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cia's interrogation program. there is only one instance in which the cia pointed out a factual error in the study, a minor error that has been corrected. for the rest where the committee and cia differ, we differ on interception and on conclusions from an agreed upon factual record. you can't publicly call our differences of opinion significant errors in press releases. it is misleading. these are not factual errors. however, the agency's failure to read the study during the six months it crafted its response contributed to these false statements by the agency. statements that continue today, even after the committee staff pointed out the many errors in the agency's response. madam chairman, i'm convinced now more than ever that we need to declassify the full report so that those with a political agenda can no longer manipulate public opinion by making false representations about what may be or is or is not in that study. my comments are not directed at our nominees but i felt i had to address this given the high
cia's interrogation program. there is only one instance in which the cia pointed out a factual error in the study, a minor error that has been corrected. for the rest where the committee and cia differ, we differ on interception and on conclusions from an agreed upon factual record. you can't publicly call our differences of opinion significant errors in press releases. it is misleading. these are not factual errors. however, the agency's failure to read the study during the six months it...
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. >> as the ap report, a rogue cia operation and didn't come out for a while. >> and initially the cia denied he had anything to do with -- i think they did admit he was working in an analyst capacity. that would imply he is doing research, writing reports, not traveling to a hostile country. >> in fact the u.s. government said he was there on personal business. jay carney also had this to say. >> bob levinson was not a u.s. government employee when he went missing in iran. >> why are they saying that now, when it does seem clear he was.under some conditions working for the u.s. government? >> this is the spy business. nobody publicly admits it. we've kicked iranian diplomats out of our country, they have accused us of spying. neither side is going to admit it. >> won't that hurt people who are not spies and maybe the kenneth baes of world, sarah shourd and her now husband who were hiking in iran, what happens if we automatically deny? >> you don't want to give any more leverage to the iranian government than think already have. certainly the ap story has compelling stories and e-mails
. >> as the ap report, a rogue cia operation and didn't come out for a while. >> and initially the cia denied he had anything to do with -- i think they did admit he was working in an analyst capacity. that would imply he is doing research, writing reports, not traveling to a hostile country. >> in fact the u.s. government said he was there on personal business. jay carney also had this to say. >> bob levinson was not a u.s. government employee when he went missing in...
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as the chief legal officer of the cia, the general counsel must insure that the cia is complying with the constitution and other applicable u.s. laws. in almost 20 years as an executive branch lawyer, i've had the privilege of providing legal advice on a wide range of difficult legal issues to many government agencies including the cia. second, general counsel must work closely with lawyers across the executive branch. the protection of our nation's security and the achievement of our foreign policy goals depend on an integrated approach within the intelligence community as well as between the intelligence community and other agent is -- agencies. during my time at the national security council as well as at the department of justice, i worked on many, with many lawyers from across the interagency community. i strongly value such interagency cooperation. cooperation with the general counsel for the director of national intelligence is especially important for the general counsel of the cia, and i have a strong and productive working relationship with that office as well as with the mo
as the chief legal officer of the cia, the general counsel must insure that the cia is complying with the constitution and other applicable u.s. laws. in almost 20 years as an executive branch lawyer, i've had the privilege of providing legal advice on a wide range of difficult legal issues to many government agencies including the cia. second, general counsel must work closely with lawyers across the executive branch. the protection of our nation's security and the achievement of our foreign...
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what was he doing in iran for the cia? >> to hear david magee tell it, he is a family friend and a former federal prosecutor who has been trying to help the. levinson family throughout. he says that levinson was under contract for the cia working to try to get information on nuclear program and also on hezbollah's work in iran for the cia and for other reasons, as well. but that time and again, the family was denied information, denied confirmation from the cia that levinson was actually working for the agency. and it wasn't until magee tells me that the family was able to access both levinson's files and e-mails between him and a contact within the cia that they were able to get documentation which they then took to the senate intelligence committee at the time u.s. senator bill nelson was the chair at the time. and then that information was taken to the cia at that time. they conducted an investigation, but mr. magee believes that they really knew the whole time what was going on. in any case, eventually that led to the
what was he doing in iran for the cia? >> to hear david magee tell it, he is a family friend and a former federal prosecutor who has been trying to help the. levinson family throughout. he says that levinson was under contract for the cia working to try to get information on nuclear program and also on hezbollah's work in iran for the cia and for other reasons, as well. but that time and again, the family was denied information, denied confirmation from the cia that levinson was actually...
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cia's interrogation program. there is only one instance in which the cia pointed out a factual error in the study, a minor error that has been corrected. for the rest where the committee and cia differ, we differ on interception and on conclusions from an agreed upon factual record. you can't publicly call our differences of opinion significant errors in press releases. it is misleading. these are not factual errors. however, the agency's failure to read the study during the six months it crafted its response contributed to these false statements by the agency. statements that continue today, even after the committee staff pointed out the many errors in the agency's response. madam chairman, i'm convinced now more than ever that we need to declassify the full report so that those with a political agenda can no longer manipulate public opinion by making false representations about what may be or is or is not in that study. my comments are not directed at our nominees but i felt i had to address this given the high
cia's interrogation program. there is only one instance in which the cia pointed out a factual error in the study, a minor error that has been corrected. for the rest where the committee and cia differ, we differ on interception and on conclusions from an agreed upon factual record. you can't publicly call our differences of opinion significant errors in press releases. it is misleading. these are not factual errors. however, the agency's failure to read the study during the six months it...
