Sunday, 12 July 2009
Cheney Is Linked to C.I.A. Concealment of Terror Program
The Central Intelligence Agency withheld information about secret counter terrorism program from Congress for eight years on direct orders from former Vice President Dick Cheney, the
agency's director, Leon E. Panetta, has told the Senate and House intelligence committees, two people with direct knowledge of the matter said Saturday.
The report that Mr. Cheney was behind the decision to conceal the still-unidentified program from Congress deepened the mystery surrounding it, suggesting that the Bush administration had put a high priority on the program and its secrecy.
Mr. Panetta, who ended the program when he first learned of its existence from subordinates on June 23, briefed the two intelligence committees about it in separate closed sessions the next day.
More at 'NY Times' here.
agency's director, Leon E. Panetta, has told the Senate and House intelligence committees, two people with direct knowledge of the matter said Saturday.
The report that Mr. Cheney was behind the decision to conceal the still-unidentified program from Congress deepened the mystery surrounding it, suggesting that the Bush administration had put a high priority on the program and its secrecy.
Mr. Panetta, who ended the program when he first learned of its existence from subordinates on June 23, briefed the two intelligence committees about it in separate closed sessions the next day.
More at 'NY Times' here.
Bon Iver - The Wolves (Act I & II)
What might have been lost!
No apologies for this band again...
(Thanx to Heather @ 'I am fuel you are friends')
No apologies for this band again...
(Thanx to Heather @ 'I am fuel you are friends')
Saturday, 11 July 2009
U.S. Wiretaps Were of Limited Value, Officials Report
While the Bush administration had defended its program of wiretapping without warrants as a vital tool that saved lives, a new government review released Friday said the program’s effectiveness in fighting terrorism was unclear.
(Full story at 'NY Times')
Thomas Feiner & Anywhen - For Now
"Getting close by going far away
Going far by staying here
To the kind of place
Where loneliness ‘s travelling best
Leaving ill and well alone
If all fails
All fails
Let the clock strike upon this resting hour
For now
For now
Leaving point despair
Leaving point hope
Getting lost to find a way back home
Getting back by letting go
Make another thought fall
In the flow of things
And death is just a breath away
But so is life
Saying this, but knowing not
Which scares the most
For now
For now
Leaving point despair
Leaving point hope
Whatever worry
running through the veins
When you go, we go
Whatever worry
Raise the flair
When you’re there
You’re there
Getting close
Abandoning point home
Leaving point despair
Looking up from the rush of things
in the point of life
that is now
a point of life
For now"
To the kind of place
Where loneliness ‘s travelling best
Leaving ill and well alone
If all fails
All fails
Let the clock strike upon this resting hour
For now
For now
Leaving point despair
Leaving point hope
Getting lost to find a way back home
Getting back by letting go
Make another thought fall
In the flow of things
And death is just a breath away
But so is life
Saying this, but knowing not
Which scares the most
For now
For now
Leaving point despair
Leaving point hope
Whatever worry
running through the veins
When you go, we go
Whatever worry
Raise the flair
When you’re there
You’re there
Getting close
Abandoning point home
Leaving point despair
Looking up from the rush of things
in the point of life
that is now
a point of life
For now"
Friday, 10 July 2009
Happy Birthday Nikola Tesla
Photo via 'Vintagephoto'Nikola Tesla
As someone put it in the comments at 'vintagephoto', he invented our world and was then shafted by it!
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