The CIA

[toffee matt]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-30401100

Been up to some nasty stuff .

Not really unexpected but some of the stuff they did was pretty shocking

 

[BlueLlama]

At no time did coercive interrogation techniques lead of collection of intelligence on imminent threats

That is the key for me.

 

[orchard]

I'm sure they'd appreciate feedback from @davek to help improve their services and performance like.

https://www.cia.gov/cgi-bin/comment_form.cgi

 

[Deleted member 28206]

So. The US investigation leads to this? And it's done by the US? On themselves?


RIIIIIGHT.

 

[sageyefc]

TBH not got a problem with

 

[orchard]

So. The US investigation leads to this? And it's done by the US? On themselves?


RIIIIIGHT.

Do you mean to highlight the likes of this :

 

[magicjuan]

None of this will be surprising, what will be unpalatable is the defence of the actions, the swaying of public views to support or understand the use of torture.

A dangerous thing to be wary of, they will turn these tactics on their very own public soon, if they haven't already

 

[Tubey]

Give this thread three pages until locked due to being anti-USA.

MURICA ^^

 

[orchard]

None of this will be surprising, what will be unpalatable is the defence of the actions, the swaying of public views to support or understand the use of torture.

A dangerous thing to be wary of, they will turn these tactics on their very own public soon, if they haven't already

Obama said in a speech a few months ago that the internal terrorist threat's greater than the external.

 

[Deleted member 28206]

Do you mean to highlight the likes of this :

So insightful isn't it.

 

[roydo]

Should have just used the Jeremy Kyle lie detector.

 

[orchard]

So insightful isn't it.

Isn't it just (I think there's a better example out there, but couldn't find it), how this is acceptable in a Democracy, I just don't know. Probably the same here, or worse, removing 'D-Notices' didn't last long.

 

[Durham Toffee]

TBH not got a problem with

Me either...if...if they know they have a credible source in their custody.

 

[davek]

None of this will be surprising, what will be unpalatable is the defence of the actions, the swaying of public views to support or understand the use of torture.

A dangerous thing to be wary of, they will turn these tactics on their very own public soon, if they haven't already

Exactly. And right on cue the BBC News frames the story with 9/11 videos.

 

[neil999]

torture is never acceptable in my opinion