Sources Say CIA Hired Blackwater for Assassin Program
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on August 20th, 2009 4:35 am by HL
Sources Say CIA Hired Blackwater for Assassin Program
A secret CIA program to kill top al-Qaeda leaders with assassination teams was outsourced in 2004 to Blackwater USA, the private security contractor whose operations in Iraq prompted intense scrutiny, according to two former intelligence officials familiar with the events.
In the Absence of Specifics, ‘Public Option’ Looms Large
It is now clear that the Obama administration did not intend to spark a firestorm of criticism over the public option. A team noted for its discipline during the campaign found itself unexpectedly on the defensive this week trying to explain the inexplicable.
Poll Shows Most Americans Oppose War in Afghanistan
A majority of Americans now see the war in Afghanistan as not worth fighting, and just a quarter say more U.S. troops should be sent to the country, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
Dean Challenges Obama on Public Option
POLAND SPRING, Maine — Former Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean is emerging as a thorn in the side of a White House that effectively swept him out of Washington, regularly challenging President Obama and Congress as he crisscrosses the country preaching his progressive vision for…
Grassley Urges Scaling Back on Health-Care Reform Plan, Citing Town Hall Anger
Sen. Charles E. Grassley, a key Republican negotiator in the quest for bipartisan health-care reform, said Wednesday that the outpouring of anger at town hall meetings this month has fundamentally altered the nature of the debate and convinced him that lawmakers should consider drastically scaling…
