Top CIA Officials Ordered Detainee Tortured Even Though He Cooperated

(The Intelligence Daily) -- The CIA released a declassified version of a 2004 inspector general’s report that was sharply critical of the agency’s detention and torture program. The long-awaited report contains shocking details about the treatment of detainees and states in no uncertain terms that high-level CIA officials in Langley micromanaged the torture of detainees. The inspector general’s probe stated that the use of torture against detainees, which Bush administration officials claim was necessary to thwart imminent...

The Widening Gap In America's Two Tiered Society

(The Intelligence Daily) -- Americans, particularly ones from the middle class, need to realize that there are no core entitlements imparted by their government representatives, nor any other...

Screwing the Self Employed Out of Health Insurance

(The Intelligence Daily) -- If you work for yourself, you are literally screwed out of large sums of money every year for health insurance. There are few differences in cost based on region or state...

Nouriel Roubini and the Future of the Stock Market

(The Intelligence Daily) -- Most readers are probably familiar with Nouriel Roubini. Roubini was one of the few academic/establishment economists who predicted the credit crisis and the ongoing...

U.S. Increasing Use of Private Contractors in War Zone

(Rebel Reports) -- In Iraq, armed contractors are increasing as US troops “drawdown.” In Afghanistan, the increases are across the board. The Department of Defense has released an...

Ted Kennedy and the decay of American liberalism

(WSWS) -- The death of Massachusetts Senator Edward (Ted) Kennedy on Tuesday marks the end of the Kennedy family’s role as a major force in American politics. Ted Kennedy, who succumbed to...

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