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5. what nixon did is nothing compared to this

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Tue Aug 5, 2014, 01:53 PM

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Keeping Brennan as CIA Director = Triumph of Secret Government [View all] Octafish Aug 2014 OP

a list of the cia's war crimes questionseverything Aug 2014 #1

Some of the folks we tortured were minors. Octafish Aug 2014 #2

they raped the children in front of their parents to make them talk questionseverything Aug 2014 #4

not a counterpunch fan, but, recommended bigtree Aug 2014 #3

what nixon did is nothing compared to this questionseverything Aug 2014 #5

There hasn't been a president in total control of the CIA since....ever. blm Aug 2014 #26

Firing Brennan would require political courage. Maedhros Aug 2014 #6

Well, when you remember what happened to hifiguy Aug 2014 #9

Ding Ding! Both JFK and RFK actually. 99th_Monkey Aug 2014 #12

After years of reading countless books hifiguy Aug 2014 #13

+10 n/t 99th_Monkey Aug 2014 #19

The official story doesn't support that and is said to be a baseless conspiracy theory as such TheKentuckian Aug 2014 #15

They are and they did. hifiguy Aug 2014 #16

Then burn it if we can and oppose it until we do it is. TheKentuckian Aug 2014 #20

The poor guy's patriotic and under a lot of pressure...or, something. Tierra_y_Libertad Aug 2014 #7

Yeah, I think that message was subliminally communicated to me, too. QuestForSense Aug 2014 #8

Obama and the CIA�who runs Washington? Octafish Aug 2014 #32

The military-intelligence-industrial complex has been accountable hifiguy Aug 2014 #35

K&R. JDPriestly Aug 2014 #10

Who is Watching the CIA? Octafish Aug 2014 #29

K&R! This post should have hundreds of recommendations! Enthusiast Aug 2014 #11

Why this matters: ''Horticulture.'' Octafish Aug 2014 #30

We have an unelected secret part of the government spying on an elected branch of government. Enthusiast Aug 2014 #33

He does not only keep Brennan, sadoldgirl Aug 2014 #14

NSA...Booz Allen Hamilton...Carlyle Group...BFEE...our modern day slavemasters. Octafish Aug 2014 #31

Why are both men smiling? Ichingcarpenter Aug 2014 #17

I do believe that the "deep government" has a great deal of power and tblue37 Aug 2014 #18

Great Post Ichingcarpenter Aug 2014 #21

Or he could be doing what he is doing because it is his agenda TheKentuckian Aug 2014 #25

An agenda written by Poppy Bush and his cronies when Obama was in grade school? blm Aug 2014 #27

As evidenced by what? If so then all the other stuff has to wait because we are talking existential TheKentuckian Aug 2014 #36

Could not agree more with every word. hifiguy Aug 2014 #22

Here's a bit of "Creative Speculation" KoKo Aug 2014 #23

K&R woo me with science Aug 2014 #24

We are getting close to totalitarian showdown time imo. The full spectrum dominance GESTAPO lives. bobthedrummer Aug 2014 #28

He's a slick one.... kentuck Aug 2014 #34