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Understatement of the Day

— By Mother Jones | Tue July 24, 2007 9:15 AM PST

From Daniel Benjamin (Brookings Institution) and Steve Simon (Council on Foreign Relations) in their op-ed in today's New York Times, which suggests that we use the CIA to root out Al Qaida in Pakistan:

While the C.I.A. doesn't have an unblemished record...

Posted without further comment.

— Nick Baumann

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      Submitted by chalmers johnson (not verified) on July 24, 2007 - 10:38pm.

      looks like those two assklowns need to read this book. lol

      http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/174824/chalmers_johnson_agency_of_rogues

      Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA

      http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/038551445X/nationbooks08

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