16 October 2007

An SS and a Wehrmach Side of the CIA?

That's one of the quotes in Ken Silverstein's Harper's article.
Well over a year ago I reported on a brewing revolt within the CIA over the Bush Administration’s use of renditions, “enhanced interrogation” techniques (otherwise known as torture) and other tough tactics employed in the “war on terrorism.” One former official with whom I spoke at the time told me, “There are people who fear that indictments and subpoenas could be coming down, and they don’t want to get caught up in it.” This person went on to describe a split at the CIA, saying, “There’s an SS group within the agency that’s willing to do anything and there’s a Wehrmacht group that is saying, ‘I’m not gonna touch this stuff’.”

Since then, it’s become clear that dissent within the agency on these matters has become even more intense....
He then goes on to explain Michael Hayden's retaliatory investigation of the CIA's inspector general, and relating the resignation of a senior CIA Lawyer over Bush's pro torture policies.

Not only is Bush breaking the military, he's breaking the intelligence agencies too.

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