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it's been called the worst cia scandal ever. an american betrays his country, his friend, and his loved one. it might sound like fiction but it is the real story. >> i work for the cia. >> that inspired an abc miniseries. we go behind the scenes. >> and box office confidential from the hunger games to fast and furious, what is the secret to hollywood's best year ever? >> keep it right here, america. "night line" is back in just 60 se >> it's not for nothing that websters officially added the word selfie to the dictionary this year. the cultural trend that may stand out most prominently is the cyber self-portrait. pop stars are doing it, teen aged girls are all over it. president obama did it and so did the pope. is this harmless fun or another sign of america's unchecked narcissism? >> celebrities do it. even oscar winners and former first ladies do it. we all do it. and not always well. >> now i'm recording a video. >> here is eminem at the lourve, beeber in the hospital and rihanna just about everywhere. she shared hundreds of
it's been called the worst cia scandal ever. an american betrays his country, his friend, and his loved one. it might sound like fiction but it is the real story. >> i work for the cia. >> that inspired an abc miniseries. we go behind the scenes. >> and box office confidential from the hunger games to fast and furious, what is the secret to hollywood's best year ever? >> keep it right here, america. "night line" is back in just 60 se >> it's not for...
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that the cia has been in charge of over the recent decades. their scope is very very wide i mean it's running secret prisons it's a controversial interrogation program deployment of drones a huge expansion of its counterterrorism activities and there is a just the things that we know about and many experts have suggested that over this last decade that you describe in your book the cia has essentially turned into these huge paramilitary force that is still operating under the cover of a spy agency so in other words it has ever increasing authority an ever increasing funds without having to be transparent as some of the other institutions of the american government have to be for example the department of the defense would you agree with that oh no no i wouldn't agree with that at all look the central intelligence agency is overseen very closely by the u.s. congress our congress parliaments around the world have complete insights into what the central intelligence agency is doing that's unique in the united states we have a level of transparenc
that the cia has been in charge of over the recent decades. their scope is very very wide i mean it's running secret prisons it's a controversial interrogation program deployment of drones a huge expansion of its counterterrorism activities and there is a just the things that we know about and many experts have suggested that over this last decade that you describe in your book the cia has essentially turned into these huge paramilitary force that is still operating under the cover of a spy...
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hours later, cia workers were killed when a nearby cia post was attacked by militants with mortars. investigating benghazi and security efforts at other posts, criticizing officials for a failure to identify deteriorating security cps in the city, a decision granting security exemptions for benghazi mission and approving benghazi as a temporary diplomatic post at all. the department, including blurred lines of authority, serious lack of accountability, no risk management model for high threat posts, no onsite intelligence analysts at high risk posts, inadequate security training and many vulnerable low risk posts. fred burton is vice president of counterterrorism at stratford, a former diplomatic security agency and ken,ed from, you both describe in this book, you create this incredible atmosphere of this lawless city, it's a den of thieves and spies. where all sorts of danger was present. why was the state department still there and why was ambassador christopher stevens there on that same day? >> the mystery of why ambassador defense traveled from tripoli to benghazi on that day,
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among various agencies and as the boston bombing revealed that communication was still inadequate the cia used to be in believed it still has the dominant role within the intelligence community so what has really changed as a result of that major overhaul that you describe in your book i think you're on to something and that's one of the central questions in my book blinking red which is all the institutional reforms and new intelligence agencies that we set up after september eleventh and after the intelligence failure in iraq whether they have done a good job as we say here in the united states connecting the dots trying to collect information and connect it to each other if they have some sort of effect that might give us a warning of a terrorist attack like in boston or any islamic extremists that might be. coming after the united states or our allies well one thing that has definitely changed is the massive infusion of money since two thousand and one the united states has spent i think over a five hundred billion dollars on intelligence during that period and american officials have
among various agencies and as the boston bombing revealed that communication was still inadequate the cia used to be in believed it still has the dominant role within the intelligence community so what has really changed as a result of that major overhaul that you describe in your book i think you're on to something and that's one of the central questions in my book blinking red which is all the institutional reforms and new intelligence agencies that we set up after september eleventh and...
