{"id":22,"date":"2009-05-22T12:09:03","date_gmt":"2009-05-22T12:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog1\/2009\/05\/22\/cia-memos-a-giant-can-of-worms\/"},"modified":"2010-02-19T16:58:27","modified_gmt":"2010-02-20T00:58:27","slug":"cia-memos-a-giant-can-of-worms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog1\/cia-memos-a-giant-can-of-worms\/","title":{"rendered":"CIA Memos: A Giant Can of Worms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>First posted 22 April, updated\u00a019 Feb\u00a0&#8217;10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/04\/20\/AR2009042002818.html\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">The CIA&#8217;s Questioning Worked<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\"> <\/span>&#8211; <em>The Washington Post<\/em> &#8211; 21 Apr 09<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/30325495\/\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Obama open to some interrogation prosecution<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><strong> &#8211; <em>MSNBC<\/em> &#8211; 21 Apr 09<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/30249847\/\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">CIA employees won&#8217;t be tried for waterboarding<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><strong> &#8211; <em>MSNBC<\/em> &#8211; 16 Apr 09<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Newsletter comment<\/span>: We believe the current administration has opened a giant can of worms&#8230; How upcoming hearings and possible indictments will impact future intelligence is anyone&#8217;s guess at this point.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.defenselink.mil\/news\/newsarticle.aspx?id=54030\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Spokesman Cites Pentagon Cooperation in Interrogation Probe<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><strong> &#8211; <em>DefenseLink<\/em> &#8211; 22 Apr 09<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/first100days\/2009\/04\/23\/republicans-claim-lawmakers-loop-interrogations\/\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Republicans Claim Top Lawmakers Were in the Loop on Interrogations<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><strong> &#8211; <em>FoxNews<\/em> &#8211; 23 Apr 09<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/first100days\/2009\/04\/23\/obama-resists-democrats-pushing-interrogation-probes\/\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Obama Resists Democrats&#8217; Push for Interrogation Probes<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><strong> &#8211; <em>FoxNews<\/em> &#8211; 23 Apr 09<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/30380802\/\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">In Obama\u2019s circle, sharp debate on memos<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><strong> &#8211; <em>The Washington Post &#8211; MSNBC<\/em> &#8211; 24 Apr 09<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/2009\/05\/08\/pelosi-says-told-interrogation-methods-lawful\/\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Pelosi: I Was Told Interrogation Methods Were Lawful<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> <\/span>&#8211; <em>FoxNews<\/em> &#8211; 8 May 09<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/2009\/05\/14\/pelosi-reiterates-didnt-know-waterboarding-use\/\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Pelosi Accuses CIA of &#8216;Misleading&#8217; Congress on Waterboarding<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><strong> &#8211; <em>FoxNews<\/em> &#8211; 14 May 09<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/2009\/05\/14\/republicans-dispute-pelosis-claim-stop-interrogation-techniques\/\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Republicans Dispute Pelosi&#8217;s Claim That She Couldn&#8217;t Stop Interrogation Techniques<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><strong> &#8211; <em>FoxNews<\/em> &#8211; 14 May 09<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/speaker.house.gov\/newsroom\/pressreleases?id=1168\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Pelosi Remarks at Press Conference About Briefing on Enhanced Interrogation Techniques<\/span><\/strong><\/a><strong> &#8211; <em>Speaker Nancy Pelosi<\/em> &#8211; 14 May 09<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Comment<\/span>: This is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ALL<\/span> about politics!\u00a0 Speaker Pelosi has been\u00a0on a mission to embarrass and prosecute former Bush administration officials and has\u00a0since been\u00a0caught up in the entire mess!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>She first denied she had any knowledge of waterboarding\u00a0which has changed since to she felt she could not change the Bush policy without a new President &amp; Congress!\u00a0 Be careful what you wish\u00a0for Madam Speaker, you could become collateral damage!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/2009\/05\/22\/democrats-defend-pelosis-accusation-cia\/\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Pelosi: &#8216;I Stand By&#8217; Accusation Against CIA<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><strong> &#8211; <em>FoxNews<\/em> &#8211; 22 May 09<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/2009\/08\/30\/cheney-slams-obamas-politicized-probe-cia-interrogations\/\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Cheney Slams Obama&#8217;s &#8216;Politicized&#8217; Probe of CIA Interrogations<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><strong> &#8211; <em>FoxNews<\/em> &#8211; 30 Aug 09\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/2009\/09\/18\/ex-cia-chiefs-decry-holder-interrogator-probe-letter-obama\/\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Ex-CIA Chiefs Decry Holder Interrogator Probe in Letter to Obama<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><strong> &#8211; <em>FoxNews<\/em> &#8211; 18 Sep 09<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/2009\/09\/21\/obama-backs-holder-cia-interrogation-probe\/\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Obama Backs Holder in CIA Interrogation Probe<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><strong> &#8211; <em>FoxNews<\/em> &#8211; 21 Sep 09<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/2010\/02\/19\/justice-department-clears-bush-interrogation-lawyers-misconduct\/\"><strong>Justice Department Clears Bush Interrogation Lawyers of Misconduct<\/strong><\/a><strong> &#8211; <em>FoxNews<\/em> &#8211; 19 Feb 10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First posted 22 April, updated\u00a019 Feb\u00a0&#8217;10 The CIA&#8217;s Questioning Worked &#8211; The Washington Post &#8211; 21 Apr 09 Obama open to some interrogation prosecution &#8211; MSNBC &#8211; 21 Apr 09 CIA employees won&#8217;t be tried for waterboarding &#8211; MSNBC &#8211; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog1\/cia-memos-a-giant-can-of-worms\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":143,"href":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22\/revisions\/143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}