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WASHINGTON -- A secret Central Intelligence Agency initiative terminated by Director Leon Panetta was an attempt to carry out a 2001 presidential authorization to capture or kill al Qaeda operatives, according to former intelligence officials familiar with the matter.
The precise nature of the highly classified effort isn't clear, and the CIA won't comment on its substance.
According to current and former government officials, the agency spent money on planning and possibly some training. It was acting on a 2001 presidential legal pronouncement, known as a finding, which authorized the CIA to pursue such efforts. The initiative hadn't become fully operational at the time Mr. Panetta ended it.
Do the dems/libs really want to whine and moan too much about this? Is there something wrong with wanting to kill the guys who took down the towers?
Again - they are on the wrong side, they are on the terrorists side.
Do the dems/libs really want to whine and moan too much about this? Is there something wrong with wanting to kill the guys who took down the towers?
Again - they are on the wrong side, they are on the terrorists side.
Ms. Feinstein said Mr. Panetta told the lawmakers that Mr. Cheney had ordered that the information be withheld from Congress. Mr. Cheney on Sunday couldn't be reached for comment through former White House aides.
Do the dems/libs really want to whine and moan too much about this? Is there something wrong with wanting to kill the guys who took down the towers?
Again - they are on the wrong side, they are on the terrorists side.
America doesn't murder people. Even the worst people. That's what sets us apart from our enemies. It's our morality that will survive the centuries, not our army. Anyone involved in this needs to go to prison.
America doesn't murder people. Even the worst people. That's what sets us apart from our enemies. It's our morality that will survive the centuries, not our army. Anyone involved in this needs to go to prison.
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Extremely well-said! Every time the USA overthrows a government, assassinates a head of state or works with militias in other countries to stifle dissent, we gain more enemies and cause our allies to rethink supporting us.
Indeed, everyone involved in this should go to prison, from the bottom up.
America doesn't murder people. Even the worst people. That's what sets us apart from our enemies. It's our morality that will survive the centuries, not our army. Anyone involved in this needs to go to prison.
War is hell and in war, people get killed. Just a fact of life. In war you go after specific targets and take them out. You take out key figures in the enemy's personel and you greatly weaken the enemy as a whole. Good thing people like you weren't around during WW2. Saw a documentary of some British and American veterans describing what they had to do to win the war. You'd call them murderers. I call them brave heroes.
The Senate's second-ranking official, Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, and Vermont Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, echoed those concerns and called for an investigation, an indication of how the politics of intelligence continue to bedevil the CIA.
Separately, Attorney General Eric Holder is considering whether to order a criminal probe into whether treatment of terrorism detainees exceeded guidelines set by the Justice Department, administration officials said.
The operation was uncovered by Panetta on the 23rd yes? CIA is kind of a big Agency, you think?
So you think he's not up to the job?
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