The reason I don't believe CIA secret unit was meant to target bad guys is because ...

[laststeamtrain]

The reason I don't believe CIA secret unit was meant to target bad guys is because they're telling me that's what it was meant to do.

Who's investigative findings about this matter could be trusted?

We are deep into the hall of mirrors on this one.

[NightWatcher]

1. I'm going with a restricted domestic op

something real nasty that we havent even thought of yet

[laststeamtrain]

5. I figure it had to be domestic. They can do whatever they want overseas.

CIA has a huge black budget congress rubber stamps every year without knowing what endeavors it supports.

I want to know but I won't believe it unless it's really, really bad & even then that won't be the half of it.

[MarjorieG]

7. Might be free lance in foreign countries, like Alter considered, but I also think domestic for

political enemies.

[alsame]

12. I agree, there was a domestic component. Too many

convenient accidents and suicides over those 8 years.

[Hutzpa]

2. Heres looking at you Kid! n/t

[Solomon]

3. There is only one reason, only one, that the President

was not told of it's existence. Only one.

You figure it out.

[Mrs. Overall]

6. Yes, I think the ramifications of this discovery are huge and ominous.

[roamer65]

11. Think the military gov't years of Argentina and Brazil...

and I would bet one is close to what the program was doing.

[armyowalgreens]

4. How far into the rabbit hole do you want to fall?

[C_U_L8R]

8. Exactly !!

The baloney cover stories are flying out too fast.

We know they did lie to us. We suspect they continue to lie to us.
And the political underhandedness to their "story" is hamfisted at best.
Why on earth should we believe a single thing they say.

Investigate now.

[lxlxlxl]

9. They are telling us they can't get AQ? even in a GOP admin? who are 'tough' 'hawks'?

Yes there are a ton of things I don't understand here...but for the purposes of people who distrust the GOP more than the Dems, this just goes to show that their 'hawk' status doesnt mean a damn thing.

And yet, the same administration so hell bent on bending the truth to go to war in Iraq couldnt muster the will to find and kill OBL?

I dont get it.

[roamer65]

10. It is definitely domestic, IMHO.

But as Tricky Dick used to say, "Let's not bring up that whole Bay of Pigs thing again".:sarcasm:

[frylock]

13. limited hangout

[mopinko]

16. meh, pure red herring i think.

calling all torture waterboarding is a limited hangout. this here is pure red herring.

[jgraz]

14. I wonder what Pat Tilman's parents think of this...

[scheming daemons]

15. It was to target bad guys... but here's the catch... in FRIENDLY COUNTRIES

Basically, the CIA was authorized to assassinate al Qaida members in places like England, Germany, etc.... without the knowledge of the governments of those countries.


That's the bombshell here.

[Efilroft Sul]

17. Targeting al Qaeda is a lie.

I don't think anyone would raise holy hell about al Qaeda targets being taken out; it's been going on since 2001, and it's not exactly a secret. The media's stated purpose of the secret unit insults everyone's intelligence. There's another purpose to this program, and it's probably one of our worst suspicions about illegality in the previous administration.

Really, why would Panetta put a stop to a program targeting our nation's mortal enemies? It doesn't add up. If the right-wing commentariat doesn't repeatedly attack Panetta and the Obama administration on grounds that they are putting us at risk, you can bet that Fox and friends don't want to be caught protesting too much. They know they'd court blowback and have the real story about the program exposed.

[Rex]

18. Same reason I don't buy a fire just 'starting' in Cheney's office.

The man is as evil as any on the planet.

[chill_wind]

19. Funny you mention. I've especially been thinking about the FT Meade fire a lot

the last few days. DOD (not CIA) but we've seen a lot of blurring of all kinds of lines under BushCo, and whatever they've been purposefully leaking to shape speculation, it's probably last thing I'm going to immediately believe.

Fire Damages Fort Meade Intelligence Building



http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/20/AR2006102001641.html

[scubadude]

20. Wellstone? Kelly? On again off again?

Hide it from Congress and the President...

Scuba