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Department of Defense Spies Bend Rules to Keep Congress in the Dark

Frank Naif | Posted 08.13.2009 | Politics

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Frank Naif

If CIA captures and tortures a terrorist, it must be reported immediately to Congress. But if Navy SEALs capture and torture a terrorist, Congress may not learn about it for a year -- if at all.

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New Afghanistan Commander Ran Secret "Executive Assassination Ring" Under Cheney

Tom Dispatch | Posted 06.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stanley McChrystal Assassin, Afghanistan Assassin, Gen. Stanley McCrystal, Joint-Special-Operations-Command, Obama War in Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Stanley McChrystal, Afghanistan War, Politics News

Yes, Stanley McChrystal is the general from the dark side (and proud of it). So the recent sacking of Afghan commander General David McKiernan after l...

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What Does Obama's Afghan Command Change Mean?

William Bradley | Posted 06.13.2009 | World

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Al Qaeda, Pakistan, David Rodriguez, David Petraeus, George W. Bush, Mullah Omar, Abu Musab Al Zarqawi, Iraq, Joint Special Operations Command, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Osama Bin Laden, Dick Cheney, Saddam Hussein, Surge, Stanley McChrystal, Korean War, Taliban, Afghanistan, David McKiernan, Special Forces, Douglas MacArthur, World News
William Bradley

The move from McKiernan to McChrystal also seems to signify an end to nation-building fantasies in Afghanistan.

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