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including the cia's program. and this is part of the timeframe that is not consistent with our values. this includes the program. and i do believe you are highly qualified for the cia general counsel position. but as you know in this includes the committee that is researching and drafting the study. this includes the review in the response and the committee members that request that they meet with the staff to study and the methodology. this includes all the requests to meet. >> we have detailed significant errors in the study. i don't believe that's part of it. >> we have had women 60 meetings with the cia and after reviewing medicine being provided on this, i am more confident than ever and want to say that again. but i am more confident than ever of this study. this includes declassification. and last week we have been a part of the staff which i appreciate. and i need additional assurances and first i noted that the cia has not yet responded on this with other information that is necessary for completion of t
including the cia's program. and this is part of the timeframe that is not consistent with our values. this includes the program. and i do believe you are highly qualified for the cia general counsel position. but as you know in this includes the committee that is researching and drafting the study. this includes the review in the response and the committee members that request that they meet with the staff to study and the methodology. this includes all the requests to meet. >> we have...
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funding that the cia has requested of the intelligence community or rather has requested for the fiscal year of two thousand and thirteen it is still pretty high over fifty two billion dollars and it is expected to stay at that level at least until two thousand and seventeen and just to our viewers to make it clear it is pretty much the same or similar to what the united states was spending on their own intelligence ad they hide all of the cold war and. i'm sure you know that these and zorbas and standing on the part of the soviet union was one of the main reasons for its own collapse these very huge spending disproportionate spending on both military and intelligence so i wonder why aren't the intelligence agencies being asked to cut the fat at the time when everybody else is subjected to susteren to measures we have cut intelligence spending as the united states has adjusted to the fiscal realities that we have in the united states but i think it's been money very well spent i don't think it's been exorbitant whatsoever we are a big country like russia where we have a global intellige
funding that the cia has requested of the intelligence community or rather has requested for the fiscal year of two thousand and thirteen it is still pretty high over fifty two billion dollars and it is expected to stay at that level at least until two thousand and seventeen and just to our viewers to make it clear it is pretty much the same or similar to what the united states was spending on their own intelligence ad they hide all of the cold war and. i'm sure you know that these and zorbas...
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cia but i don't agree with what you said at first which is that the cia can pretty much do whatever it wants wants it cannot so if the us congress passes a new law that seeks to cut back upon some of the things the national security agency is doing the n.s.a. is going to a bay the law and do as the congress and the president direct and they're not going to be able to do what they want to do but on their own accord a bit but mr allen if the oversight is indeed so strict and so strong why do you think there is such an uproar. with regards to all these revelations not only among the general public but also among the members of congress and the white house itself president obama for one sad that he had no idea that german chancellor's phone was tapped so i think that shows that the control may not be as as strong as you are suggesting no we'll look we've got to do and we're always striving to have better oversight in the united states to have better control of what we're doing but i think the people in the white house knew exactly what the national security agency was doing the reason ther
cia but i don't agree with what you said at first which is that the cia can pretty much do whatever it wants wants it cannot so if the us congress passes a new law that seeks to cut back upon some of the things the national security agency is doing the n.s.a. is going to a bay the law and do as the congress and the president direct and they're not going to be able to do what they want to do but on their own accord a bit but mr allen if the oversight is indeed so strict and so strong why do you...
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was actually a cia official. he made it rather easy for them to alert the south africans where to find him. i mentioned i thought it was particularly interesting to in 1986, because at that point it is just when the sanctions were being introduced, voted through by the congress over president reagan's veto. in thead noticed sanctions legislation it said there should be no contact or official contact with the south african military, so on, and so forth, except when intelligence required they did have to have contact. it was ongoing, this unholy relationship, which has led to mandela being arrested and locked up for all those years. it continued on through the 1960s, through the 1970s, through the 1980s. it flourished. for example, the nsa routinely handing over intercepts of the anc to south african secret police. >> this is the national security agency that is the subject of so much global controversy right now. the nsa gathering this intelligence to give to the apartheid regime. >> that's right. it was absolutel
was actually a cia official. he made it rather easy for them to alert the south africans where to find him. i mentioned i thought it was particularly interesting to in 1986, because at that point it is just when the sanctions were being introduced, voted through by the congress over president reagan's veto. in thead noticed sanctions legislation it said there should be no contact or official contact with the south african military, so on, and so forth, except when intelligence required they did...
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who killed camelot there are a lot of researchers who have gone before me and said well it was the cia it was the mob it was as jackie kennedy believed texas oil they're all correct but what do all those entities have in common lyndon baines johnson i don't think l.b.j. did it i know you did it's all ahead on larry king now. welcome to a special edition of larry king now fifty years ago the course of american history was altered forever when president john f. kennedy was assassinated in dallas texas today jay of kay's iconic legacy still lives on across the globe here to discuss why that legacy is particularly important for younger americans is scott de rice author of the new book titled the power of citizenship why the john f. kennedy matters to a new generation i met by the way to personal moron the john kennedy one. i was twenty four years old driving in a car with three friends in palm beach looking at the sites his car from behind oh my gosh he was parked he died of a cause that how could you hit me on this week and said you want to change license this is no just raise your hands
who killed camelot there are a lot of researchers who have gone before me and said well it was the cia it was the mob it was as jackie kennedy believed texas oil they're all correct but what do all those entities have in common lyndon baines johnson i don't think l.b.j. did it i know you did it's all ahead on larry king now. welcome to a special edition of larry king now fifty years ago the course of american history was altered forever when president john f. kennedy was assassinated in dallas...
