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Urge President Obama to Work With Congress to Declassify the Senate Torture Report. ACTION
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: usa, torture, post 9/11, CIA, government, cover-up )

Nancy
- 7 days ago - actions.humanrightsfirst.org
Remember the Academy Award-winning film Zero Dark Thirty? Well, last week news broke that the CIA edited the film's script to make sure that it didn't portray the "enhanced interrogation" program in a way that would make the agency look bad.
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**TAKE ACTION**President Obama: Pardon CIA Whistleblower John Kiriakou**PLEASE SIGN**
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: abuse, americans, bushadministration, CIA, dishonesty, ethics, freedoms, justice, obama, PETITION, politics, propaganda, r )

Kit
- 125 days ago - action.firedoglake.com
It's a cruel irony that the first agent connected to the CIA torture program to go to prison is the whistleblower who spoke out against the heinous practices of our government. **PLEASE SIGN**
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The Campaign Against John Brennan
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: americans, appointments, CIA, presidential cabinet, ethics, freedoms, Govtfearmongering, media, military, obama, torture )

Kit
- 131 days ago - salon.com
It may have been slow in the making, but the campaign against John Brennan is starting in earnest today with two progressive groups coming out against President Obama's choice to head the Central Intelligence Agency.
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The Petraeus Plot Thickens
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: CIA, Intelligence, Maddow, Military, Scandal, Video )

TomCat
- 192 days ago - politicsplus.org
See 1st comment
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David Petraeus Resigns as CIA Director
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: CIA, military, Americans, government, ethics )

Carrie
- 194 days ago - washingtonpost.com
CIA Director David H. Petraeus resigned Friday and admitted to having an extramarital affair, bringing a surprisingly abrupt end to his brief tenure at the spy agency as well as his decorated career in national security.
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CIA Rushed to Save Diplomats as Libya Attack Was Underway
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Bengazi, americans, terrorism, politics, CIA, security )

Carrie
- 202 days ago - washingtonpost.com
The CIA rushed security operatives to an American diplomatic compound in Libya within 25 minutes after it had come under attack and played a more central role in the effort to fend off a night-long siege than has been publicly acknowledged, U.S.
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New Gov. Documents Show President Bush Ignored Numerous Warnings Prior to 9/11 Attack: Should GW Bush Be Interrogated?
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: 911, CIA, crimes against humanity, George W. Bush, GOP, Military Industrial Media Empire, Politics, war )

Joseph
- 253 days ago - worldwidehippies.com
Two weeks ago at the Republican National Convention, former Bush administration National Security Advisor Condi Rice attacked the Obama administration for not taking action in Syria.
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The Bush Administration and Responsibility for 9/11: The Deafness Before the Storm
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: bushadministration, bush, 9/11, responsibility, CIA, usa, news, media )

Cal
- 254 days ago - nytimes.com
Could the 9/11 attack have been stopped, had the Bush team reacted with urgency to the warnings contained in all of those daily briefs? We can't ever know. And that may be the most agonizing reality of all.
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Who Will Drones Target? Who in the US Will Decide?
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: CIA, Secret plots, Abuse Of Power, Obama, constitution, democrats, republicans )

Barbara
- 355 days ago - boston.com
Photo/Susan Walsh White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan speaks in Washington. The Pentagon is likely to be largely sidelined from decisions on which terror leaders are targeted for drone attacks
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Drones in U.S. Flight Paths: What Could Go Wrong?
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: UAS [Unmanned Aircraft System], FAA, CIA, NASA, drones, corruption )

Nancy
- 379 days ago - opednews.com
I would have asked "Should weaponized drones be permitted to exist on earth?" and "How can surveillance drones possibly comply with the Fourth Amendment?"
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The Global Intelligence Files
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: corruption, cover-up, usa, Wikileaks, FBI, CIA )

Jill
- 449 days ago - wikileaks.org
On Monday February 27th, 2012, WikiLeaks began publishing The Global Intelligence Files, over five million e-mails from the Texas headquartered "global intelligence" company Stratfor. The e-mails date between July 2004 and late December 2011. They reveal
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Did Tenet Fail to Share Information That Could Have Prevented the 9/11 Attacks? Insiders Voice Doubts About the CIA's 9/11 Story
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: 9/11, Tenet, CIA, cover-up )

Nancy
- 583 days ago - alternet.org
A growing number of former government insiders -- all responsible officials who served in a number of federal posts -- are now on record as doubting ex-CIA director George Tenet's account of events leading up to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United...
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Obama's Secret War - Mogadishu Airport Somalia - Another Broken Promise   video
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: obama, obama-administration, politics, government, democrats, republicans, u.s., congress, president-obama, interesting, news, somalia, CIA, secret-war, war, youtube, white-house, deception, corruption, cover-up, world, ethics )

PinkMindy
- 611 days ago - youtube.com
Hidden beneath a deep veil of CIA camouflage, secrecy and diversionary red-tape, there exists a secret war executing White House orders for combat operations, interrogation compounds ... and who knows what else is going on inside!?
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CIA Admits Role in Death of Mich. Woman
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: cia, murdered, woman and daughter, plane, shot down )

Lone
- 1204 days ago - wxyz.com
WXYZ) - The CIA has admitted it played a role in the 2001 death of a Michigan woman and her infant daughter in Peru.
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The US Game in Latin America
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: US foreign policy, manipulations, Haiti, CIA, Aristide, coup, Latin America, democratic, elections )

Marion
- 1206 days ago - informationclearinghouse.info
US interference in the politics of Haiti and Honduras is only the latest example of its long-term manipulations in Latin America.
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