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Ichingcarpenter

(36,988 posts) Sat Aug 24, 2013, 02:38 PM Aug 2013

You know what else NSA's General Alexander was in charge of? [View all]

In 2003, he was named deputy chief of staff for intelligence for the U.S. Army. Under his command were the units responsible for Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse in Baghdad, Iraq.

Alexander became a three-star general. In 2005, Donald Rumsfeld, secretary of defense, named him Director of the National Security Agency

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Ghraib_torture_and_prisoner_abuse

Just a few bad apples......

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You know what else NSA's General Alexander was in charge of? [View all] Ichingcarpenter Aug 2013 OP

With this and Summers possibly for Fed chief and Ray Kelly for DHS head Fire Walk With Me Aug 2013 #1

FWWM: "Impeach the Disaster Sadist Capitalist Obama!" see below... DevonRex Aug 2013 #5

I want the neocons Rumsfeild Ichingcarpenter Aug 2013 #6

Clean house ??? SamKnause Aug 2013 #7

Say no more Ichingcarpenter Aug 2013 #13

DevonRex, what you say about FWWM is not true. Th1onein Aug 2013 #31

Here are the exact quotes and links. Yes, he did. DevonRex Aug 2013 #32

You are interpreting his words to mean something other than what they mean. Th1onein Aug 2013 #33

The entire US intel apparatus is a den of vipers. 99th_Monkey Aug 2013 #2

K & R !!! WillyT Aug 2013 #3

State sanctioned Hydra Aug 2013 #4

Truly a Bi-Partisan endeavor. bvar22 Aug 2013 #8

I always think of Carlin's bit when I hear about the joys of bipartisanship: Hydra Aug 2013 #10

Carlin was the 20th century's Mark Twain Ocelot Aug 2013 #19

Welcome to DU! Hydra Aug 2013 #20

Thanks for the welcome Ocelot Aug 2013 #23

Great! I lurked for a long time before I felt like talking Hydra Aug 2013 #29

Why didn't someone tell the President? kentuck Aug 2013 #9

Why didn't Obama appoint a liberal to the NSA? David Krout Aug 2013 #11

The incompetence is epic MannyGoldstein Aug 2013 #12

During the Bush Admin, I never bought the "stupid" or "incompetent" Hydra Aug 2013 #21

He has been spying since at least 2001... kentuck Aug 2013 #14

Makes one wonder Phlem Aug 2013 #15

Nice catch Ocelot Aug 2013 #16

Old neocons never die. zeemike Aug 2013 #17

well if Rumsfeld trusts you.. G_j Aug 2013 #18

I'm sure General Alexander will turn himself in and bravely face 35 years imprisonmnet. Tierra_y_Libertad Aug 2013 #22

Can you hear me now? Ichingcarpenter Aug 2013 #24

K&R NealK Aug 2013 #25

Too bad about the decision to 'look forward' rather than prosecute War Criminals. sabrina 1 Aug 2013 #26

Alexander was Rumsfeld's special protege. grasswire Aug 2013 #27

I had no idea. K&R! n/t Catherina Aug 2013 #28

Being compromised himself gives him a personal stake in the cover up. leveymg Aug 2013 #30