The head of the British intelligence service MI6 has reportedly said that Russia bears part of the blame for the start of the war in Iraq. John Sawers made the statement at public hearings in London aimed at establishing the circumstances in which the war started. Sawers, who at that time held an advisor’s position [...]
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A former Chief Prosecutor at Guantanamo Bay says he was fired from his job at the Congressional Research Service for criticizing policies concerning the prison. “Even though the Library of Congress has a published policy which encourages the employees to write, speak and teach on area if it not related to their official duties, the [...]
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After two years of wrangling to head off a case that centered around the Bush administration’s practice of abducting alleged terrorists abroad and sending them to friendly third states for interrogation, Italian prosecutors won a stunning victory on Wednesday, when 23 US intelligence agents were convicted in absentia by a Milan court for kidnapping. The [...]
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