Afghanistan's 'Torturer In Chief' Now Lives Comfortably In The LA Suburbs —

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http://www.businessinsider.com/afghan-torturturer-in-chief-lives-near-la-2014-4

Afghanistan's 'Torturer In Chief' Now Lives Comfortably In The LA Suburbs — And No One Knows How He Got There


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Haji Gulalai in 2002

Haji Gulalai ran intelligence operations in Afghanistan's largest city after the U.S. invaded in 2001, and later ran the spy service’s crude detention and interrogation branch before disappearing in 2009.

He now lives, along with extended family, in a pink two-story house in the Los Angeles suburbs, The Washington Post reports.

A senior Western diplomat described Gulalai as Afghanistan's 'torturer in chief," adding that he was “a big wheel in a machine that ground up a lot of people.”

Gulalai led the National Directorate of Security (NDS), which was funded, trained, and equipped by the CIA.



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1. Thankfully, we know where Jon Kiriakou is

And exactly how he got to where he is today.

I'm so old, I remember when the United States was pretty much against torturing people. We'd even consider going to war over it. Now, we applaud simpletons who advocate torture and put up its practitioners in fine style. People who expose it go to jail.

This is one exhibit in the hall of "there's no difference" between the political parties. Savor it, America.

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2. We need a "knows too much to jail" category to go with "has too much money to jail".

Justice is fungible, you just need some leverage.

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3. +1

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5. Sadly.

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4. K&R