The accord with Iran could tamp down the nuclear arms race – and it could do a lot a lot more than that.
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When a nation tortures
Our torture is drawing outrage from many quarters right now. But its supporters in Congress will be in control in January.
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It’s way past time to rein in the CIA
So last week we learned the truth. The CIA did indeed spy on members of the US Senate Intelligence Committee: the very people responsible for overseeing the CIA. For the past five years, the Intelligence Committee has been investigating the CIA’s program of “rendition, detention, and interrogation,” the anti-terrorism efforts that included torturing some suspects […]
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Judging Petraeus
If we had expected some kind of news lull after the election, we sure didn’t get it. The fall of David Petraeus pretty much dominated the news last week – and how could it not? The story’s subjects included a popular, high-profile general turned CIA director and two young, self-promoting and apparently loopy women. And […]
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Pre-Halloween spookiness
It’s not every day that a CIA veteran addresses an audience of social activists and does not repudiate his past. When these guys come out, they usually sound contrite. Take Philip Agee, the ex-spook who denounced RIT’s dalliance with Langley. Agee wrote a delicious book on the CIA’s international crime spree; ultimately he rejected […]
