1/ @GenMhayden, former CIA director, tells me that “we should not in any way blame the people who did what they were responsible to do” when it comes to so-called “enhanced interrogation” techniques.
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3/ CIA officers, Hayden says, “asked the appropriate organs of government whether this was constitutional, lawful, and consistent with American treaty obligations. They were given yes answers to each of those. They did their duty.”
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4/ Hayden says that despite President Trump’s professed belief that the US should “fight fire with fire” and that torture “absolutely” works, there is no chance the CIA would once again use the techniques.
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5/ “CIA officers feel a genuine sense of betrayal as to what happened to them as we changed administrations in this country.”
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6/ “No responsible head of CIA will be telling his or her officers to go do this, because he or she will not be able to provide the kind of protection that they deserve and they should demand. This is a moot point.”
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@brianstelter here’s another example of how fake news spreads like a virus. One of the few CNN people I still highly respect is@camanpour & she is citing a@nytimes article which clearly has false information. You applaud that@ProPublica says sorry but the damage is done.pic.twitter.com/jNi2eUOqD3
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So I guess we should be expecting corrections and apologies from not just
@ProPublica but the@nytimes and@CNN as well. A million people could have seen the original misinformation, a mere fraction will see the corrections.pic.twitter.com/o1a6iC9GHY
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We heard that before. Just carrying out lawful orders. From Nazi SS, the foremost agency of security, surveillance, and terror within Germany and German-occupied Europe.
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And Trump's hoping that each and every time he meets with her, she'll give him a little spanking. Maybe with a rolled up magazine.
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I guess giving prisoners a hug while playing James Taylor and a reset button will get the answers from terrorist
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All the best people...
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