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

Frank Naif | Posted 08.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: House Intelligence Committee, Central Intelligence Agency, Department of Defense, Cia, Special Ops, Navy SEAL, CIA Torture, Joint Special Operations Command, Covert Actions, Politics News
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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McChrystal Choice Suggests Special Ops Strikes Will Continue

Inter Press Service | Gareth Porter | Posted 06.13.2009 | World

Read More: Gen. David McKiernan, Obama Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley McCrystal, US Drone Missiles, General Mcchrystal, War in Afghanistan, Afghanistan, War Wire, Pakistan, Special Ops, Gen. David D. McKiernan, Special Operations, Air Strikes, Drones, Afghanistan Special Operations, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, Robert Gates, General Mckiernan, Stanley McChrystal, Stanley McCrystal, David McKiernan, Defense Department, World News

Gareth Porter | Inter Press Service WASHINGTON, May 12 (IPS) - The choice of Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal to become the new U.S. commander in Afghan...

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Publish Your Presidential Election Coverage Through HuffPost's OffTheBus

Marc Cooper | Posted 11.04.2008 | Home

Read More: Citizen Reporting, Special Ops, Ground Game, Citizen Journalism, Mccain Ground Game, Obama Round Game, Offthebus, Home News
Marc Cooper

As Campaign '08 comes to a close, are you as frustrated and often outraged as we are about the blizzard of totally predictable media bloviating that seems to blanket us 24/7? Then help fight back by enlisting in the growing army of HuffPost's OffTheBus citizen reporters.

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Pakistan Premier Joins Army Chief In Rebuke Of US Army, Further Straining Alliance

AP | NAHAL TOOSI | Posted 10.12.2008 | Home

Read More: Pakistan, Pakistan Premier, Civilian Casualties, Special Ops, Home News

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan's prime minister on Thursday backed a harsh rebuke of the U.S. by the Muslim nation's military chief, a sign of a...

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The Patron Saint For Missing Kids

Diane Dimond | Posted 10.04.2008 | Living

Read More: Special Ops, Missing Children, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Tradecraft, Lily Snyder, Former CIA Agent, Associaton for the Recovery of Children, Bazzel Baz, Idaho, Terrorism, Ketchum, Living News
Diane Dimond

Bazzel Baz is a former CIA agent who takes on the most impossible cases. And he doesn't charge the heartsick family of the missing a penny.

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OTB Swing-Voter Survey

John Tomasic | Posted 09.29.2008 | Home

Read More: Mccain Swing Voters, Obama Swing Voters, Special Ops, Swing Votetrs Offthebus, Swing Voters, Reagan Democrats, Offthebus, Obama Mccaib, Home News
John Tomasic

This past month, before the Democratic National Convention, OffTheBus community members conducted interviews with swing voters -- and people they thou...

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