Posts tagged “CIA secret prisons”
Videotape And Lies (No Sex)
Well, well, well, well, well! The CIA has videotapes, after all, of interrogations in a secret overseas prison of admitted 9/11 plotter Ramzi Binalshibh. Discovered in a box under a desk at the CIA, the tapes could reveal how foreign governments aided the United States in holding and interrogating suspects. And they could complicate U.S. [...]
Fiscal Responsibility In The War Against Terror
Here’s an interesting factoid. Until last month, we still maintained our network of empty CIA secret prisons. Shutting them down for good — as CIA chief Leon Panetta finally did last month — saved taxpayers $4 million (presumably, per year, though the NYT sloppily does not make it clear). When Mr. Obama was sworn in [...]