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  • July 2008

    • Secret Justice Memo Bares CIA Torture Defense

      newser  |  CNN  |  22 hours, 6 minutes ago

      Secret Justice Memo Bares CIA Torture Defense

      The Bush administration advised the CIA in 2002 that its agents would not be prosecuted on anti-torture legislation as long as they professed an "honest belief" that their actions would not cause severe pain and anguish, CNN reports. The memo is one of three made public by the ACLU, and the rights group says they prove the Justice Department essentially sanctioned torture. More »

    • Ailing bin Laden Mere Months From Death?

      newser  |  Time  |  Jul 2, 08 2:11 AM CDT

      Ailing bin Laden Mere Months From Death?

      Terror leader Osama bin Laden is dying from kidney disease, according to a CIA analysis of the medications he has been taking, reports Time .The world's most wanted terrorist likely has no more than 12 months to live, and may already be teetering on the brink of death, according to sources familiar with the report. More »

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      al-Qaeda  • CIA  • Osama bin Laden  • counterterrorism  • 9/11 attacks  • kidney disease  • dialysis

    • Gitmo Prisoner Charged in Cole Bombing

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Jul 1, 08 2:18 AM CDT

      Gitmo Prisoner Charged in Cole Bombing

      A suspected al-Qaeda terrorist held at Guantanamo Bay for six years has been charged with masterminding the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole that killed 17 sailors and injured 50 others. The treatment of Saudi prisoner Abd al Rahim al-Nashiri in custody, which included waterboarding by interrogators, will be a key element of his defense, reports the Washington Post. More »

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      al-Qaeda  • CIA  • Pentagon  • Guantanamo Bay  • torture  • waterboarding  • USS Cole

  • June 2008

    • US and Pakistan Let al-Qaeda Regroup

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jun 30, 08 9:00 AM CDT

      US and Pakistan Let al-Qaeda Regroup

      Nearly seven years after 9/11, America has not only failed to capture Osama bin Laden; it has also allowed al-Qaeda to rebuild itself in lawless northwest Pakistan, near the Afghan border. The New York Times conducted more than four dozen interviews to discover how rivalries among American agencies, trouble with Pervez Musharraf, and the distraction of Iraq allowed al-Qaeda to foil Operation Cannonball, a highly classified CIA initiative. More »

    • US Steps Up Covert Plots in Iran

      newser  |  New Yorker  |  Jun 30, 08 2:15 AM CDT

      US Steps Up Covert Plots in Iran

      Congress agreed to boost covert operations against Iran last year despite reservations by key officials, Seymour Hersh writes in the New Yorker . President Bush sought up to $400 million for the program, which supports dissidents intent on undermining Tehran and gathers data on its nuke plans. Some analysts believe the moves foreshadow a military strike against the country. More »

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      Iraq  • George W. Bush  • Iran  • Congress  • CIA  • William Fallon

    • 'Good Cop' Enticed 9/11 Mastermind to Talk

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jun 22, 08 7:09 AM CDT

      'Good Cop' Enticed 9/11 Mastermind to Talk

      A CIA interrogator’s rapport with a mastermind of the 9/11 attacks helped provide vast amounts of information on terrorism while raising tough questions about interrogation methods, the New York Times reports. Agent Deuce Martinez cajoled Khalid Sheikh Mohammed into discussing his thoughts in great detail—but it’s unclear whether Mohammed would have opened up without first facing interrogation techniques like waterboarding. More »

    • CIA Gave Pentagon Torture Tips

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Jun 18, 08 8:06 AM CDT

      CIA Gave Pentagon Torture Tips

      The CIA gave the Pentagon advice about the legality of harsh interrogation techniques to be used on detainees at Guantanamo Bay and elsewhere, the Washington Post reports. Documents shown to a Senate committee yesterday reveal that the agency had a bigger role than first thought. Torture is "subject to perception,"a CIA lawyer told officials at a 2002 meeting. "If the detainee dies, you're doing it wrong." More »

