The appointment of a new Deputy Director of Analysis at the CIA shows how the vocabulary of the intelligence profession evolves to clarify (or conceal) the agency’s mission. Cynthia Rapp, a career CIA official in charge of preparing the President’s Daily Brief, will head the component of the agency that used to be called the...
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Remembering Bush: The Lies That Led to the Invasion of Panama
Newsweek’s Peter Eisner wrote this account of the 1991 U.S. invasion of Panama after the death of Manuel Noriega last years. It is equally relevant after the passing of the late President Bush. Not only was the justification for the invasion was bogus, Eisner reported, Noriega was a long time asset of the CIA. The...
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A Guided Tour of ‘Camp Justice’ at Guantanamo
From the Miami Herald’s Carol Rosenberg, who has spent more time in America’s best-known secret prison than any U.S. news reporter.
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Mossad Men: Brazilian President’s Sons Strut Their Israeli Stuff
Social media shows the two sons of Brazi’s president-elect wearing two t-shirts, one bearing the IDF logo and the other the Mossad logo.
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Mosque #AirStrikes Point to Looser DIA Targeting Rules Against ISIS
U.S. Central Command has acknowledged U.S. fighter jets recently bombed three mosques in ISIS-held territory in Syria. The guidelines of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) usually prohibit such attacks, according to reporter Jack Detsch of al-Monitor, the reliable. Washington-based Middle East news site.