According to the semi-official Palestinian news service, the agenda concerned Jared Kushner’s peace plan, which no Palestinian leader has yet endorsed. Behind closed doors, the Palestinians reportedly told Haspel they wanted good relations with the CIA but could not cooperate with Israel on the Kushner’s plan, which Palestinians say consolidates the Israeli occupation. Discussions revolved...
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Gitmo Testimony Sheds Light on $81 Million CIA Contract for Waterboarding Duo
The continuing testimony of James Mitchell and Bruce Jessen, architects of the CIA’s torture program, at a military tribunal in Guantanamo sheds new light on the business side of “enhanced interrogation.” The duo make an appearance in their private jet in The Report, the movie sabout the Senate Intelligence Committee investigation of the CIA torture...
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Did the Trump Administration Warn Jamal Khashoggi He Was in Danger?
Avi Asher-Schapiro asks the question at Lawfare: Did the Trump administration warn Jamal Khashoggi. Khashoggi was the Saudi insider and Washington Post columnist who disappeared after visiting the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October 2018. Khashoggi had been critical of Saudi Arab’s new and reckless Crown Prince Mohammed bin-Salman (MBS). The CIA, led by director...
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The Death of Mary Meyer, JFK’s Partner, Explained
In the Daily Beast ace reporter Christopher Dickey concisely explains the fascinating figure of Mary Meyer, aspiring painter, ex-CIA wife, and spiritual/romantic partner of President John F. Kennedy. Eleven months after her lover JFK was gunned down in Dallas, Meyer was killed on the deserted tow path of the C&O canal in Washington DC. There...
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9/11 Mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Meets the CIA Psychologist who Waterboarded Him
On Tuesday, the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, sat just yards from Dr. James Mitchell, who waterboarded him 183 times in a CIA black site in Poland in March 2003. The encounter took place in a courtroom in Guantanamo Bay, the U.S. enclave in Cuba where suspected terrorists are held. From The...