1. Taliban = 9/11?? Afghanistan by Hypnosis
(Newsletter)

...f the musings of Adam Smith, Ricardo and Milton Friedman was laid to rest unceremoniously.  CONTINUE... CIA Operatives Convicted for Role in Extraordinary Rendition Investigating Reports B...

2. Why the Blasé Attitude To Torture
(Opinions/Society)

...es;” not “extraordinary rendition” masking kidnapping for the purpose of torture. Sabrina de Sousa, one of the 23 CIA operatives convicted in absentia and sentenced by an Italian court last week for k...

3. CIA Operatives Convicted for Role in Extraordinary Rendition
(Opinions/Daily)

In a landmark case, twenty-three Americans, mostly CIA operatives, have been convicted in Italy for kidnapping a Muslim cleric from the streets of Milan in 2003. They were all tried in absentia after

4. Mark Danner on 'Stripping Bare the Body'
(Opinions/Daily)

...eo this week lambasting Attorney General Eric Holder’s decision to launch a Justice Department probe into whether CIA operatives broke the law while interrogating prisoners.     ...

5. Tortured Law
(MWC/Media)

...e law and authorize torture?  Attorney General Eric Holder recently announced an investigation of low-level CIA operatives who exceeded the grisly authority provided by the "torture memos.&...

6. America's Tortured Past
(Opinions/Features)

...ort revealed the following:-- one or more detainees were told their mothers would be raped in their presence; -- CIA operatives conducted mock executions by firing guns in adjoining rooms even though...

7. CIA Hired Blackwater for Secret Assassination Program
(Opinions/Daily)

...million contract. And the official reason for Blackwater going into Afghanistan was to provide protection for the CIA operatives that were operating in Afghanistan in the early stages of the US operat...

8. CIA's Panetta Won't Penalize Torturers
(Opinions/op-ed)

...t if the Obama Administration changes its mind about not “looking backward.” Recall Goss asked Congress to exempt CIA operatives from any law banning torture and Black told Congress, “After 9/11, the ...

9. CEO of Mercenary Firm 'Blackwater' Resigns
(Opinions/Daily)

... talking—yeah, you’re talking about a small city unto itself that’s going to have 1,200 employees and hundreds of CIA operatives, was the initial plan for it. And all these people are going to necessi...

10. Rendition is a Horrible Violent Crime in Any Form
(Opinions/Politic)

... your mother.” The Canadian government later exonerated Arar of any terrorist ties. In another instance, thirteen CIA operatives were arrested in Italy for kidnapping an Egyptian, Abu Omar, in Milan a...