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‘Bloody Gina’ Should Not Lead the CIA
Mar 14, 2018 The nomination of CIA Deputy Director Gina Haspel to be the agency's new director returns the U.S. to the bad old days of torture and secret prisons.
Mike Pompeo’s CIA Will Not Reflect America’s Diversity
Sep 18, 2017 With the evangelical Christian serving as director, the intelligence agency is becoming "more white, more male, more Jesus."
How to Challenge Media Narratives Without Being Called a Conspiracy Theorist
Aug 12, 2017 Do your own research, question everything and reach conclusions based on facts, not on what you read on Facebook.
CIA No Longer Can Defend the Indefensible — Its Torture Program
Jun 19, 2017 Guantanamo detainees are suing the masterminds of the CIA's torture program. Assisting the two contract psychologists is not worth the political trouble for the intelligence agency anymore.
Donald Trump’s National Security Choices Are Not the ‘A’ Team in Intelligence Circles
Dec 3, 2016 Progressives have no reason to be optimistic about retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn as national security adviser or Rep. Michael Pompeo as CIA director.
Whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling Appears to Have Suffered a Heart Attack in Prison
Sep 21, 2016 CIA whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling has battled to get adequate medical care while in federal prison. He doesn’t have the luxury of time. He needs help immediately.
How the CIA’s Darkest Torture Secrets Were Exposed—and Covered Up
Sep 11, 2016 An investigator for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Dan Jones, worked hard to get to the bottom of the agency’s torture program. Then-Attorney General Eric Holder and others conspired to keep the worst news hidden.
The Man Who Captured Abu Zubaydah Says It’s Time to End His Ordeal and Send Him Home
Aug 26, 2016 If the government decides you are an “enemy combatant,” you cannot defend yourself in court It’s a terrible precedent and a threat even to US citizens We should immediately release the alleged terrorist If the government decides you are an “enemy combatant,” you cannot defend yourself in court.
The DNC Email Leaks: The Gift That Keeps On Feeding Distrust
Jul 28, 2016 The worst of the many offenses revealed in the latest WikiLeaks case is that Bernie Sanders was undemocratically deprived of fair play in the Democratic primary.
Force Reform in Saudi Arabia With a Thousand Cuts
Jul 19, 2016 Despite new evidence of Saudi complicity revealed in the 9/11 report's "28 pages," the Saudis keep getting a free ride from the lemmings in Congress. Here's how to ratchet up pressure on the regime.