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Richard Wright: Washington Post – No Memory on Iraq & No Integrity on Iran

An Mini-Me would say, “Huh”? US intelligence gains in Iran seen as boost to confidence By Joby Warrick and Greg Miller The Washington Post Published: April 8, 2012 More than three years ago, the CIA dispatched a stealth surveillance drone into the skies over Iran. The bat-winged aircraft penetrated more than 600 miles inside the …

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David Isenberg: The Liberty Exhibit & The Iraq We Left Behind

LIBERTY:  PDF 169 pages, released to public after redaction and down-grading from mix of confidential, secret, and top secret. Liberty Exhibit See Also: The Attack on the Liberty: The Untold Story of Israel’s Deadly 1967 Assault on a U.S. Spy Ship The Iraq We Left Behind Ned Parker Foreign Affairs, March/April 2012 Nine years after …

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Susan Lindauer: IRAQ – The Legacy of Deception and Its Costs

IRAQ: THE LEGACY OF DECEPTION AND ITS COSTS Susan Lindauer, Former CIA Back Channel to Iraq at the United Nations Most Americans are astonished to discover that right up to 9/11, the CIA was developing a “Real Politik” vision of Iraq that recognized the fast approaching collapse of U.N. Sanctions. The CIA was preparing for …

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Chuck Spinney: Political Fluff on Iraq vs Real-World Appraisals

After running for President in 2008 on a platform that criticized Iraq as a “dumb war,” Barack Obama just declared America’s misbegotten Iraqi adventure to be an “extraordinary achievement” in a speech to soldiers at Fort Bragg. That declaration of success is not enough for Congressman Duncan Hunter, who took Obama to task, saying, “And …

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