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after he was caught the cia abandoned him. they left him there. >> reporter: former officials say when pressure from the family forced the cia to investigate, jablonski and two other top analysts were forced out, seven others disciplined and the cia paid the family almost $3 million. still, iran has consistently denied holding levinson. is he alive? >> i should ask this question. i don't know. we don't know. how can we know that? >> reporter: will iran's new president, rowhani be different? the white house says president obama asked about him in september when they talked. >> they want to show goodwill on a humanitarian basis so they can bring a dad and a husband home, this is the time to do it. >> reporter: much of what emerged today has been known by news organizations which delayed publication at the government's request. when the story emerged the family and government sources confirmed the details yesterday of what they know. what is not known is whether levinson is alive and whether telling the story will do anything to
after he was caught the cia abandoned him. they left him there. >> reporter: former officials say when pressure from the family forced the cia to investigate, jablonski and two other top analysts were forced out, seven others disciplined and the cia paid the family almost $3 million. still, iran has consistently denied holding levinson. is he alive? >> i should ask this question. i don't know. we don't know. how can we know that? >> reporter: will iran's new president, rowhani...
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in newspapers this while the current owner of the washington post offers his cloud services to the cia more on these developments later in the show. it's wednesday december eighteenth five pm in washington d.c. i'm sam sachs and you're watching r.t. and we begin with breaking news the white house has released a report written by a review board set up to investigate possible n.s.a. abuses it included forty six specific recommendations to reform the n.s.a. recommendation one was to limit section two fifteen of the patriot act forcing the government to submit focused requests for data rather than bulk collection that's important the review board also called on the n.s.a. to transition away from story data on its own to having that data stored by private companies which the n.s.a. can go to for specific requests also the report calls on the n.s.a. to stop undermining encryption standards as revealed by edward snowden there are a number of other recommendations. including organizational changes to the n.s.a. and reforms to the top secret buys a court the electronic frontier foundation which
in newspapers this while the current owner of the washington post offers his cloud services to the cia more on these developments later in the show. it's wednesday december eighteenth five pm in washington d.c. i'm sam sachs and you're watching r.t. and we begin with breaking news the white house has released a report written by a review board set up to investigate possible n.s.a. abuses it included forty six specific recommendations to reform the n.s.a. recommendation one was to limit section...
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he was there on detail for the cia. what's fascinating about this is that after he goes missing, according to the family members and their lawyer, they contact the cia and say, hey, we need help finding bob and the cia's response is, we didn't send him there. and when members of congress asked the cia, they said the same thing. finally the cia gets its act together and apologizes to the family, but it was -- you can imagine the incredible emotional turmoil this is causing in the family that their husband, their father is missing and the government that sent him there denies to them -- >> is that standard operating procedure? that the government always denies having a spy somewhere? >> no, he's a contract employee, not a cia undercoverundercover operative. >> by the way, one thing to adhere is and the cia didn't play $2.5 million. the family threatened to sue because of this. >> yeah and to settle the whole matter. >> was he breaking the law over there? >> the wrong people that sent him there -- >> this is an act -- >> h
he was there on detail for the cia. what's fascinating about this is that after he goes missing, according to the family members and their lawyer, they contact the cia and say, hey, we need help finding bob and the cia's response is, we didn't send him there. and when members of congress asked the cia, they said the same thing. finally the cia gets its act together and apologizes to the family, but it was -- you can imagine the incredible emotional turmoil this is causing in the family that...
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killed camelot and there are a lot of researchers who have gone before me and said well it was the cia it was the mob it was as jackie kennedy believed texas oil they're all correct but what do all those entities have in common lyndon baines johnson i don't think l.b.j. did it i know you did it's all ahead on larry king now. welcome to a special edition of larry king now fifty years ago the course of american history was altered forever when president john f. kennedy was assassinated in dallas texas today jay of kay's iconic legacy still lives on across the globe here to discuss why that legacy is particularly important for younger americans is scott de rice author of the new book titled the power of citizenship why you john f. kennedy matters to a new generation i met by the way at a personal moment john kennedy won. i was twenty four years old driving in a car with three friends in palm beach looking at the sights has a scar from behind oh my gosh he was parked he died of a car said how could you hit me on this week and said you want to change license this is no just raise your hands
killed camelot and there are a lot of researchers who have gone before me and said well it was the cia it was the mob it was as jackie kennedy believed texas oil they're all correct but what do all those entities have in common lyndon baines johnson i don't think l.b.j. did it i know you did it's all ahead on larry king now. welcome to a special edition of larry king now fifty years ago the course of american history was altered forever when president john f. kennedy was assassinated in dallas...
