Group Think, Duct Tape and Slam Dunks
THE NEW YORK TIMES April 20, 2009 By SCOTT SHANE C.I.A. interrogators used waterboarding, the near-drowning technique that top Obama administration officials have described as illegal torture, 266 times on two key prisoners from Al Qaeda, far more than had been previously reported. The C.I.A. officers used waterboarding at least 83 times in August 2002 […]
MoreJANE HAMSHER Gets it done; as usual… Because someone has to OXDOWN GAZETTE/ FIREDOGLAKE Rahm on This Week: STEPHANOPOLOUS: The President has ruled out prosecutions of CIA officials who believed they were following the law. Does he believe the officials who devised the policies should be immune from prosecution? RAHM: Yeah, what he believes is, […]
MoreVICE GRIP THE WASHINGTON MONTHLY :: FEB/MARCH 2003 JOSHUA MICAH MARSHALL Early last December, Vice President Dick Cheney was dispatched to inform his old friend, Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill, that he was being let go. O’Neill, the president’s advisers felt, had made too many missteps, given too much bad advice, uttered too many gaffes. He […]
MoreThe Grand Dame of Blogs, Jane Hamsher and the Tough, Smart Glenn Greenwald Are Getting it Done Access Journalism — Business As Usual? By: Jane Hamsher Wednesday February 11 F I R E D O G L A K E Glenn Greenwald has been rightfully indignant about the Obama DoJ’s use of Bush’s “state secrets” […]
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