http://washingtonindependent.com/55864/feinstein-on-the-cia-hiring-blackwater-for-you-know-assassinating-dudes National News in Context Sun, 04 Mar 2012 13:30:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://washingtonindependent.com/55864/feinstein-on-the-cia-hiring-blackwater-for-you-know-assassinating-dudes/comment-page-1#comment-66998 marc Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:00:12 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=55864#comment-66998 The CIA claims Blackwater ops did not kill or capture any terrorists. I love thier careful parsing of words. They are not claiming that Blackwater did not kill ANYONE as part of the program. Lots of pesky brown civilians are always getting in the way between Blackwater and it's targets. The CIA claims Blackwater ops did not kill or capture any terrorists. I love thier careful parsing of words. They are not claiming that Blackwater did not kill ANYONE as part of the program. Lots of pesky brown civilians are always getting in the way between Blackwater and it's targets.

]]> http://washingtonindependent.com/55864/feinstein-on-the-cia-hiring-blackwater-for-you-know-assassinating-dudes/comment-page-1#comment-66916 tonywicher Fri, 21 Aug 2009 02:33:22 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=55864#comment-66916 Yeah, it may be against the law not to brierf Congress of covert operations, but just what, if anything, is Feinstein doing to make sure the law is obeyed. How does she know that she is now being briefed truthfully? I think our intelligence services continue to be riddled with crooks, thugs and murderers who are going about their merry way without telling Congress or anybody else. Yeah, it may be against the law not to brierf Congress of covert operations, but just what, if anything, is Feinstein doing to make sure the law is obeyed. How does she know that she is now being briefed truthfully? I think our intelligence services continue to be riddled with crooks, thugs and murderers who are going about their merry way without telling Congress or anybody else.

]]> http://washingtonindependent.com/55864/feinstein-on-the-cia-hiring-blackwater-for-you-know-assassinating-dudes/comment-page-1#comment-66915 strangely_enough Fri, 21 Aug 2009 02:28:33 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=55864#comment-66915 "While this is already the case, the Senate Intelligence Committee has included a provision in the Fiscal Year 2010 Intelligence Authorization bill that clearly states that there is no exception to the legal requirement to notify Congress."<br>Wouldn't actually enforcing (at least some of) the laws that have been broken be a better deterrent to illegal behavior? “While this is already the case, the Senate Intelligence Committee has included a provision in the Fiscal Year 2010 Intelligence Authorization bill that clearly states that there is no exception to the legal requirement to notify Congress.”
Wouldn't actually enforcing (at least some of) the laws that have been broken be a better deterrent to illegal behavior?

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