minnpost.com — At a ?Great Conversations? event at the University of Minnesota last night, legendary investigative reporter Seymour Hersh may have made a little more news than he intended by talking about new alleged instances of domestic spying by the CIA, and about an ongoing covert military operation that he called an ?executive assassination ring.?
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shyloveMar 12, 2009
I'm more curious about how this may apply to secret programs with the CIA and other intelligence agencies in our own country since the secret programs specifically mention terrorists and sex offenders and both of these are wildcards particularly if the programs are secret and have no independent authorization. In which case it would be pretty much up to anyone's personal bias. After all we know that some time agao they had secret programs to experiment on US homeless opeople, prostitutes, and drug addicts in terminal experiments. Given that predilection what do you thinik they might do if the gloves came off and they had a blank check?
chrisincaliMar 13, 2009
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counterspinMar 13, 2009
Good old Seymour! Always stumbling upon the juicy stuff. Saw him speak a few months back & he was alluding to (what now seems like) some of this. WoW. Think we need to start a "Protect Seymour foundation?
buckrogers1965Mar 13, 2009
Can you please provide a citation to anything Hersh has ever reported in the past as being wrong?
bohicatwentytwoMar 13, 2009
<a class="user" href="http://www.jcs.mil/chairman/chairman_resp.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.jcs.mil/chairman/chairman_resp.html</a>The Goldwater-Nichols DOD Reorganization Act of 1986 identifies the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as the senior ranking member of the Armed Forces. As such, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is the principal military adviser to the President. He may seek the advice of and consult with the other JCS members and combatant commanders. When he presents his advice, he presents the range of advice and opinions he has received, along with any individual comments of the other JCS members. Under the DOD Reorganization Act, the Secretaries of the Military Departments assign all forces to combatant commands except those assigned to carry out the mission of the Services, i.e., recruit, organize, supply, equip, train, service, mobilize, demobilize, administer and maintain their respective forces. The chain of command to these combatant commands runs from the President to the Secretary of Defense directly to the commander of the combatant command. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff may transmit communications to the commanders of the combatant commands from the President and Secretary of Defense but does not exercise military command over any combatant forces. Happy now citation Nazi.
dancantoneMar 14, 2009
Yeah, they kill women and children too...Google is your friend!DC Madam Predicted She Would Be Suicided"Rape, beating, maiming, disfigurement and more than likely murder disguised in the form of just another jailhouse accident or suicide would await me," Palfrey wrote - Time Magazine curiously quick to re-affirm suicide story<a class="user" href="http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/may2008/050108_madam_predicted.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/may2008/05010 ...</a>
smelltasticApr 2, 2009
Oh I get it. I didn't say there shouldn't be an investigation. I said Obama's administration shouldn't bear the burden of prosecution.
kesechartierSep 16, 2009
I'm still waiting to collect my C-note on the prosecution of Nixon and Kissenger.