Panetta Says CIA Will Be Absolved
From TIME's Bobby Ghosh afield in Michigan:
Leon Panetta is confident that the DoJ's new investigation into wrongdoing by CIA's interrogators will absolve the Agency. “I don't believe there's a basis for any kind of action [against the interrogators]… and I'll be proved right,” Panetta told reporters in Dearborn, MI, last night.
The CIA Director, in town to host a dinner for leaders of the Arab-American community, brushed off reports he almost resigned as CIA Director last month, after Attorney General Holder ordered the investigation: “No, I never [thought of resigning].”
But he said he remained opposed to the investigation, because it raked over old coals. “It's no secret that I didn't agree with the effort to go back,” he said. “If we get trapped in the past, we'll lose the future.”
He also dismissed reports that his relations with Holder had soured. “I've been in Washington for 40 years, and I've learned you fight the battles you believe in,” he said, with a shrug. “Some you win, some you lose.”
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“I've been in Washington for 40 years, and I've learned you fight the battles you believe in,” he said, with a shrug. “Some you win, some you lose.” Leon Panetta
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So, in a more shorter version. "This is simply politics as usual in Washington, DC".
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"Change WE can believe in folks". Change indeed!
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More like "business as usual". One party in power, one party out. Kick the party that is out, and you have the political philosophy, and the American public gets screwed royally from both.
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Hopefully another 3,000 or MORE Americans do not die because of politics, again. -
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“I don't believe there's a basis for any kind of action [against the interrogators]… and I'll be proved right,”
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The last public person using that terminology was Judith Miller.Perhaps Panetta will have better luck.
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I'm sure Panetta's right. That the way D.C. works. Accountablility for thee but not for me.
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Plus, they had a whole secret Constitutional "interpretation" group operatin' out o' and in collaboration wi' the Vice President o' th' United States, writin' up a flurry o' batsh*t crazy fascist "legal" cover fer wha' they were doin', so like all good Nazis, they were just doin' their jobs!
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Can't fault 'em fer tha', can we? Wouldn'a tha' be kind o' like Nuremburg fer you bu' no fer me?
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'R exemptin' ourselves fr'm th' Geneva Conventions we ourselves wrote?
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We would ne'er do anythin' li' THA', ri' me hearties?
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YARR! -
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Aye - it do be despicable tha' a few not-too'well ed'cated, not-too-well trained, not-too-well paid, minority women be handin' out legal advice on hidin' yer ill-gotten gains fer free!
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How dare they!
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Ev'ryone be knowin' th' real, patriotic, American way t' hide yer illegal assest be t' be payin' yer (corporate sponsored) financial advisor a minimum o' hundreds o' thousands o' doubloons per year t' set up secret off-shore accounts t' stash yer m (b)illions in! Anythin' else be just - well, just near treason, me hearties!
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Tin can - tha' be fer amateurs!
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Acorn be deservin' o' th' most draconian prosecution an' punishment, an' then be deservin' t' ne'er have gov'rnment fundin' ag'in! Fire their bl*ck a$$es, send 'em t' jail, an' after tha', put 'em on welfare fer bein' so uppity!
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I know - le's put ACORN on th' docket ri' b'hind KBR when we prosecute 'EM fer skimmin' millions o' dollars fr'm their gov'rnment handouts an' buildin' extreme' shoddy, flammable housin' fer our service members, an' cut THEIR fundin' off, an' send THOSE crackers t' jail!
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YARR!
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Oh - an' Rusty?
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Go F yerself!
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YARR!-
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Thank PW!! Coming from you, I feel total vidication.
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May Glenn Beck live forever!!
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TIME is a Mockingbird, always has been.
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"Absolved"?
“47 year old white male detainee died while in US custody. Cause of death: Blunt Force Injuries and Asphyxia; Manner of Death: Homicide. Autopsy revealed deep bruising of the chest wall, numerous displaced rib fractures, bruising on the lungs, hemorrhage into the mesentery of the small and large intestine. Examination of the neck structures revealed hemorrhage into the strap muscles and fractures of the thyroid cartilage and hyoid bone. History of asphyxia, secondary to occlusion of the oral airway. Pleural and pulmonary adhesions. Hypertensive cardiovascular disease. According to report provided by the US army CID, the detainee was shackled to the top of a doorframe with a gag in his mouth at the time he lost consciousness and became pulseless. The severe blunt force injuries, the hanging position, and the obstruction of the oral cavity with a gag contributed to this individual's death. DOD 00329 refers to this case as “gagged in standing restraint” DOD 003329 refers to this case as “1 blunt force trama and choking; gagged in standing restraint.” DOD 003324 refers to this case with a note indicating “Q[uestioned] by OGA [Other Governmental Agency - non-military, often refers to CIA], gagged in standing restraint.”
http://michaelfury.wordpress.com/2009/07/13/do-the-right-thing/
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"He who controls the present, controls the past. He who controls the past, controls the future."
- George Orwell
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
- George Santayana
“If we get trapped in the past, we'll lose the future.”
- Leon Panetta
http://michaelfury.wordpress.com/2009/05/24/torture-and-911/
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