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a lawyer for his family said he was on a spy mission, a rogue cia mission. abc's chief investigative correspondent brian ross with the new information tonight. >> reporter: over the seven years that bob levinson became america's longest held hostage ever, he was described again and again by the u.s. government as a private citizen, who went missing on a business trip to iran. today, a family lawyer, david mcgee, revealed levinson was actually a u.s. spy. >> the cia spent bob levinson to iran to do an investigation on their behalf. >> reporter: he was working for the cia. >> he was. >> reporter: the surprising admission from his family came one day after the associated press and washington post first reported levinson's cia ties. rejecting u.s. government concerns, that were repeated today, that the story could put levinson's life at further risk. >> a story we believe was highly irresponsible to publish. >> reporter: according to his family, levinson was involved in a number of missions targeting iran's nuclear supply network but working for a rogue unit at
a lawyer for his family said he was on a spy mission, a rogue cia mission. abc's chief investigative correspondent brian ross with the new information tonight. >> reporter: over the seven years that bob levinson became america's longest held hostage ever, he was described again and again by the u.s. government as a private citizen, who went missing on a business trip to iran. today, a family lawyer, david mcgee, revealed levinson was actually a u.s. spy. >> the cia spent bob...
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levinson was there doing contract work for the cia. at first after he vanished, the cia, according to the family, denied to the family that he was doing work with the cia and then when members of congress started to ask told them as well, no, he wasn't working for us. there seems to be a part of the cia that didn't know about this. the other thing that's unusual is he was being directed by analysts, not the people who were supposed to help folks in the field. you put all that together and it explains why the family was so distraught early on that this man who was there on a mission for the government, the family couldn't even get the government to admit why he was there. that's all been since dealt with and now the question is can more be discovered about him, is there any indication of where he is. there's some people who hope perhaps -- some in the government worry this could be a setback. others say maybe this will help to move it off the dime. >> the white house through the national security council issued a statement about the "as
levinson was there doing contract work for the cia. at first after he vanished, the cia, according to the family, denied to the family that he was doing work with the cia and then when members of congress started to ask told them as well, no, he wasn't working for us. there seems to be a part of the cia that didn't know about this. the other thing that's unusual is he was being directed by analysts, not the people who were supposed to help folks in the field. you put all that together and it...
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sent a team of cia people down to try to find them. in order to do that, they set up a fusion center -- which, by now, we're pretty familiar with what they do because they operate in other parts of the world, especially aimed at al qaeda. it brings together all sorts of intelligence from the milling it -- many intelligence agencies of the u.s. government and fuses that together with colombian information. well, that a hard time finding the hostages and yet they had a lot more capacity down there. they started in embassy fusion cell. they got a lot of help from the nsa who brought in eavesdropping equipment so they could basically spy on the farc when they communicate with one another. they were doing the same thing with drug cartels. they brought that together define the hostages, but they were not very successful. so they said, we've got all this capability here, let's turn it against the farc leadership, which is something they had done or they had begun to do successfully in other parts of the world against the al qaeda leadership,
sent a team of cia people down to try to find them. in order to do that, they set up a fusion center -- which, by now, we're pretty familiar with what they do because they operate in other parts of the world, especially aimed at al qaeda. it brings together all sorts of intelligence from the milling it -- many intelligence agencies of the u.s. government and fuses that together with colombian information. well, that a hard time finding the hostages and yet they had a lot more capacity down...
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we learned about his cia ties. we've gone to the administration and said we feel the need to publish a story about an important scandal and debacle inside the cia, mismanagement. the administration has provided in the past some specific persuasive and sort of temp poreal reasons to hold the story temporarily. it was always an investigative lead to run down or a potential meeting that might yield some promising leads on bringing bob home. and at each point the ap divided not to publish. in more recent time we went to the administration and they couldn't provide a specific reason why not to publish. they said that the improving relations, the thawing of the relations possibly with the new election of rouhani may yield some assistance. but there was nothing specific. there was no diplomatic progress for three years on this case. >> brown: and briefly in the meantime still nothing is known about his whereabouts or condition. >> that's right. we don't know where he is. we don't know who is holding him. congressman roger
we learned about his cia ties. we've gone to the administration and said we feel the need to publish a story about an important scandal and debacle inside the cia, mismanagement. the administration has provided in the past some specific persuasive and sort of temp poreal reasons to hold the story temporarily. it was always an investigative lead to run down or a potential meeting that might yield some promising leads on bringing bob home. and at each point the ap divided not to publish. in more...
