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Robert Parry: US Intel Vets Slam CIA Use of Torture and New Book “Rebuttal” That Repeats Prior Lies by CIA “Leaders” — Robert Steele Comments

US Intel Vets Decry CIA’s Use of Torture Torture defenders are back on the offensive publishing a book by ex-CIA leaders rebutting a Senate report that denounced the brutal tactics as illegal, inhumane and ineffective. Now, in a memo to President Obama, other U.S. intelligence veterans are siding with the Senate findings and repudiating the torture apologists. Comment by …

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Mongoose: VICE on CIA’s 9/11 Failure Before & After

Ineffective supervisors, lack of language and other expertise, 10 seconds per cable, at war with NSA and FBI — the comatose CIA? ‘Blind Spots and Inefficiencies’: The CIA Before and After 9/11 “I think that America confuses resources with capabilities, and we say that more is better, though that’s not true — better is better,” …

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Mongoose: US Media Calculated Fraudulent Campaign Against Putin and Russia

Swedish Analyst – The Smear Campaign against Putin and the true US Agenda – Part 1 While the Russian opinion polls in support of President Putin now has reached a record level of 89% he is simultaneously target of a very dirty smear campaign in the West. Putin, we are told, is a power-hungry dictator …

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Stephen E. Arnold: Algorithms Gone Wild…

Algorithms Still Need Oversight Many have pondered what might happen when artificial intelligence systems go off the rails. While not spectacular enough for Hollywood, some very real consequences have been observed; the BBC examines “The Bad Things that Happen When Algorithms Run Online Shops.”  Read full post.