bs2Jul 25, 2023
> When presidents such as #BillClinton, #BarackObama, #DonaldTrump, and #JoeBiden nominate individuals who clearly lack integrity, it creates #cynicism at the very institutions these individuals are asked to lead. This was certainly true at the #CIA in the cases of Woolsey, Gates, and #GinaHaspel, and it will be true at a less well-known institution such as the Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/07/21/the-strange-rehabilitation-of-elliott-abrams/
#EIliotAbrams #USApresidents #PublicDiplomacy #BidenAdministration
The Strange Rehabilitation of Elliott Abrams

Democratic presidents have a way of reaching out to undeserving Republicans to protect their domestic flanks on the right.  Bill Clinton appointed James Woolsey to be the director of the Central Intelligence Agency in 1993 in order to gain standing among national security conservatives.  Barack Obama retained Robert Gates as secretary of defense in 2009 in order to appease Pentagon professionals.  And now President Joe Biden has named Elliott Abrams to the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy.  Why in the world would anyone want to resurrect Elliott Abrams?

CounterPunch.org
Show threadHistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴Jul 14, 2023

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"...since his cell-phone records were wiped on January 22nd, followed by those of #Miller #Trumpworld, was 👉last-ditch resistance from within the government, notably by #CIA director #GinaHaspel and Gen. #MarkMilley, chairman of the #JointChiefsOfStaff, whom she warned that 👉“We are on the way to a right-wing coup.”👈 Exactly what #Patel himself was doing during those final days of the administration...

Show threadHistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴Jul 14, 2023

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"...in #Trumpworld, was 👉last-ditch resistance from within the government, notably by #CIA director #GinaHaspel and Gen. #MarkMilley, chairman of the #JointChiefsOfStaff, whom she warned that 👉“We are on the way to a right-wing coup.”👈 Exactly what #Patel himself was doing during those final days of the administration remains unknown,...

Show threadCory DoctorowMay 15, 2023

#5yrsago Realtor claims #Uber and #Lyft erode the premium homebuyers pay for good public transit links https://www.businessinsider.com/uber-and-lyft-are-changing-where-rich-people-buy-homes-2018-5

#5yrsago The CIA is psyopsing America to help torturer #GinaHaspel get the job of #CIA boss https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/20/us/politics/gina-haspel-cia-director-influence-campaign.html

#5yrsago To understand the future sainthood of Donald J Trump, just look at George W Bush https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/donald-trump-may-be-the-best-thing-that-ever-happened-to-george-w-bush/2018/05/11/69ae6c7a-5319-11e8-9c91-7dab596e8252_story.html

#5yrsago Profiles of #FlatEarthers: report from the front lines of weaponized media literacy https://www.vice.com/en/article/zm8b74/i-went-to-a-flat-earth-convention-to-meet-flat-earthers-like-my-mum

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Uber and Lyft are changing where rich people buy homes

In 2017 luxury real estate broker, Leonard Steinberg, told Business Insider that Uber and Lyft are changing where wealthy people buy homes in the New York City, and a report released this week from MetLife Inc.'s asset-management business confirmed that the premium cost of apartments near public transit has begun to decline.

Business Insider
Show threadCory DoctorowMay 8, 2023

#5yrsago Torturer and coverup artist #GinaHaspel tried to bow out of CIA Directorship to avoid Senate questioning https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/gina-haspel-nominee-to-head-cia-sought-to-withdraw-over-questions-about-her-role-in-agency-interrogation-program/2018/05/06/eaa9b990-50dc-11e8-af46-b1d6dc0d9bfe_story.html

#1yrago #Safegraph follows people into #abortion clinics and then sells the data: And then they lie about it https://pluralistic.net/2022/05/07/safegraph-spies-and-lies/#theres-no-i-in-uterus

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Gina Haspel, nominee to head CIA, sought to withdraw over questions about her role in agency interrogation program

Haspel is expected to face intense scrutiny from senators over her role in the agency’s treatment of terrorism suspects at secret prisons overseas.

The Washington Post
BoudJun 4, 2022

#NYT asserts evidence that "psychologists" James E. Mitchell and John Bruce Jessen are both #USWarCriminals - the torture of POWs is a #WarCrime.

#GinaHaspel was responsible in chain of command; but NYT does *not* call for a war crimes trial under #UniversalJurisdiction in a 3rd-party country.

The good news (final line of article): #Haspel promised not to do it again!

Hopefully #Putin and #Assad will also promise not to do it again.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/03/us/politics/cia-gina-haspel-black-site.html
(archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20220604020548/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/03/us/politics/cia-gina-haspel-black-site.html)

Gina Haspel Observed Waterboarding at C.I.A. Black Site, Psychologist Testifies

The testimony emerged in pretrial hearings in the Cole bombing case at Guantánamo Bay, where the war court is wrestling with the legacy of torture after 9/11.

taz (inoffiziell)May 21, 2018
Die Woche: Wie geht es uns, Herr Küppersbusch? www.taz.de/Die-Woche/!5504228/ #FriedrichKüppersbusch #MeghanMarkle #Google #Italien #GinaHaspel #Polizeigesetz #Kolumnen #Gesellschaft
Die Woche: Wie geht es uns, Herr Küppersbusch?

Was uns in diesen Tagen beschäftigt: Der Papst und seine Twitterfollower und ein Polizeigesetz, das im letzten Jahr schon obsolet war.

taz (inoffiziell)May 18, 2018
Neue CIA-Chefin Gina Haspel: Von Menschenrechtlern kritisiert www.taz.de/Neue-CIA-Chefin-Gin… #GinaHaspel #CIA #Verhör #USAunterTrump #Amerika #Politik #Schwerpunkt
Neue CIA-Chefin Gina Haspel: Von Menschenrechtlern kritisiert

Der US-Senat hat Gina Haspel als CIA-Chefin bestätigt. Dem ging eine hitzige Debatte voraus, unter anderem über umstrittene Verhörmethoden.

Kioskero ShilenoMay 17, 2018
Gina Haspel, la nueva cabeza de la CIA que sorteó las sombras de la tortura http://www.theclinic.cl/2018/05/17/gina-haspel-la-nueva-cabeza-la-cia-sorteo-las-sombras-la-tortura/ #EstadosUnidos #GinaHaspel #Torturas #perfil #Poder #cia
Gina Haspel, la nueva cabeza de la CIA que sorteó las sombras de la tortura - The Clinic Online

Haspel trabajó durante 33 años como agente encubierto y solo en las últimas semanas la CIA ha divulgado el destino de algunas de sus misiones, en un esfuerzo de transparencia por lavar la imagen de la agente y cosechar el apoyo de una mayoría de senadores para su confirmación.

The Clinic Online
Deutsche Welle (inoffiziell)May 17, 2018
Die umstrittene Kandidatin hat die Hürde genommen: Gina Haspel wurde vom US-Senat als neue Chefin der CIA bestätigt. Die 61-Jährige tritt als erste Frau an die Spitze des Auslandsgeheimdiensts. www.dw.com/de/der-weg-ist-frei… #USA #Geheimdienste #Auslandsgeheimdienst #CIA #Folter #Waterboarding #GinaHaspel #MikePompeo #Senatsanhörung
Der Weg ist frei für CIA-Chefin Haspel | DW | 17.05.2018

Die umstrittene Kandidatin hat die Hürde genommen: Gina Haspel wurde vom US-Senat als neue Chefin der CIA bestätigt. Die 61-Jährige tritt als erste Frau an die Spitze des Auslandsgeheimdiensts.