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of the cia. but they really did believe that the cia had been melted down to, basically, a debased society under the clinton administration. and they felt that the military's covert unit would be the best weapon that the u.s. could use in a discreet global secret war. and so they injected jsoc with steroids. and general stanley mcchrystal ran jsoc for much of the bush era, and they began operating what was effectively a global hunting organization. and they weren't hunting deer, they were hunting people. and they did their own interrogation. they have their own secret prisons. it was a whole parallel apparatus to what the cia had traditionally had sovereign realm other. >> host: how did you get involved in this line of work? >> guest: purely by accident. i went to university thinking i wanted to be a middle schoolteacher. and i discovered very soon after i got to the university what it meant to be on academic probation. i was a terrible student. so if i'm a horrible student, i don't know how i'm
of the cia. but they really did believe that the cia had been melted down to, basically, a debased society under the clinton administration. and they felt that the military's covert unit would be the best weapon that the u.s. could use in a discreet global secret war. and so they injected jsoc with steroids. and general stanley mcchrystal ran jsoc for much of the bush era, and they began operating what was effectively a global hunting organization. and they weren't hunting deer, they were...
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detective michael rupert confronted former cia director john deutch about the cia's connection to narco trafficking. i can tell you you're going to the former los angeles these are going to thank you if you have to go through out there are a lot. yes that was an l.a.p.d. p.d. called testifying about cocaine being filtered through america's inner cities and if you just can't comprehend that the same government which is fighting a multi-billion dollar drug war is partially responsible for spreading the drugs want to look no further than the cultivation protection that the u.s. military is supplying for opium and afghanistan. the war torn country had nearly eradicated the crop prior to the occupation and now ninety percent of the world's heroin comes from afghanistan so the next time you hear something dismissed as just a conspiracy theory maybe take a second to dig a little deeper than what's presented because you might be surprised at what you find. i. i. look all of us already know what the extent of government surveillance and infiltration of activist groups across the country what wil
detective michael rupert confronted former cia director john deutch about the cia's connection to narco trafficking. i can tell you you're going to the former los angeles these are going to thank you if you have to go through out there are a lot. yes that was an l.a.p.d. p.d. called testifying about cocaine being filtered through america's inner cities and if you just can't comprehend that the same government which is fighting a multi-billion dollar drug war is partially responsible for...
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lawmakers are demanding the release of a secret cia report detailing torture of detainees after september eleventh this as a british report shows their own intelligence agencies turned a blind eye to some controversial u.s. practices will have information on that coming up and more sanctions on iran that's what a group of senators are calling for despite repeated requests by the obama administration to halt any legislation what's really behind this latest push we'll have that answer for you next. it's friday december twentieth four pm in washington d.c. i'm lynn neary david and you are watching our t.v. we begin today with a press conference where the president faced a flurry of questions about the n.s.a. after receiving nearly fifty recommendations from a white house appointed a committee to reform the n.s.a. surveillance practices president obama pledged to make a definitive statement in january about such which suggestions he will undertake now at the press conference president obama maintained that while edward snowden's disclosures have prompted an important conversation the method o
lawmakers are demanding the release of a secret cia report detailing torture of detainees after september eleventh this as a british report shows their own intelligence agencies turned a blind eye to some controversial u.s. practices will have information on that coming up and more sanctions on iran that's what a group of senators are calling for despite repeated requests by the obama administration to halt any legislation what's really behind this latest push we'll have that answer for you...
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i think this served the cia very well. because alan was not only the chief of the invisible government, he was the ambassador of the invisible government to the visible government. he was always on the party scene in washington, and i think he was a nice guy and a wonderful fellow that people began to think, well, we don't know what the cia is doing, but if it's such a wonderful guy doing it, it must be okay. it's remarkingble although they developed exactly the same politically they developed differently personally. all of these stories reflect what i said at the beginning that this book is not just about the brothers but about us. it's about who we are and why we do what we go in the world. told you at the beginning we largely have forgotten the brothers. it's my mission with this book to try to bring them back to life. the first step, i would like that take the brother's bus out of the conference room at baggage claim number three and bring it to place where people can see it. i have another suggestion. one of the great
i think this served the cia very well. because alan was not only the chief of the invisible government, he was the ambassador of the invisible government to the visible government. he was always on the party scene in washington, and i think he was a nice guy and a wonderful fellow that people began to think, well, we don't know what the cia is doing, but if it's such a wonderful guy doing it, it must be okay. it's remarkingble although they developed exactly the same politically they developed...
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which the cia had denied for years. so, you know, is that hush money, is it compensation for wrongdoing, you know, very hard to know. >> it is out there now. we'll have to see what happens. please come back and continue to educate us on it. good to see you, as always. >> good to see you. >> it is a day of continued pain, heartache and solemn remembrance. today marks one year since that horrible mass shooting at the elementary school in new town, connecticut. bells rang in the town 26 times, one for each victim this morning. in all, 20 children and six teachers were killed there. the mass shooting so stunning this nation just before christmas. also sparked a new outcry for tougher gun control laws. rick levinthal now with more. >> reporter: in the aftermath of the horrific shootings at seand hook elementary school in newtown, there were loud calls for greater gun control, starting at the white house. >> we can't tolerate this any more. these tragedies must end. and to end them, we must change. >> reporter: the president
which the cia had denied for years. so, you know, is that hush money, is it compensation for wrongdoing, you know, very hard to know. >> it is out there now. we'll have to see what happens. please come back and continue to educate us on it. good to see you, as always. >> good to see you. >> it is a day of continued pain, heartache and solemn remembrance. today marks one year since that horrible mass shooting at the elementary school in new town, connecticut. bells rang in the...
