CIA: Money Is Fungible, Except When It Is Our Money

By: emptywheel Friday August 27, 2010 11:38 am

Keep in mind as you read these four paragraphs from WaPo’s follow-up on NYT’s story on Mohammed Zia Salehi that the person quoted is almost certainly from the same CIA that profiles terrorist organizations that, regardless of the charitable work they do, may not legally receive money. U.S. officials did not dispute that Salehi was [...]

Obama on the Afghan Massacre

By: emptywheel Monday July 13, 2009 9:11 am

The Obama Administration stance on an investigation of the Rashid Dostum massacre and cover-up seems to have as much to do with who is speaking as whether such an investigation will happen in the first place.

US Government Covered Up War Crimes Committed by CIA’s Warlord

By: emptywheel Friday July 10, 2009 2:45 pm

The US helped Rashid Dostum cover up his war crimes.

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