DC Dispatches

Recently the Central Intelligence Agency made news with a high profile announcement about “black sites” and interrogation methods. CIA, as always, used very careful language: CIA no longer operates detention facilities or black sites and has proposed a plan to decommission the remaining sites… This seems to make it clear that there remain such sites, [...]

We are not surprised, but we are unimpressed by Obama’s nominee to run the Central Intelligence Agency. During his confirmation hearing Thursday, Leon Panetta appeared to make at least a couple inaccurate statements during his Thursday appearance before the Senate Intelligence Committee. When asked by Hatch, Panetta seemed to confirm an assertion by Senator Hatch [...]