Highlighting U.S. intervention in the further destruction of Somalia and as Ugandans mourn a terrorist attack from Somali militants and Fareed Zakaria noting the non-threat of ‘failed states’ and the imminent blowback induced by the failed missions of nation building.
Posts Tagged ‘Special Ops’
C.I.A. Program Hidden From Congress Still Being Used to Influence Afghan Elections?
Posted: 9 July 2009 by Little Alex in Af-Pak War, International Affairs, National News, Political ScienceTags: Aeymour Hersh, Af-Pak War, Afghan elections, Afghanistan, air strikes, Anna Eshoo, Ashraf Ghani, Cheney, CIA, civilian casualties, drones, executive assassination wing, Gareth Porter, George Bush, Hamid Karzai, Hillary Clinton, James Carville, JSOC, Leon Panetta, Michael Hayden, Middle East, Nancy Pelosi, Obama, Pakistan, Sam Stein, secrecy, Special Ops, Stanley McChrystal, terrorism, War
C.I.A. Director Leon Panetta told the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of a program from 2001 until the his first day that was kept from Congress, revealing the C.I.A. withheld information from, misled, and deliberately lied to the Congress. (more…)