CIA

The Smart Show: Monday, January 28, 2013

Cary Harrison Audio, old, Politics CIA, Gay, Leah Bolger, war

Kevin Gosztola Gosztola just wrote the piece “CIA Whistleblower John Kiriakou, Sentenced to 30 Months in Jail, Wears Conviction as ‘Badge of Honor’,” which states: “A former CIA officer, who was the first member of the agency to publicly acknowledge that torture was official U.S. policy under the administration of President George W. Bush, has […]

The Smart Show: Monday, January 7, 2013

Cary Harrison Audio, old CIA, dick Cheney, President Barack Obama, President Bush

While most Americans celebrated the holidays, President Barack Obama, on Sunday, December 30, quietly signed into law a five-year extension of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008, which made it legal for the National Security Agency to perform warrantless wiretapping, something that originated under the George W. Bush administration.