CIA on Townhall

• Doctors to review USS Cole suspect's CIA detention records Fri Feb 8
  Reuters News
• Brennan's Foes Line Up - And It's Not About Drones Fri Feb 8
  Kevin Glass
• Obama Drone Protesters Force Feinstein To Clear Brennan Hearing Room Fri Feb 8
  Washington, D.C.
  Multiple protesters interrupted the nominee for the head of the CIA John Brennan's testimony today in the Senate Intelligence Committee. Feinstein threatened to clear the room twice and after four protesters she had the room emptied so Brennan could finish his opening statement. The protesters angrily shouted about President Obama and his recent efforts in stepping up drone attacks overseas. ... more
• CIA Nominee Urged Against 1998 Bin Laden Attack Fri Feb 8
  Washington, D.C.
  The White House's nominee for CIA chief says he does not regret advising against a 1998 strike targeting Osama bin Laden a few months before the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa. ... more
• "I'm Not a Lawyer": Brennan's Confirmation Obfuscations Thu Feb 7
  Kevin Glass
• 'Zero Dark Thirty' Threatens the 'Bush-the-Incompetent' Narrative Thu Feb 7
  Larry Elder
  In "Zero Dark Thirty," the movie about the killing of Osama bin Laden, one of the first scenes shows a terrorist being waterboarded, where useful information gets extracted. The movie thus asserts the controversial practice leads to actionable intelligence. ... more
• Iran Claims Images Taken From Drone Thu Feb 7
  Iran
  Iran state TV broadcast pictures allegedly taken from the CIA spy drone captured in 2011. Iran's claims cannot be independently confirmed. ... more
• Obama CIA nominee may get tough questions - from Democrats Wed Feb 6
  Reuters News
• Some 54 countries helped CIA detention efforts: report Tue Feb 5
  Reuters News
• Guantanamo prisoner's lawyer questions if CIA is monitoring conversations Mon Feb 4
  Reuters News
• Exclusive: CIA nominee had detailed knowledge of "enhanced interrogation techniques" Wed Jan 30
  Reuters News
• Preserve CIA prisons as evidence, lawyers for 9/11 suspects ask Mon Jan 28
  Reuters News
• Spy Secrets of 'Zero Dark Thirty' Tue Jan 22
  Rachel Marsden
  The realities highlighted by the Oscar-nominated film "Zero Dark Thirty," which detailed the operation that ended with the killing of Osama bin Laden, don't begin and end with the debate over what some call "torture" as a means of obtaining intelligence. ... more
• Obama Sending Wrong Signal to Our Enemies Wed Jan 9
  Donald Lambro
  WASHINGTON - President Obama's is putting together a new national security team at the Pentagon and the CIA that is said to be designed for an era of downsizing. ... more
• Ex-CIA Officer: Yes, Harsh Interrogations Helped Us Nail Bin Laden Fri Jan 4
  Guy Benson
• Senators to vote on probe of CIA interrogation program Thu Dec 6
  Reuters News
• The Folly of the Defense Intelligence Agency's Spy-Hiring Spree Tue Dec 4
  Rachel Marsden
  Whereas President Barack Obama's predecessor, George W. Bush, waged war the old-fashioned way, with troops and tanks, Obama has been busy outsourcing the dirty work of protecting and furthering America's interests to CIA drones, private contractors, local mobs with ties to terrorists, and even the French. ... more
• Bond's 'Skyfall' Could Be Our Worst Nightmare Tue Nov 27
  Rachel Marsden
  Anyone who has seen the latest James Bond film, "Skyfall," would be hard-pressed to find any traditional espionage tradecraft. More actual spying would have meant less of Daniel Craig running around in a too-tight suit chasing bad guys. When the villain -- in this case a cyberterrorist played masterfully by Javier Bardem -- is able to turn around and say to Bond, "Why are you doing all this running around and wasting your energy?", anyone who knows anything about real spying is tempted to yell at the screen, "Because the script is garbage and there is no espionage written into this movie!" Bond's ineptitude when faced with technology is a brilliant, if unintentional, commentary on society's lack of readiness for spying's shift into that realm. ... more
• CIA Climate Center Closing Tue Nov 20
  Katie Pavlich
• Are We Puritans? Sat Nov 17
  Bill O'Reilly
  With Thanksgiving fast approaching, it is time to talk about Puritans -- but not the crew who fled England for the New World and established the Massachusetts Bay Colony back in the 17th century. No, let's talk about the modern Puritans: we the American people. ... more
• Duck Soup Fri Nov 16
  Rich Galen
  One of the great character-study movies of all time is the 1933 film Duck Soup starring the Marx Brothers. ... more
• Petraeus Betrayed his Country Before he Betrayed his Wife Thu Nov 15
  Diana West
  Was David Petraeus as great a general as the write-ups of his downfall routinely claim? This is a provocative question that I will begin to answer with another question: Did America prevail in the Iraq War? I suspect few would say "yes" and believe it, which is no reflection on the valor and sacrifice of the American and allied troops who fought there. On the contrary, it was the vaunted strategy of the two-step Petraeus "surge" that was the blueprint of failure. ... more
• Sex and the Generals Thu Nov 15
  Emmett Tyrrell
  Sex remains the surest prop for all that is funny ... and sad. In the first instance, we often call the result ribaldry. In the second instance, it is always called tragedy. ... more
• Who Benefits When Top Military Brass Fall Thu Nov 15
  Susan Brown
  Everyone is preoccupied with the events surrounding the juicy sex scandal involving now-former CIA Director David Petraeus to the point they may not have noticed a pattern -- a shake-down -- that is taking place in our military top brass, much like the one currently happening in Russia under President Vladimir Putin. ... more
• Sex and the City (of Washington) Thu Nov 15
  Cal Thomas
  The resignation of CIA Director David Petraeus over an extramarital affair has raised and will continue to raise a number of questions. ... more
• Senators Call For Select Committee on Benghazi Wed Nov 14
  Katie Pavlich

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