Cygnia Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 Update on the Sydney hostage situation... http://news.yahoo.com/major-police-operation-unfolding-sydney-235744145.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 Well, to say the CIA torture report (Well, the summary we got) made me want to vomit was putting it mildly... I could go on for hours about how disgusted I am by our torturing people, but I think McCain (Who I don't always agree with) had a lovely speech about THAT However, this article on the FBI and CIA rivalry involved caught my interest From the outset, some FBI agents and senior officials were appalled by the CIA’s use of waterboarding, forced nudity, wall slamming and other brutal tactics revealed in stunning detail in the Senate report. “I swear to God. I’m going to arrest these guys!” Ali Soufan, then one of the FBI’s lead agents on al-Qaida, shouted to his boss at FBI headquarters over a secure telephone, after he discovered the agency’s plans to shove Zubaydah into a coffin-like “confinement box” at a “black site” prison in Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 What's incredible is that people are still apologizing for it. Once upon a time there was a country that, merely by existing, showed the world a better path through democracy, the rule of law, and respect for human rights. Now it's gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 While this wasn't the cause, my departure from my cap avatar feels sadly appropriate right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 http://news.yahoo.com/prisoners-ingenious-1962-alcatraz-escape-could-survived-215310414.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 The "Architect" of the Torture Program says that being outed has put his life in danger. http://www.twcc.com/articles/2014/12/16/t/the-architect-of-the-cia-torture-program-says-senate-report-put-his-life-in-danger?cid=cm_cia_nw_cdn_dt_ag_860819 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 I'm sorry, were CIA agents off limits to Jihadists before this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted December 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 Time capsule from 1795 unearthed And it may have been placed there by Sam Adams and Paul Revere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 LIFE ON MARS CONFIRMED....AND IT IS FARTING! http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2014/12/16/curiosity-readings-point-to-mysterious-pulsing-source-of-methane-on-mars/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 Time capsule from 1795 unearthed And it may have been placed there by Sam Adams and Paul Revere. Did they leave beer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 LIFE ON MARS CONFIRMED....AND IT IS FARTING! http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2014/12/16/curiosity-readings-point-to-mysterious-pulsing-source-of-methane-on-mars/ Underground civilization venting their farts IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 We shall eat of the bean, and worship the atom bomb housed in the cavern below! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 I'm sorry, were CIA agents off limits to Jihadists before this? To be fair, I don't think this guy was a CIA agent. He was a contractor from a Thinktank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 Fair point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markdoc Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 I'm sorry, were CIA agents off limits to Jihadists before this? Of course: they were the jihadi's best recruiters, for a while. But now that the US is dropping secret torture prisons, incarceration without trial and kidnapping as official policy, the CIA doesn't have so much support to offer to the terrorists, so it's only natural that their affection for the CIA will cool. Cheers, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted December 18, 2014 Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 Besides Sony... http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/12/17/icann_hacked_admin_access_to_zone_files/?mt=1418864366738 Bazza 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted December 19, 2014 Report Share Posted December 19, 2014 Judge Overturns 14-Year-Old’s Murder Conviction 70 Years After His Execution Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted December 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 North Korea Experiences Severe Internet Outage Payback? Karma? Both? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted December 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 Mystery of Chopin's Death Still Unresolved Princess Cristina of Spain to Go on Trial for Fraud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 North Korea Experiences Severe Internet Outage Payback? Karma? Both? Payback; they're being DDOSed off the internet. They have very little connectivity so it's probably not even that hard. Frankly I'm surprised it took this long for them to start seeing reprisals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 'Zombie church' helps Slovenia crucify corrupt leaders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 Utah Man Hospitalized After Winning Eggnog Chugging Contest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sociotard Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 The FDA to lift lifetime ban on blood donations from Gay men. In 2015 they will be able to donate as long as they haven't had gay nookies in over a year. Small Steps. http://news.yahoo.com/us-lift-lifetime-ban-blood-donations-gay-men-192510074.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted December 25, 2014 Report Share Posted December 25, 2014 Jack Daniels' Son Is Jim Beam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sociotard Posted December 27, 2014 Report Share Posted December 27, 2014 http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/26/estonia-offers-e-residency-to-world-what-does-it-mean Estonia will offer e - citizenship to people around the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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