, author and lecturer, is running for Congress as Democrat in the Northern New Mexico..…
When CIA Director Richard Helms was summoned before Congress and asked about CIA involvement in the circumstances surrounding the coup, he committed perjury in order to keep the CIA’s role in the coup secret. When he was later convicted of lying to Congress, his..…
With the help of Jim Lesar, FOIA, ation about Miami-based CIA operative named George Joannides. In 1978, Congress re-opened JFK probe by creating House Select Committee on Assassinations. ..…
By millions of demonstrators, The White House, Department of War, CIA and Congress could be surrounded. ..…
Democratic senators were not convinced, but because the Hill-Thomas fight had been so bitter — and because no one wanted a replay of the fractious hearings that had greeted Robert Gates’s bid to become CIA director — Congress cleared Barr’s nomination with barely a protest. . ..…
As philosopher Hannah Arendt noted, during the Vietnam War “the policy of lying was hardly ever aimed at the enemy but chiefly if not exclusively destined for domestic consumption, for propaganda at home and especially for the purpose of deceiving Congress.” CIA analysts did excellent..…
Assange’s accusers illegally spied on Americans and lied about doing so under oath to congress. The CIA illegally spied on the congressional committee charged with investigating illegal torture in the Iraq War after illegally destroying videotape evidence of its crimes. ..…
The CIA is said to have concluded that MbS had “probably ordered” the murder. . Many members of US Congress have publicly acknowledged that based on CIA assessments, they remained convinced that the crown prince was responsible for Khashoggi's killing. . ..…
The Pentagon, White House, Congress, CIA, NSA, FBI, DHS, NED, USAID, and other US agencies are terrorist organizations aiming for conquest and domination, wanting all nations worlwide bending to Washington's will brute force and other terrorist tactics used to enforce it.. ..…
Congress enacted the Freedom of Information Act in 1966 to boost self-government by entitling Americans to learn what Washington did in their name. ... CIA analysts did excellent work in the early period of the Vietnam conflict. ..…
Congress enacted the Freedom of Information Act in 1966 to boost self-government by entitling Americans to learn what Washington did in their name. ... CIA analysts did excellent work in the early period of the Vietnam conflict. ..…
The CIA financed the Congress for Cultural Freedom so that it grew into a globe-spanning network that published books and magazines and held exhibitions and conferences. ..…
Fifty years at various times, AEC and its successors, Congress, FBI, CIA, and other government agencies — NUMEC remains one of the most confounding puzzles of the nuclear era... ..…
“‘There is no question that the policy of getting arms into Bosnia was of great assistance in allowing the Iranians to dig in and create good relations with the Bosnian government,’ a senior CIA officer told Congress in a classified deposition. ..…
Former CIA 15 5 . Congress 12 4 . Think Tank 12 4 . Other** 32 11 . TOTAL 288 100 . ..…
Coming immediately to mind is CIA Director Richard Helms, who was convicted of lying to Congress regarding the CIA’s secret regime-change operation against Chile, to the praise and acclaim of his subordinate officers in the CIA. Let’s also not forget the lies that..…
Last week, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats and CIA Director Gina Haspel testifiedbefore Congress that United States still faces significant threats from, among others, North Korea and Islamic State. ..…
Rockwell goes on to say that the US empire is supported by nearly everyone Congress, CIA, FBI, all the secret police agencies, and the military-industrial complex.. ..…
Like former Obama CIA Director John Brennan, former Obama Director of National Intelligence James Clapper lied to Congress, yet he remains at large. ..…
This legislation passed by House and Senate amounted to impressive act of self-sabotage, creating two new institutions that would go on to boast long record of undermining, even, and defying, in one case, spying on members of Congress The National Security Council and Central Intelligence Agency ....…
He worked for CIA before being elected to Congress... ..…
In statement, former President Bill Clinton described Bush's long record of service in the military, Congress, CIA and as president, where he served from 1989 to 1993.. ..…
CIA assessment, spread through Newsweek magazine and other U.S media outlets, was planted despite CIA's now admitted awareness at the time that Chile was participating Operation Condor, campaign targeting political dissidents, and CIA's own suspicions that Chilean junta was behind the terrorist..…
Reuters said CIA briefed briefed White House and Congress on its assessment of what happened to Khashoggi.. ..…
It was assassination attempt on two former Presidents, Secretary of State, Attorney General, former head of CIA, member of Congress, and U.S businessman. ..…
As Congress examines prisoner treatment, CIA agents toil, unsure of acceptable tactics . . ... The most recent evidence came last week, when President Bush denounced torture while Vice President Dick Cheney worked behind the scenes to defeat a measure in Congress that would..…
By forcing lawmakers to act so that some of the world, The disclosures appeared designed to put pressure on Congress to accept his proposal's most notorious terrorists could be put on trial.. Among those questioned through CIA program, he said, Sept Khalid Shaikh Mohammed the purported..…
He committed to close U.S detention facility at Guantanamo, Cuba, provide habeas rights to Guantanamo detainees, review military commission trials and restrict harsh CIA interrogation techniques. More important, checks and balances by Congress and Supreme Court had already forced Bush..…
Block wrote a 2011 essay, “Daniel Bell’s Prophecy,” for the Breakthrough Institute, helping set up Bell as the primary intellectual figurehead for the Institute—not inappropriate in our view given Bell’s roles as a Cold Warrior (he was associated with the CIA-sponsored Congress for..…
In January, Pompeo was easily confirmed as head of the CIA on a 66-32 vote in the Senate. . ... Congress moves towards approval of massive anti-opioid bill . . . Haspel confirmed as CIA director; Blumenthal, Murphy vote 'no' . ..…
former CIA agents, military commanders, and State Department officials will provide the margin of victory and hold the balance of Congress. ..…
When Congress encountered large, formally covert CIA paramilitary operations, it subjected them to the same open debate and legislative supervision as other war policies. . ... These can and do lead to larger military interventions, which is why Congress subjected the CIA..…
Congress has begun to investigate what CIA has concluded was Russia's in trying to influence U.S election by hacking and other means... ..…
Congress Won’t Act to Rein in Rogue CIA . . . . • Sources reveal CIA higher-ups, rogue agents will not be prosecuted for torture, assassinations, domestic spying. . ... So, the real issue is whether Congress will ever find the courage to actually dissolve obsolete..…
Feinstein has said the report will provide important factual information about the CIA’s use of so-called enhanced interrogation techniques, a euphemism for torture, as part of the agency’s detention and interrogation program, conditions under which detainees were held, the intelligence that was – or..…
independent, nonpartisan commission, along the lines of the Commission, should be established to examine the actions of the branch, CIA, Congress, and the military, with regard to Bush administration policies and practices that led to detainee abuse, Human Rights Watch said. ..…
Michael Hayden to head the CIA came from some influential Republicans in Congress as well as from Democrats. ..…
“A thriving gray-arms market and porous borders have allowed Baghdad to acquire smaller arms and components for larger arms, such as spare parts for aircraft, air-defense systems and armored vehicles,” the CIA said in a report to Congress made public that month. . ... In a report to..…