Tag Archives: CIA

Via the New York Times: A scathing report released by the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday found that the Central Intelligence Agency routinely misled the White House and Congress about the information it obtained from the detention and interrogation of terrorism suspects, and that its methods were more brutal than the C.I.A. acknowledged either to Bush administration officials or to …

Teabagistan has having a field day.

Another blow to the conspiracy theorists. A newly declassified CIA history from 20 years ago spills the story about Nevada’s Area 51 and its secret mission — which was not to study UFOs, but to test the U-2 and other spy planes. The CIA’s story about the legendary test site is contained in “The Central Intelligence Agency and Overhead Reconnaissance: …

In what they say is a first-ever event, today the CIA is holding a recruitment event in association with the Miami-Dade Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce. Steve Rothaus has the story at the Miami Herald: “This is the first one ever,” said Michael Barber, the CIA’s LGBT Community Outreach and Liaison program manager. “This is the first of what …

“Think about it. The man running our nation’s top clandestine organization couldn’t keep his own affair secret. And he’s one of the best people we have in public service? If General Petraeus will compromise here, what’s to say he won’t or didn’t compromise elsewhere? This idea that character doesn’t matter runs completely counter to God’s instructions for choosing leaders. Apart …

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CIA director and four-star former Army General David Petraeus resigned today, citing an extramarital affair. From his resignation letter: Yesterday afternoon, I went to the White House and asked the President to be allowed, for personal reasons, to resign from my position as D/CIA. After being married for over 37 years, I showed extremely poor judgment by engaging in an …

From one of my favorite YouTube commenters.

The CIA has launched a new task force to investigate WikiLeaks. The group will scour the released documents to survey damage caused by the disclosures. One of the most embarrassing revelations was that the US state department had drawn up a list of information it would like on key UN figures – it later emerged the CIA had asked for …

Dick Cheney kept an as yet undescribed CIA program secret from Congress, in direct violation of federal law. RELATED: Cheney spawn Liz says she is considering running for office. Oh noes!