Sibel Edmonds still blowing that whistle..

February 20th, 2008 by Dusty | 5 Comments

Sibel Edmonds still blowing that whistle..

Not that our big national media giants will run with this story, but still..she is getting some American press just the same. The Murdoch-owned TimesOnline did a big writeup the beginning of January. Sirens’ posted an article by Lew at Unbrainwashed about this whistleblower back on January 10th.
Sibel is a former FBI Translator that [...]


Torture anyone?

January 28th, 2008 by Dusty | 1 Comment

Torture anyone?

There is a new haunt for Spencer Ackerman, who used to write for TPM muckraker. Its called The Washington Independent. He has a very good post up this morning about Torture and BushCo..two words that sadly go together like hide and seek. A small blurb from his writeup entitled “CIA Largely in the Dark on [...]


Something smells familiarly foul…

January 3rd, 2008 by Angry Black Bitch | 1 Comment

Something smells familiarly foul…

Another fine musing from The Angry Black Bitch. Show her some love and visit her blog for more remunerations. - Dusty
A bitch can’t wait to get my Caucus viewage on but even I was distracted by this wee bit of CIA tape scandal news.
Scooter B. (President Bush, just in case you’re newish) strongly…mmmhmmm, [...]


Image is everything..even to the CIA

December 30th, 2007 by Dusty | 4 Comments

Image is everything..even to the CIA

Check out this article at the NYT today. Its all about how important image has become to the boyz and girlz at the CIA. Seems the CIA was paranoid that Abu Zubaydah would die whilst in their custody, so the following is what they did to protect their ‘image’:
So in the spring of 2002, even [...]


CIA’s destruction of Torture Tapes the ‘ultimate cover up’.

December 22nd, 2007 by Dusty | 2 Comments

CIA’s destruction of Torture Tapes the ‘ultimate cover up’.

So said George Washington University Law School professor Stephen Saltzburg during the House Judiciary committee’s hearing on the tapes Thursday. Professor Saltzburg is considered an ‘expert witness’ according to the RawStory writeup. A money quote or two from Professor Saltburg’s testimony:
“The rationale for destroying the tapes to protect the identity of the interrogators is [...]


Re: Torture Tapes,Here comes the Judge…

December 19th, 2007 by Dusty | 2 Comments

Re: Torture Tapes,Here comes the Judge…

Seems BushCo might have a bad case of indigestion this week. From TPMmuckraker we get some lovely news:
Judge Orders Hearing on Destruction of CIA Torture Tapes
And the judicial branch enters the fray.
Much to the administration’s chagrin, Judge Henry H. Kennedy Jr. has ordered a hearing on the CIA’s destruction of the torture tapes for this [...]


Hayden in close-door session today.

December 12th, 2007 by Dusty | 4 Comments

Hayden in close-door session today.

CIA boss Michael Hayden is in a closed door session with the House Intel committee. Since its a private session, I doubt we will get much info out of the participants. He is trying to explain the CIA’s destruction of the ‘torture tapes’ . From The Progress Report:
After testifying to the Senate Intelligence Committee yesterday, [...]



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