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cia, the perfect lie. you should do that. >> i once skipped a half day of work claiming i was on jury duty and i felt they would lower the boom on me there. the guy's e-mail, the way he ends it with ho, ho, ho. like my replacement is being tortured by the taliban, but i don't have to lose my holiday spirit. >> that was his way of laughing death in the face. >> you can't shake that guy. >> the way his lawyers try to defend what he said, he said keep in mind the good things he has done. he mentioned the clean air act. he has taken dozens of bogus flights. what is his carbon footprint? he claimed he was on secret cia missionss in pakistan and missions for election security. no one know what's that should be. he contracted malaria in vietnam where he never served. and even if this was legit he should have been fired for not being around to do his job. >> if he did his job it would probably be worse. so that is a good thing. andy, he is an expert on climate change which means his whole life is built around frau
cia, the perfect lie. you should do that. >> i once skipped a half day of work claiming i was on jury duty and i felt they would lower the boom on me there. the guy's e-mail, the way he ends it with ho, ho, ho. like my replacement is being tortured by the taliban, but i don't have to lose my holiday spirit. >> that was his way of laughing death in the face. >> you can't shake that guy. >> the way his lawyers try to defend what he said, he said keep in mind the good...
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in which you aided the cia? >> mr. chairman, i respectfully d kline to answer that question on the basis of my 5th amendment privilege. >> the feds say the lies went further than working for the cia. he claimed he got malaria severing in vietnam so he could have a better parking space. for a parking space. he didn't have malaria and never served in any war. what a tangled web. >> john beal admitted in court he had no excuse for what he did. he blamed it on what he called simple agreed. beal told the judge, i own this. this is on me. he acknowledged shame has become my constant companion. the self admitted shameful behavior is spelled out in this eight page confession he signed in september. starting in the year 2000 he took one day a week off from work claiming he was working for the cia. he admitted taking five trips to los angeles, spending more than 57,000 taxpayer dollars for personal evaluations. vacations. he stopped going to work six months telling managers he was working for langley. the court documents
in which you aided the cia? >> mr. chairman, i respectfully d kline to answer that question on the basis of my 5th amendment privilege. >> the feds say the lies went further than working for the cia. he claimed he got malaria severing in vietnam so he could have a better parking space. for a parking space. he didn't have malaria and never served in any war. what a tangled web. >> john beal admitted in court he had no excuse for what he did. he blamed it on what he called...
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secu sions naked all the cia while in these cia black sites on the cherie was captured in the u.a.e. in two thousand and two beta was found in pakistan and the two of them both went through the cia secret prison network often called black sites after that the two men were sent to guantanamo bay where they remain to this day the men claim they were tortured at secret cia prisons in poland a country that has laws against torture while poland has not officially admitted its role in the cia program there is significant documentary evidence pointing to complicity from poland romania and lithuania and creating these secret detention facilities for previous researcher crofton black wrote we have now heard overwhelming and uncontested evidence that the cia was running a secret torture prison on polish soil with the polish government's knowledge despite being given many opportunities to do so the polish government has failed to contest that it knew prisoners were being held beyond the rule of law and tortured by the cia inside their own country poland has been conducting internal investigatio
secu sions naked all the cia while in these cia black sites on the cherie was captured in the u.a.e. in two thousand and two beta was found in pakistan and the two of them both went through the cia secret prison network often called black sites after that the two men were sent to guantanamo bay where they remain to this day the men claim they were tortured at secret cia prisons in poland a country that has laws against torture while poland has not officially admitted its role in the cia program...
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he's a cnn national security analyst and former cia operative. bob, the white house spokesman said bob levinson was not a u.s. employee at the time of his disappearance. let's dissect that for a moment. does that mean he could have been a cia contractor and technically not an employee? >> it's disengeneral would you say. when he went to iran, he was between contracts. they promised him a new one. it's clear from the e-mails he expected to get paid for the visit to the island. certainly, the kidnappers will look at him as a cia contractor/employee/agent, whatever you want to call him. technically, the white house is right but he was working for the cia and it's the way he's been identified with the people holding him. >> iran insists they have no idea where he is. is that believable? >> you know what i suspect and this is truly a speculation is they grabbed him. it's controlled by iranian intelligence, turned him over to a radical group, if you look at the tapes and the pictures of him. he was probably taken out of the country, maybe to afghanista
he's a cnn national security analyst and former cia operative. bob, the white house spokesman said bob levinson was not a u.s. employee at the time of his disappearance. let's dissect that for a moment. does that mean he could have been a cia contractor and technically not an employee? >> it's disengeneral would you say. when he went to iran, he was between contracts. they promised him a new one. it's clear from the e-mails he expected to get paid for the visit to the island. certainly,...
