" ... Despite Kissinger's public warnings to respect human rights, the CIA kept close ties to Chileans they knew were committing abuses, paying some for in
By Masroor Gilani AFP | March 16, 2011 LAHORE, Pakistan — A Pakistan court on Wednesday freed a CIA contractor accused of double murder after $2 million
by Choire Sicha The Awl | February 22, 2010 Despite what is surely deliberate obstruction, in the form of having deleted John Yoo's emails, the Department
Source : Reuters News Center | December 3, 2010 Vladimir Putin rules Russia by allowing a venal elite to siphon off cash from the world's biggest energy pr
By Eric Alterman The Nation | December 2, 2010 Much of the journalistic world is currently focused on the juicy diplomatic details of the WikiLeaks revelat
" ... When the House passed the annual Intelligence Authorization legislation earlier this year, it included my provision to require the CIA to retain int
National Archives to determine if agency violated federal recordkeeping law By Michael Isikoff | MSNBC | November 11, 2010 The legal inquiries into the CIA
Jeff Stein | Washington Post | November 3, 2010 Daniel Pines, an assistant general counsel at the CIA, has asserted in a law journal that the abduction
By Sherwood Ross MWC News | October 14, 2010 By assigning covert action roles to the Central Intelligence Agency(CIA), it is as if the White House and Cong
Barack Obama's decision to grant an amnesty to CIA operatives who used controversial interrogation techniques on terror suspects has been criticised by
Targeting Whistleblowers: Truth Telling Julian Assange Endangered By Stephen Lendman | Al-Jazeerah | June 14, 2010 More than ever under Obama, we live in a
By COLLEEN BARRY (AP)MILAN — Lawyers for two high-ranking former CIA operatives in Italy charged in the 2003 kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric argued on W
Bush Administration Torture Reveals How Deceptive Politics As Usual In Washington Has BecomeBill LindnerMay 09, 2009After slithering out of Washington once
" ... Our constitution does not allow a shift towards dictatorship or war crimes, even if it would make us 'safer.' Yet the current torture debate returns
" ... Attorney General Eric Holder says it’s 'unfair to prosecute dedicated men and women ... for conduct that was sanctioned in advance by the Justice D
Dan LevineThe RecorderApril 13, 20099th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Jay Bybee - Image: Jason Doiy/The RecorderSix weeks before Gen. Augusto Pinochet ove
By LARA JAKES JORDANWASHINGTON (AP) — Barack Obama's incoming administration is unlikely to bring criminal charges against government officials who autho
Also see: "JIMI HENDRIX WAS WATERBOARDED TO DEATH w/RED WINE"" ... Attorney General Mukasey ... stated that he won't investigate or prosecute anyone for wa