Panetta Pleads for No CIA Punishment

The ideological partnership between the Washington Post and the Central Intelligence Agency is becoming despicable.

For the past several weeks, the Post has carried a series of editorial and op-eds that were designed to prevent the release of the Justice Department memoranda that permitted the use of CIA torture and abuse and to prevent any rigorous examination of these practices that went beyond the permitted guidelines. Full Story »

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John Louden
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by John Louden - Aug. 5, 2009

The editor's note that prefaces the piece shows bias, but I found Goodman's comments and assertions valid.

The Post and Panetta strongly believe that Washington is too “consumed with what the CIA did in the past” and that it is pointless to pursue “disputes over policies that no longer exist.” However, these policies and the cover-up of these policies have compromised the objectivity and independence of the CIA.

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