So, the DCI says that "I would not support, obviously, an investigation or a prosecution of those individuals" involved in the interrogation program...They did their job, they did it pursuant to the... [Want to read the whole piece? Visit atlargely.com for full links, other content, and more]...

even if it's true...? it's stunning to me how the u.s. can make sweeping pronouncements about other countries but won't bother to look in the mirror... from al jazeera... The Argentinian government has angrily criticised Leon Panetta, the new director of the CIA, for warning of a potential economic ...

some interesting background... Afshin Rattansi talks to former CIA official Ray McGovern about the consequences for the new head of the CIA and for the United States after Leon Panetta condemns torture, extraordinary rendition and those that were involved in it all. Also, will Cheney go to jail and ...

This is a story of three rich crooks—Bernard Madoff, Leon Panetta and Tom Daschle—and the taxpayers that involuntarily made them rich. It may be jarring to see a despised criminal, Madoff, mentioned in the same sentence with Panetta and Daschle—who have been lionized as great publi...

Seriously — if you’re surprised, raise your hand. Didn’t think so. The fact that a far-left activist would be palling around with diehard enemies of freedom in their own countries and abroad isn’t the least bit surprising; it’s what makes the “liberal” monik...

embedSWF(9, 0, 0, "widget", "individual",160113); Bumped up top to go with the AOL Hot Seat Question The media, let’s face it, want Barack Obama to succeed. They’ll want him to succeed until the moment Americans start getting slaughtered again in American streets by terrorists. And then ...

President-elect Barack Obama introduced his nominees to head his national security team on Friday. But now Obama begins a perilous balancing act to fulfill his pledge to make a clean break with the detention and interrogation policies of the Bush administration while still effectively ensuring the.....

From the DailyKos - Jimmy Carter believes that the “devastating invasion of Gaza by Israel could easily have been avoided.” Nicholas Kristof described the Boomerang Syndrome: Arab terrorism built support for right-wing Israeli politicians, who took harsh actions against Palestinians, who...

On Wednesday’s CBS Early Show, co-host Harry Smith talked to Michael Crowley, editor of the liberal magazine The New Republic, about some of Obama’s recent appointments, including former Clinton chief of staff, Leon Panetta, for CIA director: "Dianne Feinstein, had her, you know, was -- her...

Panetta is not going to be in his element as DCI. Yes, he is very much anti-torture. This is a serious plus given the criminality under the Bush junta that has gone one for these last eight years. But I think it is possible walk and chew gum at the same time. This is not an either/or choice and shou...