CIA Torture
Obama administration prosecutes CIA whistleblower for exposing torture
By Alan Gilman, January 31, 2012
In a criminal complaint filed January 23, the Obama administration’s Justice Department charged John Kiriakou, a former Central Intelligence Agency operative, with disclosing classified information to journalists about the waterboarding of Abu Zubayda.
CIA prison exposed in Romania
By Sybille Fuchs, December 12, 2011
German journalists have uncovered the location of one of the notorious “black site” torture prisons run in Europe by the CIA.
Documents expose intimate ties between Libyan torturers and CIA, MI6
By Peter Symonds, September 5, 2011
The British and American intelligence agencies maintained the closest relations with the Gaddafi regime and collaborated in the interrogation and torture of Islamist suspects “rendered” to Libya.
General Petraeus and the CIA
By Bill Van Auken, April 28, 2011
The appointment of Petraeus to the head of the CIA signals the further militarization of an agency that has already arrogated to itself immense power both at home and abroad.
CIA terrorist Posada Carriles acquitted in immigration trial
By Bill Van Auken, April 12, 2011
The travesty of a trial of Posada Carriles on immigration-related charges let the veteran terrorist and CIA agent walk free, despite being wanted for the killing of scores of civilians.
CIA killer Raymond Davis released by Pakistani authorities
New US drone attack kills dozens
By Ali Ismail, March 18, 2011
One day after Pakistani authorities released CIA agent Raymond Davis, the US carried out a fresh atrocity in Pakistan killing more than three dozen people.
Obama administration indicts ex-CIA whistleblower
By Ed Hightower and Tom Carter, February 4, 2011
The persecution of ex-CIA agent and whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling reveals that the Obama administration is prepared use any means necessary to keep the lid on its dirty secrets.
CIA terrorist Posada Carriles on trial for lying to immigration
By Bill Van Auken, January 13, 2011
Luis Posada Carriles, the Cuban-born CIA terrorist, went on trial this week in a Texas court for lying to immigration authorities.
Secret cables reveal Washington intervened in Italy to defend CIA kidnappers
By David Walsh, December 23, 2010
Secret diplomatic dispatches, released by WikiLeaks, reveal how US authorities put pressure on the Italian government to protect CIA agents responsible for kidnapping and torture.
Cables show Portugal’s role in secret CIA prisoner flights
By Patrick Martin, December 17, 2010
The Portuguese government agreed to make an Azores air base available for CIA flights, while keeping the arrangement secret from its own people.
Leaked cables show German-American conspiracy to stifle prosecution of CIA kidnappers
By Andre Damon, December 11, 2010
A WikiLeaks cable showed that US diplomats pressured the German government to stifle the prosecution of CIA agents who abducted and tortured Khalid El-Masri, a German citizen.
White House rejects criminal charges in CIA destruction of torture videos
By John Andrews, November 11, 2010
The Obama administration will not prosecute CIA officials for destroying 92 video recordings depicting agents torturing alleged al Qaeda leaders in a secret overseas prison.
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