Tag / CIA
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Red Tape Blues: The Need For More Bureaucratic Independence
We often use ‘bureaucracy’ as a dirty word. Everyone has a horror story about waiting in line for hours at the DMV or spending ages trying to file their taxes correctly. Dealing with red tape has become part of Americans’ day-to-day life. [su_pullquote align=”right”]The legislative branch makes policy, but bureaucracy is how policy actually happens.[/su_pullquote]Since most…
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In Defense of Defense
As Thanksgiving approaches, the minds of Americans turn to thoughts of turkey, family, football, and the crippling national debt. While Europe continues to have its goose cooked, a secretive congressional “super-committee” (composed chiefly of super-partisans) is supposedly scurrying to complete a budget deficit plan before a Thanksgiving deadline. If they do not reach a consensus…
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Noriega Extradition Reminiscent of Another Era
The quiet extradition of Manuel Noriega, former de facto ruler of Panama, to France, where he will be prosecuted for money laundering, brings to mind a time when U.S. foreign policy in the Americas involved questionable alliances, the consequences of which have reflected embarrassingly on the CIA and the U.S. government for years. Noriega ruled…
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Email: CIA Destroyed Interrogation Tapes
Recently released internal CIA email messages reveal that in 2005, Porter Goss, then head of the CIA, authorized destruction of videos that depicted harsh interrogation techniques being used against a terrorist suspect. These findings add more controversy to the Bush administration’s policies of dealing with people suspected of terrorism. The videotapes depicted the use of…
