Investigative reporter Seymour Hersh describes 'executive assassination ring'

minnpost.com by Eric Black | Mar. 11, 2009 (News Report)

"It is a special wing of our special operations community that is set up independently. They do not report to anybody, except in the Bush-Cheney days, they reported directly to the Cheney office. They did not report to the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff or to Mr. [Robert] Gates, the secretary of defense. They reported directly to him. ...

"Congress has no oversight of it. It’s an executive assassination ring essentially, and it’s been ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Shawn McConnell - Mar 11, 2009 - 6:58 PM PDT
Reviewed by: Shawn McConnell (review), Dwight Rousu (review), Joey Baker (review)
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Edited by: Dwight Rousu - Mar 31, 2009 - 5:40 PM PDT

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Joey Baker
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 by Joey Baker - Jul. 12, 2009

Really, really good look at this breaking story about Cheney hiding a secret spy program from the Congress. This one actually has quotes, and in-depth info.

This is why independent media is a viable alternative. The reporting here is better than the NYT in many respects.

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Dwight Rousu
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 by Dwight Rousu - Jul. 12, 2009

Murder squads reporting directly to Cheney does not surprise us any more, but Hersh tends to uncover many of the biggest and most important stories with regularity. This revelation should get action.

Criminal charges of murder should be lodged against Cheney. Any secrecy of these reports should be handled appropriately by the courts, not hidden from law enforcement.

“Utter nonsense,” is the quote from CIA spokester George Little. More »

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Shawn McConnell
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 by Shawn McConnell - Mar. 11, 2009

The journalism quality is wanting, but the importance of the article lies in the revelation by Seymour Hersh that Cheney had his own special ops that carried out assassinations on his orders. Hersh has proven possibly the most dependable investigative journalists of modern times (he uncovered Abu Ghraib and My Lai).

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