Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) says she “has to live … every day” with her vote for the Iraq war, which was based on the “dead wrong” National Intelligence Estimate from 2002 on Iraq’s nonexistent WMDs.
“It’s really important to have analysts who are trained, who are aware of the country More…
The hearings are back underway …
Here’s Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.), back in full effect. He wants to know about prosecutions for interrogators, which CIA Director-designate Leon Panetta rejected yesterday.
“My view is whether you agree or disagree with the opinions issued by the Attorney General [in the Bush administration] More…
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) asks, what about extraordinary rendition? Will the CIA under Leon Panetta continue to seize terrorism suspects and outsource interrogations to foreign governments known to utilize torture?
“No, we will not,” he says, citing President Obama’s recent executive order forbidding the practice. But what about so-called More…
You can read it in full here, but here are some interesting excerpts.
He’s actually experienced in intelligence matters — “I began my public service career in the Army as an intelligence office”; and his youngest son is a Naval intelligence officer just back from Afghanistan — and heavily More…
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