    • German Sues Again to Nab CIA Agents

      newser  |  BBC  |  Jun 9, 08 6:35 PM CDT

      German Sues Again to Nab CIA Agents

      A German man is suing his country to have 13 CIA agents extradited in a case of "extraordinary rendition," the BBC reports. Khaled al-Masri says they grabbed him by mistake in 2003 and dropped him in an Afghan prison, where he was tortured for 5 months. But Germany decided last year not to pursue the agents, when Washington said the move would threaten "American national interests." More »

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      Afghanistan  • Germany  • CIA  • rendition

  • May 2008

    • CIA Chief: Tide Turning Against Al-Qaeda

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  May 30, 08 8:57 AM CDT

      CIA Chief: Tide Turning Against Al-Qaeda

      Al-Qaeda is "near strategic defeat" in Iraq and Saudi Arabia, and the tide is turning against it elsewhere, CIA chief Michael Hayden says in a surprisingly upbeat Washington Post interview today. In contrast to a  reports of an al-Qaeda resurgence a year ago, Hayden now cites “significant setbacks for al-Qaeda globally,” as "a lot of the Islamic world pushes back on their form of Islam.” He says the Iraq war is no longer a boon to al-Qaeda recruitment. More »

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      Iraq  • al-Qaeda  • CIA  • War on Terror  • Saudi Arabia  • al-Qaeda in Iraq  • Michael Hayden

    • Rove Brushes Off McClellan Claims on Plame Deception

      newser  |  Chicago Tribune  |  May 28, 08 11:29 AM CDT

      Rove Brushes Off McClellan Claims on Plame Deception

      With the political world abuzz over the harsh tone of Scott McClellan’s new memoir about the "culture of deception''  in the Bush White House, Karl Rove is defending himself against one of the former spokesman’s most damning claims—that Rove and Scooter Libby colluded in a Valerie Plame cover-up and misled McClellan on the matter. Rove says, contrary to the McClellan account, he and Libby spoke regularly—and never discussed the CIA outing. More »

    • FBI Stalled in Addressing Prisoner Abuse

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  May 20, 08 1:56 PM CDT

      FBI Stalled in Addressing Prisoner Abuse

      FBI agents dragged their feet in reporting torture inflicted on prisoners by Defense contractors and CIA employees, an an internal FBI report shows, but agents themselves generally did not participate in torture. FBI brass, however, was scolded for not providing more guidance or “pressing harder” to curb other agencies’ actions, the Washington Post reports. More »

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      FBI  • Department of Justice  • CIA  • torture  • Department of Defense  • Robert Mueller

    • Judge Orders CIA to Release 'Torture' Memo

      newser  |  Reuters  |  May 9, 08 6:30 AM CDT

      Judge Orders CIA to Release 'Torture' Memo

      A federal judge has ordered the CIA to release a 2002 memo believed to outline interrogation methods that may amount to torture. The ACLU, which brought the suit sparking the order, claims that the memo details harsh interrogation techniques, including waterboarding, and calls it "one of the most important torture documents still being withheld by the Bush administration." The judge will decide whether to make the memo public on Monday, reports Reuters. More »

  • April 2008

    • US Hesitates to Strike Inside Pakistan

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Apr 20, 08 2:25 PM CDT

      US Hesitates to Strike Inside Pakistan

      US commanders are itching to strike tribal militants in Pakistan, but Washington fears such a move could anger Islamabad's new leaders, the New York Times reports. American intelligence officials say the region is a growing threat, and warn that militants are forging alliances with al-Qaeda. But Pakistan is in talks with tribal leaders and doesn't want them scuttled by US attacks. More »

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      Pakistan  • Afghanistan  • al-Qaeda  • CIA  • Pakistan militants

    • Top Bushies Personally OK'd Tough Interrogation Tactics

      newser  |  ABC News  |  Apr 10, 08 3:16 PM CDT

      Top Bushies Personally OK'd Tough Interrogation Tactics

      Senior White House officials explicitly approved interrogation technique details in several meetings beginning in 2002, sources tell ABC. It was previously known that the CIA drafted a “Golden Shield” memo approving highly specific tactics for use on al-Qaeda detainees, but that top officials—including Condoleezza Rice, Dick Cheney, Colin Powell and Donald Rumsfeld—personally condoned the policy, on multiple occasions, is a new revelation. More »

  • March 2008

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