Brickbat: Not Too Intelligent

CIA

Shortly after Khaleed al Masri arrived at a CIA prison in Afghanistan, officials figured out they had the wrong man. In fact, al Masri, a German citizen who had been kidnapped for the CIA by Macedonian police, didn't appear to have any connections to terrorism. But agents continued to hold him and continued to question him for months. A recently released report said the CIA refused to release him because it couldn't figure out a way to do so without admitting its mistake.

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[Fist of Etiquette]

Masri received $80,000 from Macedonia for his mistreatment by its security personnel, a payment ordered by the European Court of Human Rights. He's seeking an apology from the United States before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.

"This is the very least President Obama can do . . . before leaving office," Dakwar wrote recently on the ACLU's website.

Never let it said that our president won't do the very least he can. Which, in this and all cases, is actually, technically nothing.

[Radioactive]

shit why can't he do the least he can do for another 6 months?

[John C. Randolph]

There's a legal term for that shit. It's called kidnapping and false imprisonment.

-jcr

[Adans smith]

'They were very careless ,but,showed no intent to break the law'

[rudehost]

And they looked through the precedents and couldn't find another example where they prosecuted a case like this.

[Suthenboy]

How long before this kind of shit is common here on US soil?

[Bwana]

The article is gold :

The agency eventually dumped him unceremoniously in Albania and essentially pretended his arrest and detention had never happened.

the two men most responsible for the errors were promoted.

no one at the CIA bothered to look at his passport until three months into his detention, when an officer who'd interviewed Masri found the passport and more of his personal effects in an unopened pouch on the desk of another officer.

I feel safer already.

[AlmightyJB]

The trappings of zero accountability.

[Princess Trigger]

Masri. Tuttle. Buttle. Really, what difference does it make.

I keep saying 'Brazil' is a documentary and people call me crazy (and say I smell).

[Lee Genes]

And a large portion of the US populace still believes the CIA when they speak out on topics. The agency needs a serious house-cleaning.

[Scarecrow & WoodChipper Repair]

With a D-11.

[jackrose]

nice post thanks admin

[jackrose]

nice post thanks admin