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    NSA: It's a LOT worse than you think!

    JUNE 11, 2013 7:04PM

    By old new lefty


    Topics: nsa, cia, national security state, barack obama, george w. bush, military industrial complex, jfk, fourth amendment, civil liberties, the 1%, surveillance, belief/religion, economy, politics, news, technology

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    • 8 Ratings
    • 3942 Views
    • 33 Comments
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    Losing GOP in denial over own failures

    SEPTEMBER 12, 2012 12:36PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: conspiracy theories, bailout, taxes, naill ferguson, cia, intelligence community, new york times, daily caller, navy seals, liberalism, conservatism, tea party, right wing, ideology, denial, right wing noise machine, wall street, economic crisis, george will, rush limbaugh, fox news, ross douthat, afghanistan, iraq, daily intelligence briefings, terrorism, september 11 attacks, osama bin ladin, dick cheney, george w. bush, president obama, mitt romney, democratic party, republican party, neo-conservatism, supply-side economics, economics, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 27 Ratings
    • 1933 Views
    • 57 Comments
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    Cowards - The Effort to Rehabilitate Water-Boarding

    MAY 4, 2011 1:04AM

    By Jonathan Wolfman


    Topics: torture, news, politics, ksm, obl, obama, bush, bush apologistts, interrogation, cia, water-boarding

    • Editor's Pick
    • 1 Ratings
    • 6949 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    'Official History' of Bay of Pigs Still Classified

    APRIL 18, 2011 10:43AM

    By Kevin Gosztola


    Topics: freedom of information, secrecy, wikileaks, bradley manning, castro, cuba, history, politics, news, foreign policy, cia, remembering the bay of pigs, bay of pigs, secrecy, transparency

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    • 3 Ratings
    • 1464 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    Ghailani Verdict Proves Civilian Trials Safe and Effective

    NOVEMBER 18, 2010 12:14PM

    By Kevin Gosztola


    Topics: waterboarding, amnesty international, human rights, aclu, civil liberties, republicans, bush, obama, war on terror, detainees, guantanamo, ghailani, homeland security, cia, military commission, civilian trial, terrorism, torture

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 12795 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    More on How Physicians Became Torture Doctors for CIA

    AUGUST 6, 2010 11:17AM

    By Kevin Gosztola


    Topics: torture, interrogation, cia, abuse, terrorism, war on terror, obama, obama administration, democrats, republicans, guantanamo, wikileaks, physicians, doctors, medical, health, news, politics, waterboarding, military

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 1561 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    Holder Appoints Investigator; Obama Continues Rendition

    AUGUST 24, 2009 4:41PM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: torture, attorney general, rendition, aclu, eric holder, obama, obama administration, cia, central intelligence agency, federal bureau of investigation, fbi, john durham, cia inspector general, cia ig report, jameel jaffer

    • Editor's Pick
    • 13 Ratings
    • 2029 Views
    • 23 Comments
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    Today in Torture News: Big Day

    AUGUST 24, 2009 4:27AM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: eric holder, attorney general, department of justice, doj, cia, cia inspector general's report, cia ig, jon kyl, kit bond, kyl letter to holder, aclu foia request, obama adminstation, president obama, torture, detainees, the pottery barn wars

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 1935 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    Why Bush Considered Sending Military into Buffalo, NY

    JULY 27, 2009 10:13AM

    By Kevin Gosztola


    Topics: obama, bush, cheney, terror, terrorism, law, rule of law, torture, yoo, memos, turley, military, buffalo, new york, first amendment, fourth amendment, war on terror, news, politics, bush administration, fbi, cia

    • Editor's Pick
    • 1 Ratings
    • 1370 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Closing of Gitmo "On Track" Despite Delay of Key Reports

    JULY 21, 2009 9:37AM

    By Kevin Gosztola


    Topics: liberty, freedom, civil liberties, aclu, news, politics, government, cia, cheney, interrogation, detention, prison, guantanamo bay, gitmo, guantanamo, intelligence, republicans, democrats, moral, immoral, illegal, legal, rule of law, law, detainees, torture, bush, obama

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 1563 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    CIA Officials Face Sanctions From Eavesdropping Cover-Up

    JULY 20, 2009 8:07PM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: eavesdropping, spying, spy, cover-up, secrecy, obama administration, richard horn, judge royce lamberth, george tenet, coffee tables, central intelligence agency, cia

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 1875 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    Cheney & the CIA's Mossad-Like Assassination Squads

    JULY 14, 2009 8:41AM

    By Kevin Gosztola


    Topics: illegal, law, intelligence, bush, terrorism, counterterrorism, al qaeda, assassination, republicans, democrats, leon panetta, barack obama, dick cheney, cheney, cia

    • Editor's Pick
    • 33 Ratings
    • 7580 Views
    • 52 Comments
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    Cheney Made CIA Withhold Secret Program From Congress

    JULY 11, 2009 6:57PM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: secret counterterrorism program, democrats, intelligence briefings, obama, bush administration, politics, leon panetta, assassin squad, cia, death ray, puppies, cheney, dick cheney

    • Editor's Pick
    • 43 Ratings
    • 74339 Views
    • 87 Comments
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    The Trial of John Yoo

    APRIL 22, 2009 10:20AM

    By Michael Fox


    Topics: u.s. constitution, bill of rights, united states constitution, civil liberties, torture, presidential power, constitutional law, law, president george w. bush, john eastman, chapman, chapman university, chapman law school, chapman university school of law, katherine darmer, larry rosenthal, office of legal counsel, george bush, george w. bush, torture memos, terrorism, war on terror, jay bybee, judge jay bybee, waterboarding, interrogation techniques, cia, central intelligence agency, 18 u.s.c. 2340, united nations convention against torture, convention against torture, news, politics, yoo, john yoo

    • Editor's Pick
    • 36 Ratings
    • 8798 Views
    • 42 Comments
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    I turned down the CIA. Final Chapter

    APRIL 14, 2009 12:15PM

    By OEsheepdog


    Topics: cia, interviewing in the 1980s

    • Editor's Pick
    • 40 Ratings
    • 18187 Views
    • 49 Comments
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    I turned down the CIA. The story of my interviews. Part I

    APRIL 10, 2009 12:51PM

    By OEsheepdog


    Topics: 1980s, job interviews, cia

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 1941 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    McCain's FBI Background FIB on Palin

    SEPTEMBER 7, 2008 1:19PM

    By Chris K


    Topics: bush, mccain, cia, fbi, vp, wmd, lies, intelligence, palin

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 778 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    The Torture Memo & the CIA Agents Who Follow It

    MAY 1, 2008 3:08PM

    By Madame Bitch


    Topics: bush administration, torture, cia, law

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