CIA director issues a warning to Congress


	CIA director issues a warning to Congress

sincitykitty

8-5-2009 3:09 PM

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Torture, assassination and arbitrary detention are violations of both US and international law for which no one responsible has paid any price. The argument made by Panetta boils down to the defense made infamous during the Nuremberg war crimes trials at the close of World War II: “We were only following orders.

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