US Intelligence Operatives in Libya, Before a Finding, Sounds Like JSOC

By: Thursday March 31, 2011 8:25 pm

Mark Hosenball, who yesterday broke the news that Obama had issued a Finding authorizing the CIA to operate covertly in Libya in the last 2-3 weeks, today says “intelligence operatives” were on the ground before Obama signed that Finding. U.S. intelligence operatives were on the ground in Libya before President Barack Obama signed a secret [...]

Progressives Demand House GOP Committee Chairs Investigate Hunton & Williams

By: Tuesday March 1, 2011 9:53 am

When I first posted on Hank Johnson’s letter demanding an investigation into Hunton & Williams’ appropriation of counterterrorist techniques to attack citizen speech, I was a bit skeptical. Without a way to get some coverage of the demand, such a letter risks being yet one more angry letter into the void. But I will say [...]

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