CIA & Army veteran has the best response to Gina Haspel confirmation obfuscation

[ficuswhisperer]

@Artor

Remember, WE are the Evil Empire these days.

[euansmith]

There are subtle indications scattered around.

[Wanderfound]

@Wanderfound

That total lack of real consequence for the policymakers makes it almost certain that we will resort to the same behaviors the next time a 9/11 happens.

The Hill

Former Vice President Dick Cheney said Thursday the CIA should restart the controversial enhanced interrogation program used during the George W. Bush administration.

“If it were my call, I would not discontinue those programs. I’d have them active and ready to go,” Cheney said during an interview with Fox Business. “And I’d go back and study them and learn."

[Brian_Shock]

Is anybody surprised that the Traitor in Chief was easily persuaded to put a torturer in charge of a dangerous covert government organization? Agent Orange doesn’t trust anyone without a solid kompromat file.

[smulder]

Dick Cheney: Liar and proud torture advocate

[anon30760835]

The CIA makes us enemies faster than we can kill them

[Wanderfound]

John Stockwell - CIA's War on Humans

John R. Stockwell is a former CIA officer who became a critic of United States government policies after serving in the Agency for thirteen years serving seven tours of duty. After managing U.S. involvement in the Angolan Civil War as Chief of the Angola Task Force during its 1975 covert operations, he resigned and wrote In Search of Enemies, a book which remains the only detailed, insider’s account of a major CIA “covert action.”

[FGD135]

CIA nominee Gina Haspel's family proud of her achievements