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Police say speeder claimed to be CIA official

Police in northeast Tennessee say Scott Gibson isn't the deputy director of the CIA — and he'd have to pay his $75 speeding fine even if he were.

CIA chief: Military strikes offer lessons

The U.S. government is analyzing the results of strikes against enemy targets to learn how the groups respond when attacked, the CIA's director said Wednesday.

EBay One of Few Companies to Lobby CIA

Online auctioneer eBay Inc. spent almost $2 million lobbying various departments of the federal government in the past year, including an entity rarely named on federal disclosure forms: the Central Intelligence Agency.

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The Real Intelligence Failure
Source: Campaign for Liberty

America's fundamental post 9/11 problem is that the resort to brute force is an easy option for a nation that is powerful but that does not necessarily seek to deal with the international subtleties. That go-it-alone aggressiveness was the model for the Bush Administration.

The CIA's Afghan Payroll
Source: CounterPunch.org

The revelation by the New York Times Wednesday that Ahmed Wali Karzai, the brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, has long been on the payroll of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency is only the tip of a much bigger iceberg of heavy dependence by U.S.

The Predator War
Source: New Yorker

On August 5th, officials at the Central Intelligence Agency, in Langley, Virginia, watched a live video feed relaying closeup footage of one of the most wanted terrorists in Pakistan.

The New York Times Shines a Light into the JFK-CIA-Joannides Scandal
Source: LewRockwell.com

Federal Judge John R. Tunheim, who was chairman of the Assassination Records Review Board stated, as quoted in the New York Times article, "I think we were probably misled by the agency. This material should be released."

Cheney Calls Interrogation Inquiry "Political"
Source: The New York Times

Former Vice President Dick Cheney asserted on Sunday that the Justice Department's decision to review detainee interrogation practices by Central Intelligence Agency workers and contractors was "a political move" and that President Obama was trying to "duck the responsibi …

Thugs of Fortune
Source: AntiWar.com

It was the mercenary facet, though, according to Mazetti, that led CIA director Leon Panetta to cancel the program in June and then tell Congress about it. Panetta would have been fine with assassinating suspects, I reckon, if only CIA types had been involved.

Rationalizing Torture
Source: Reason Magazine

But there is really no doubt that the agency engaged in severe cruelty. No less an authority than last year's Republican presidential nominee regards waterboarding as torture.

C.I.A. Had Plan to Assassinate Qaeda Leaders - NYTimes.com
Source: The New York Times

Since 2001, the Central Intelligence Agency has developed plans to dispatch small teams overseas to kill senior Qaeda terrorists, according to current and former government officials.

John Rizzo: The most influential career lawyer in CIA history is Resigning
Source: The L.A. Times

When he retires this summer, Rizzo will go out as the most influential career lawyer in CIA history, having risen to the top of the agency's legal ranks while leaving his mark on classified programs from proxy wars in Central America to Predator strikes in Pakistan.

CIA Names Fallen Officer 6 Years After Death
Source: CNN

The CIA reported on June 1, 2009 that Gregg Wenzel who "died six years ago in Ethiopia" was a "CIA spy."

Navy Vet Honored, Foiled Israeli Attack on USS Liberty on June 8, 1967
Source: Consortiumnews.com

Terry Halbardier received a Silver Star on Wednesday, May 27, 2009 for repairing a damaged antenna on the USS Liberty on June 8, 1967 so that the ship could send out a "Mayday" call for assistance during an attack by Israeli aircraft and ships.

Uncle Sam's Human Lab Rats
Source: MotherJones.com

They say government scientists messed with their minds. Now, veterans of secret psychedelic tests want answers.

Leonard Pitts: Pelosi's "Tortured" Stories
Source: MiamiHerald.com

Somebody call me when Nancy Pelosi gets her story straight. So far, the House Speaker's explanation of what and when she knew about the Bush administration's policy of torturing suspected terrorists is crookeder than Dick Cheney's smile.

Parvenue Pelosi Press Conference Catastrophe: "I was fighting a war in Iraq!"

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) just moments ago wrapped up what may well be the second worst press conference in the history of the United States. In a performance that was equal parts hysterical finger pointing and Sgt.

Pelosi Lied - Pelosi KNEW!
Source: The Washington Post

Intelligence officials released documents this evening saying that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was briefed in September 2002 about the use of harsh interrogation tactics against al-Qaeda prisoners, seemingly contradicting her repeated statements over the past 18 months  …

The CIA's Fight With Obama
Source: RealClearPolitics

Has Barack Obama made an enemy who can sabotage his presidency? The presidency of George W.

Abusing the Law to Abuse Political Opponents
Source: Chicago Sun-Times

A central theme of Barack Obama's presidential campaign was putting the nation's bitter, divisive politics behind us.

How the CIA Thwarted the West Coast Plot
Source: National Review Online

Critics of the CIA program are desperate to convince Americans that no valuable information came from the interrogations of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (KSM) and other senior terrorists.

Throwing Our Protectors to the Wolves
Source: Campaign Standard

"We have been through a dark and painful chapter in our history," President Obama said when he ordered the release of the Justice Department interrogation memos. Actually, no. Not at all. We were attacked on 9/11.

Cut CIA's Footprint In Pakistan
Source: PakNationalists

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan-The United States Central Intelligence Agency faces its toughest test yet to prove wrong the suspicions of many within the Pakistani strategic community that some of the terrorism exported from Afghan soil into Pakistan has direct or indirect support from Wash …

The secrets of Obama's surge
Source: atimes.com

Is United States President Barack Obama telling it like it is as far as his new strategy for the Afghanistan and Pakistan war theater - AfPak, in Pentagonspeak - is concerned? There are reasons to believe otherwise.

What the CIA's Censors Can Teach Us about Plans to Muzzle Talk Radio- American Thinker
Source: American Thinker

The Central Intelligence Agency runs a small bureau that censors books and articles written by current and former CIA employees.

Presidential ping-pong over executive orders
Source: msnbc.com

A new president can undo some of what his predecessor did, through memoranda or executive orders, having the force of law without Congressional approval. A new round will soon begin.

Kyle "Dusty" Foggo Guilty of Fraud
Source: pogoblog.typepad.com

Foggo just plead guilty to an indictment of defrauding the U.S., "abusing his supervisory positions with the CIA in order to cause the CIA to hire companies and individuals with whom he had concealed his personal relationships." 

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