Hayden led the CIA from to , and was the first official to brief the full intelligence committees on the interrogation programs. The opinions have shielded Bush administration officials from being charged with violating the anti-torture statute.
Yoo is now a law professor at UC Berkeley. Goss served as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee from to He later became the CIA director, and internal CIA documents released in showed him agreeing with the destruction of videotapes documenting the interrogations of two Al Qaeda detainees. The destruction of those tapes prompted an investigation by the Senate intelligence committee and led to the report that will be released Tuesday. McLaughlin was Deputy Director of Central Intelligence from to , the number two at the agency during the years that waterboarding, sleep deprivation and other harsh techniques were used.
He is now a security consultant. By Tessa Berenson. George W. If you're in the market for a new option this cold-weather season, we've rounded up four fashionable finds that will be sure to up your cool factor, while keeping out the cold.
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The film draws on the recollections of a group of female analysts known as The Sisterhood, the first officers to pinpoint intelligence that proved not only the existence of al-Qaeda, but evidence that Osama bin Laden was its leader. These dedicated analysts — officers such as Cindy Storer, Nada Bakos, Susan Hasler and Barbara Sude — began with a blank slate and worked deliberately to piece together disparate fragments of information to get a clearer picture of al-Qaeda.
Although little notice was taken at the time, analysts and operatives at the CIA recognized it as part of a consistent pattern. MANHUNT offers extensive, rarely seen footage of al-Qaeda training and propaganda videos, including digital suicide notes from terrorists who had dedicated their lives to jihad, that CIA officers studied closely on a daily basis.
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