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navidad, mientras en unas regfiones hay temperaturas calidas en otras el frío provoco ya 9 muertes >> la cia habría participado en varios golpes contra la farc en colombia, así lo reevela el washington post. >> el tema de las targetas de target llega al congtreso en euy, se espera que las autoridades federales intervenga >> murio un líder de las vallenatas. >> ( ♪ música ) >> ( ♪ música ) >> este es su noticiero univisión fin de semana con felix de bedut. >> ( ♪ música ) >> buenas noches bienvenidos al noticiero univisión , el clima no deja de dar sorpresas, en algunas regiones el termometro con temperaturas record, en otro las inclemenencias deja muertos por temperaturas bajas. >> nos muestran las imágenes yd icen que podemos esperar >> una coincidencia de climas distintos tiene a estados unidos en ascuas, cuando 95 millones de conductors se trasladan y 1900 vuelos se hanretrasadas >> intensas nevadas por un lado y por otro temperaturas inusualmente calioda. >> luego de que violentas ráfagas de viento destruyeran varias casa moviles al menos 2 personas mueren >> una tercera
navidad, mientras en unas regfiones hay temperaturas calidas en otras el frío provoco ya 9 muertes >> la cia habría participado en varios golpes contra la farc en colombia, así lo reevela el washington post. >> el tema de las targetas de target llega al congtreso en euy, se espera que las autoridades federales intervenga >> murio un líder de las vallenatas. >> ( ♪ música ) >> ( ♪ música ) >> este es su noticiero univisión fin de semana con felix de...
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executions make good wall in these cia black sites only shiri was captured in the u.a.e. two thousand and two was found in pakistan and the two of them both went through the cia secret prison network after that the two men were sent to guantanamo bay where they remain to this day the men claim that they were tortured at secret cia prisons in poland a country that has laws against torture while poland has not officially admitted its role in the cia program there is significant documentary evidence pointing to complicity from poland romania and lithuania in creating these secret detention facilities reprieve research or crofton black wrote quote we have now heard overwhelming and uncontested evidence that the cia was running a secret torture prison on polish soil with the polish government's knowledge despite being given many opportunities to do so the polish government has failed to contest that it knew prisoners were being held beyond the rule of law and tortured by the cia inside their own country poland has been conducting internal investigations about their potential p
executions make good wall in these cia black sites only shiri was captured in the u.a.e. two thousand and two was found in pakistan and the two of them both went through the cia secret prison network after that the two men were sent to guantanamo bay where they remain to this day the men claim that they were tortured at secret cia prisons in poland a country that has laws against torture while poland has not officially admitted its role in the cia program there is significant documentary...
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>> one thing they conceded to us is that the iranians probably knew he was working for the cia and we weren't going to tell them anything they didn't know. the family's lawyer, david magee, told everyone that the iranians, without a doubt, knew that he was working for the cia. >> thing q very much for coming in. still to come on tonight's program, what is really happening inside north korea? the execution of the leaders article raises concerns about stability there. >> violent protests erupted in bangladesh after the execution of the islamist opposition mullah.abdul kader three people were killed when demonstrators clad -- crashed -- clashed with police. he was hung for war crimes committed during the war for independence. we are on the scene in bangladesh and have this report on the days events. >> bangladesh is on the edge as islamic protesters are on the streets of the capital. the police retaliate with massive force. wildly firing handguns and rubber pellets as they try to regain control. the islamicists came and they have sticks and petroleum, they pulled me out of my car and the
>> one thing they conceded to us is that the iranians probably knew he was working for the cia and we weren't going to tell them anything they didn't know. the family's lawyer, david magee, told everyone that the iranians, without a doubt, knew that he was working for the cia. >> thing q very much for coming in. still to come on tonight's program, what is really happening inside north korea? the execution of the leaders article raises concerns about stability there. >> violent...
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on the payroll of western organizations and governments cia regime change manuals a few decades ago were being dropped over democratic countries but once subservience enough propaganda booklets like these under the euphemistic name the freedom fighters manual was scattered across nicaragua instructing citizens how to separate their country by cutting telephone lines leaving taps on and chopping trees on to highways the cia's document publicly of means to terrorism it carefully avoids the word assassinate in print calling to quote neutralize the country's police judges and government officials using the language of the mafia world it rights professional criminals will be hired to carry out selected quote childes for from renouncing these policies illegal black ops of moving from an auxiliary to the quote predominant tactic of u.s. foreign policy reveals the leaks new army manual from the pentagon. meant to be kept secret of the destruction notice rees destroyed by any method that will prevent disclosure the manual officially orders behavior it says it's a way is unlawful including in
on the payroll of western organizations and governments cia regime change manuals a few decades ago were being dropped over democratic countries but once subservience enough propaganda booklets like these under the euphemistic name the freedom fighters manual was scattered across nicaragua instructing citizens how to separate their country by cutting telephone lines leaving taps on and chopping trees on to highways the cia's document publicly of means to terrorism it carefully avoids the word...