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more about #cia more comments → Oy Veh (Informality Reigns): It was an easy transition from high end riding academy to CIA torture chamber--everybody who worked there ALREADY wore tight pants, tall boots, and ca... more » Oy Veh (Informality Reigns): Saddle-sores can be brutal, you know. more » Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate: I suppose a barn would be a good torture venue. Stalls designed for being shoveled and hosed out, and the tack room would be convenient to hang all of... more » drunkexpatwriter: To be fair, torturing people is a very high stress job and you need to unwind at the end of the day. When I was a Master Torturer when I got off wor... more » DevilsAvocadoRedux: Sounds like the plot for the next Eli Roth film. Also - eight suspects at a time? What - does that make it more economical or something? You only nee... more » raincoaster: Sadly, mock trials are what Italy has specialized in since Berlusconi was elected. #italy more » misha trotsky: In other news, "Canada," has own government, laws. Why, I don't know. BTW, if he was interrogated in Italy, it would have just been slapping each oth... more » topsy: Since Italy elected a racist buffoon to run the country, who really cares? #italy more » pmarble: Last I looked, we had full diplomatic relations with Italy and in fact are their allies -- so how do you justify Anericans violating their laws? The ... more » Jes St.Lawrence: Well, the US kidnapped a doctor in Mexico who supposedly participated in the torture of an FDA agent. As I recall, the trial didn't go well, though. ... more » Uncle_Billy_Slumming: " their own lawless and unchecked international intelligence organization" Links, please. #italy more » iplaudius: Italian law would appear to be for everyone but the Italians. #italy more » Swifter: Everybody knows that Italian law is whatever the Supreme Court of the United States says it is. #italy more » daveyjonesisdead: If the Italians can catch you, then you're pretty much a wash-up as a spy. I say, hand them all over for punishment just for being screw-ups. #italy more » Niko Bellic: Armando Spataro, the deputy public prosecutor in Milan, said in his closing argument Wednesday that it was "unthinkable" that the U.S. policy of extra... more » -
#torture
The CIA Likes Nice Things Too
A new CIA secret prison has been found. In a luxury horseriding center in Lithuania. Hey, just because you're detaining people illegally and torturing them doesn't mean you can't enjoy some nice surroundings. More » -
#torture
Italian Court Holds Mock Trial For CIA
An Italian court has convicted 22 CIA operatives and one Air Force colonel of kidnapping. The CIA grabbed Egyptian imam Abu Omar in Milan and flew him to Egypt to be tortured. This is "illegal" under Italian "law." More » -
#senselessviolence
Misty Waterboarded Memories of the Way We Were
What's the best way to make a suspected terrorist forget all the crucial details that we need access to in order to thwart the terrorist plot we suspect him of being involved in? Why, torture him. Naturally. More » -
#provinganegative
Great, We Are Still Having the 'But Did Torture Work' Debate
Just as "but they were a huge jerk" is not a legitimate defense of beating someone to death, "but it produced actionable intelligence" is not a legitimate defense of torture. Not that that actually matters anymore! More » -
#torture
CIA Not Happy That They Might Get In Trouble
You sorta feel sorry for Leon Panetta. He has no intelligence experience, he's taking control of a dispirited and publicly shamed CIA, and Justice and Obama apparently blindsided him with this investigation business. But on the other hand... More » -
#ourwackyspooks
Whoops! CIA Loses Detainees
So what was redacted in the publicly released version of the CIA Inspector General's report on torture? Oh, mostly death and stuff. Also there were the times the CIA accidentally misplaced detainees. More » -
#torture
Today In Torture
Attorney General Eric Holder will appoint a prosecutor to determine whether there is enough evidence to prosecute CIA interrogators who tortured and murdered detainees. This will not please Leon Panetta! More » -
#torture
Obama Creating New, Slightly More Cuddly Interrogation Team. (And Reporters Are Getting Examined, Too!)
Recent reports about "mock executions" and other incendiary interrogation tactics have given the CIA a bad, bad name. Thus, President Obama and his White House are taking things into their own hands. But what does that mean? More » -
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#scary
CIA's Mock Executions The Least Fun Form Of Mockery
While you were sleeping, America: the CIA performed "mock executions" on torture detainees! You know, to scare them! Mr. Torture Beat 2009, Newsweek's Michael Isikoff, reported the CIA's upcoming release of "long-suppressed" reports detailing instances. How bad are we talking? More » -
#spooks
Hapless CIA Agents Get Punk'd By the ACLU
The Washington Post reports today that ACLU lawyers may have violated the law by showing photos of CIA agents to Guantanamo Bay prisoners. But they kind of buried the lead—the ACLU managed to tail and photograph CIA agents. More » -
#freelancers
CIA Outsourced 'Death Squad' Work to Blackwater
As part of Dick Cheney's secret program to conduct political assassinations, the CIA hired Blackwater, the shady group of Christian vigilantes for hire whose founder was recently implicated in a murder, to assist in the operation. [New York Times] -
#myths
Mystery Solved: Ron Silver Was Not a CIA Agent
When Ron Silver died in March, the New York Post's Cindy Adams eulogized him by revealing that he'd once been a CIA operative: "I remember him saying he'd been in the CIA at age 22." It's not true. More » -
#plots
Confirmed: Seymour Hersh Was Right About The Dick Cheney 'Death Squad' Thing
That dang Seymour Hersh. The New Yorker scribe is always running saying crazy things to scare the bejesus out of us and, unfortunately, he's always right. Just like when he mentioned that Dick Cheney was running a CIA "death squad." More » -
#someevilshit
Dick Cheney Now Linked To C.I.A. Concealment, Is Officially The Shadiest Dick Ever
Wow. The New York Times has two sources reporting: C.I.A. director Leon E. Panetta's been testifying to Congress that Dick Cheney ordered the C.I.A. to withhold information regarding a secret counter-terrorism project. And just how sketchy is this Dick?
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#spooks
The CIA Misled Congress Under Bush. Imagine That.
Leon Panetta, Obama's CIA Director, told House Intelligence Committee members that the agency had lied to and "concealed significant actions" from lawmakers since the beginning of the George W. Bush presidency and continuing until recently. [Congressional Quarterly] -
#wingnuts
What This Country Needs Is a Good Terrorist Attack!
Last night Glenn Beck's guest was ex-CIA person Michael Scheuer, who stated that the only hope for the country was for Osama Bin Laden to "deploy and detonate a major weapon in the United States." Seriously. More » -
#grumpyoldmen
Is Dick Cheney Hoping For America to be Attacked By Terrorists?
This week's New Yorker features a 7600 word profile of Leon Panetta, Obama's choice to lead the CIA. Most notable among those 7600 words: Panetta's been wondering the same thing many have about the depths of Dick Cheney's dark soul. More » -
#spies
An ad in the new Black Enterprise seeks "some Bournes to serve under Barack." [Copyranter]
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#jobs
Bankers vs. Spies: A Lifestyle Comparison
The CIA is looking to hire a few good former hedge funders and investment bankers to put their "skills" to use on behalf of the USA. But could I-bankers really stand the rigors of the CIA lifestyle? Let's compare: More » -
#politics
Nancy Pelosi: CIA Lies to Everyone, Duh!
Speaker Nancy Pelosi essentially said today that she is the victim of a CIA information operation directed against the constitutional leadership of the United States. So what else is new? More »
