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Thursday, December 11, 2014

CIA: dysfunction, disorganization, incompetence, greed, deception

Nobody prosecuted, nobody lost their job--Bush and Obama--pathetic!

Report Portrays a Broken C.I.A. Devoted to a Failed Approach - NYTimes.com: "...The bitter infighting in the C.I.A. interrogation program was only one symptom of the dysfunction, disorganization, incompetence, greed and deception described in a summary of the Senate Intelligence Committee’s report. In more than 500 pages, the summary, released on Tuesday, paints a devastating picture of an agency that was ill equipped to take on the task of questioning Al Qaeda suspects, bungled the job and then misrepresented the results..." (read more at the link above)

and (via politico.com):

New York Times A1, at fold, "Obama Faulted For Supporting Besieged C.I.A.," by Peter Baker: "Obama's attempt to find a balance on a polarizing issue inherited from his predecessor was seen by ... critics as a failure to hold the agency accountable." http://nyti.ms/1wgfdOs

ANDREW SULLIVAN, "How Obama Backed Impunity For War Crimes": "[T]o refuse to prosecute war crimes is to condone war crimes." http://bit.ly/1wBuUC0



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