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The claims were retracted by ProPublica in an embarrassing correction. On Feb. 22, 2017, ProPublica published a story that inaccurately described Gina Haspel’s role in the treatment of Abu Zubaydah, a suspected al-Qaida leader who was imprisoned by the CIA at a secret “black site” in Thailand in 2002. The story said that Haspel, a career CIA officer who President Trump has nominated to be the next director of central intelligence, oversaw the clandestine base where Zubaydah was subjected...

DURING THE NUREMBERG TRIALS after World War II, several Nazis, including top German generals Alfred Jodl and Wilhelm Keitel, claimed they were not guilty of the tribunal’s charges because they had been acting at the directive of their superiors.Ever since, this justification has been popularly known as the “Nuremberg defense,” in which the accused states they were “only following orders.” The Nuremberg judges rejected the Nuremberg defense, and both Jodl and Keitel were hanged. The United...

The declining human rights standards on display with the Haspel and Pompeo nominations are the latest in a long line of policy failures that include the Obama administration’s lack of prosecutions of Bush-era torture, Nat Parry notes. If a person is OK with torture and assassination, that person is OK with anything. Is this an indication of psychopathology or more seriously, sociopathology? Consortium NewsTorture-Tainted CIA and State Nominees Recall Failure to Prosecute Bush-Era Abuses Nat...

She also enjoys the support of top Obama officials.  AlterNetNew CIA Director Gina Haspel Has a Long History of Pushing for Torture Jefferson Morley, AlterNetSee also While the ACLU does not take positions on nominees, we do take a strong stance against torture. Blog of Rights: Official Blog of the American Civil Liberties UnionWhat the Senate Needs to Know About Gina Haspel Christopher Anders, Deputy Director, ACLU Washington Legislative Office alsoAmerican ThinkerJames Clapper: Deep...

“The new CIA director was a key part of the torture program and its illegal cover-up. Her name was on the Top Secret order demanding the destruction of tapes to prevent them being seen by Congress. Incredible.” — Edward Snowden 'Nuff said. Consistent with Trump's views on the use of torture. Intel TodayGina Haspel Becomes First Female CIA Director LAlsoMoon of AlabamaTrump Votes For Rexit - Torture Girl To Become CIA Director bAlsoThe Cipher BriefHaspel Nominated to Lead CIA, Pompeo to...

Publius Tacitus responds to TTG's response (if you are following this debate).Sic Semper TyrannisWho Is Lying? John Brennan or James Comey? Publius Tacitus

Most people, including many of you, have the memory of an Alzheimer's patient when it comes to putting events into their proper historical context. So let me help.... Sic Semper TyrannisPieces of the Coup Puzzle Fall Into Place Publius Tacitus Soon the investigative crosshairs will settle on Brennan. He’d better have the right answers. The Unz ReviewIs John Brennan the Mastermind Behind Russiagate? Mike WhitneyRelated White House Chief of Staff John Kelly blocked Rep. Dana Rohrabacher,...

The CIA claims that it can hand over classified information to some — ‘very friendly’ — journalists and still pretend the information has not been made public. Chief Judge Colleen McMahon just made it clear and simple for the Agency: “You cannot have your cake and eat it too.” Chief Judge McMahon ruled that the CIA can not have it both ways. The agency can not hand classified information to one journalist, and then tell another it can not disclose the same information it already made...

The publication of the Republican House Committee memo and reports of other documents increasingly suggest not only a “Russiagate” without Russia but also something darker: The “collusion” may not have been in the White House or the Kremlin. The NationRussiagate or Intelgate?Stephen F. Cohen | Professor Emeritus of Russian Studies, History, and Politics at New York University and Princeton University

Eye-opener, if you are not up on this stuff. Your government at work.CounterpunchMeet the CIA: Guns, Drugs and MoneyJeffrey St. Clair - Alexander Cockburn