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<IMG src="http://www.truthdig.com/images/masthead_newsletter.gif"> Hi, I read this on Truthdig and thought you would find it interesting. =-=-=-=-=-=-= CIA Blogger Fired for Anti-Torture Post Christine Axsmith, a software <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/20/AR2006072001816.html?referrer=emailarticle" title="contractor for the CIA, was fired">contractor for the CIA, was fired</a> when she posted a blog entry to the agency’s closed network stating her opposition to torture. The post started like this: “Waterboarding is Torture and Torture is Wrong.” Such a sad confirmation of our government’s dismal human rights policies that so obvious a statement qualifies as grounds for termination. <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20060721_cia_blogger_fired_for_anti_torture_post/">http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20060721_cia_blogger_fired_for_anti_torture_post/</a> Copyright © 2006 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved. =-=-=-=-=-=-= This is a one-time mailing from Truthdig, (<a href="http://www.truthdig.com/">www.truthdig.com</a>) on behalf of the sender. Please report any misuse to webmaster-at-truthdig.com <IMG src="http://www.truthdig.com/images/masthead_newsletter.gif"> Hi, I read this on Truthdig and thought you would find it interesting. =-=-=-=-=-=-= CIA Blogger Fired for Anti-Torture Post Christine Axsmith, a software <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/20/AR2006072001816.html?referrer=emailarticle" title="contractor for the CIA, was fired">contractor for the CIA, was fired</a> when she posted a blog entry to the agency’s closed network stating her opposition to torture. The post started like this: “Waterboarding is Torture and Torture is Wrong.” Such a sad confirmation of our government’s dismal human rights policies that so obvious a statement qualifies as grounds for termination. <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20060721_cia_blogger_fired_for_anti_torture_post/">http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20060721_cia_blogger_fired_for_anti_torture_post/</a> Copyright © 2006 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved. =-=-=-=-=-=-= This is a one-time mailing from Truthdig, (<a href="http://www.truthdig.com/">www.truthdig.com</a>) on behalf of the sender. Please report any misuse to webmaster-at-truthdig.com

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