All Posts Tagged With: "CIA"
Senator Says Ban Torture But Give CIA Interrogation Leeway
By Pamela Hess, Associated Press
Seeking to referee a stalemate over how the CIA can interrogate prisoners, a top Senate Republican says Congress should ban waterboarding and seven other abusive methods of interrogation but allow the spy agency some leeway in how it questions detainees.
Like the 2008 version of the authorization bill — which President Bush [...]
CIA’s ambitious post-9/11 spy plan crumbles
CIA turns out the lights on ‘black stations’
Los Angeles Times
By Greg Miller
The CIA set up a network of front companies in Europe and elsewhere after the Sept. 11 attacks as part of a constellation of “black stations” for a new generation of spies, according to current and former agency officials.
But after spending hundreds of millions [...]
