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Human Rights Watch found documents in Libya after the fall of Muammar Qaddafi that it passed on to the Wall Street Journal, which is analyzing them. The WSJ reported today that the documents show that Qaddafi developed so warm a relationship with George W. Bush that Bush sent people he had kidnapped (“rendition”) to Libya to be “questioned” by Libya’s goons, and almost certainly to be tortured. The formal paperwork asked Libya to observe human rights, but Bush’s office also sent over a list of specific questions it wanted the Libyan interrogators to ask. Qaddafi also gave permission to the CIA from 2004 to establish a formal presence in the country.
Originally posted by krypt0n
I don't believe anything our government media posts at all anymore.
The group said it uncovered hundreds of letters between the CIA, MI6 and Koussa, who is now in exile in London. Letters from the CIA began, "Dear Moussa," and were signed informally with first names only by CIA officials, Human Rights Watch said.
"Among the files we discovered at Moussa Koussa's office is a fax from the CIA dated 2004 in which the CIA informs the Libyan government that they are in a position to capture and render Belhadj," Human Rights Watch's Peter Bouckaert, who was part of the group that found the stash, told Reuters.
"That operation actually took place. He was captured by the CIA in Asia and put on a secret flight back to Libya where he was interrogated and tortured by the Libyan security services."
In Washington, CIA spokeswoman Jennifer Youngblood, without commenting on any specific allegation or document, said: "It can't come as a surprise that the Central Intelligence Agency works with foreign governments to help protect our country from terrorism and other deadly threats. That is exactly what we are expected to do."
A U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, added: "There are lots of countries willing to take terrorists off the street who want to kill Americans. That doesn't mean U.S. concerns about human rights are ignored in the process."
"Let's keep in mind the context here," the official added. "By 2004, the U.S. had successfully convinced the Libyan government to renounce its nuclear weapons program and to help stop terrorists who were actively targeting Americans in the US and abroad."
Bouckaert showed Reuters photos of several documents on his computer and also photos of letters he said were from the CIA to Koussa and were signed, "Steve." He also displayed photographs he said were of letters from MI6 giving Libyan intelligence information on Libyan dissidents in Britain.
Originally posted by drew1749
reply to post by [da vinci]
Well I don't think they were lying around. But they were obviously easy to find. Probably in a filing Cabinet or something. Maybe on a computer encrypted (easy to break though.) idk
The problem is that we supported their oppressive government right? And now we're the good guys. Really weird. Not to mention they have ties to terrorist organizations that we're fighting. Since when do we support rebels and terrorists? Oh...always.
Originally posted by AnotherYOU
most of the time we only notice cia assets when they fall from grace.
from saddam to mubarak, pinochet to noriega.
the cia has and always had dictators on they re payroll
until they become obsolete, expendable and in need of a replacement.
for example now they are switching the pawns in the middle east, a couple of decades ago it was south america and east asia.
in africa though the cia just support every side since they are able to sell weapons eachtime.
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Originally posted by AnotherYOU
Reply to post by SplitInfinity
i am aware of that.
but let it all out and see what happens.
let the people know the good and bad deeds.
wich way would the popular judgement fall upon?
plus how good can one deed be if what is funding the good deeds are mostly the bad deeds.
drug, arms and human trafficking are a good source of revenue for the cia
thriving on the shady dealings you are supposedly fighting against.
isnt that how the world is run?
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