That’s what the nation’s chief spook said: The nation’s intelligence chief says that waterboarding “would be torture” if used against him, or if someone under interrogation was taking water into his lungs. But Mike McConnell declined for legal reasons to say whether the technique categorically should be considered torture. So we now are a nation […]
Here is a real sign of the pending doom for the Republicans this mid-term election: The chairman of the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee accused U.S. intelligence chief John Negroponte’s office on Thursday of downplaying the significance of chemical weapons finds in Iraq. Rep. Peter Hoekstra, a Michigan Republican, said in a letter to Negroponte […]
Think Progress highlighted this great little sound bite from Tony Snow on CNN yesterday: BLITZER: Let’s move on and talk about some other issues. I know your time is limited. Afghanistan. Is the Taliban making a serious comeback right now? SNOW: I think what the Taliban is doing – and it’s predictable – is that […]
A mysterious letter appeared this week in the media. It was a letter from Al Qaeda’s second in command intended for the head of Al Qaeda Iraq, but its authenticity is in serious question. U.S. intelligence officials who released a letter purporting to be from an al Qaeda leader to Iraq insurgency leader Abu Musab […]