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obfuscate which event is being discussed when little news quotes are added to the news as the hours go by?
1. Panetta is said to have learned about some 'program' that was secret to him, Congress, and the President - a program he put a stop to last week? New.
2. We had the 'massacred' grave in Pakistan - supposedly the person in charge of it is connected to the CIA. New.
3. We had Holder saying something about an investigation related to 'torture' with a hint of a possibility that there were other methods and other pictures. New for mentioning it, not new as far as a torture investigation.
4. We are having a dsicussion about the Cheney 'assassination team', which is nearly old news. Though there is mention of this a year or more ago, it got revived by Hersch at a speech in March 2009 in MN. Not new.
Program. Massacre. Torture. Assassination Team.
Is there an attempt to obfuscate? For example, if they don't want to talk about the shocking 'program' that Panetta found out about, why not mention that you're thinking about an investigation into torture. Would those without the time to follow it believe that it was about the 'program' and believe that justice was being done? (The reference to 'those' coulod be the present or former administration.
I get the distinct impression that DUers and the press are mixing up the words by mentioning prison torture related to Panetta and we really have no idea what the program is about. It may have nothing to do with torture. It could have something to do with the deaths of all those bio-chemistry scientists that have taken place. It could be a selling and buying arrangement with profits to a few. It could be a new twist on spying (on us). It could be what has been talked about often - a blackmail operation. I don't thik it's about the massacre or torture (unless there is a new angle) and I don't think 'program' is about a secret assassination team.
Is the 'program' some activity that we've never heard of before? Congress acted like it.
I think we should exchange talk based on 'program' being something different so that it doesn't get lost down a hole.
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