[IP] Europe's Answer to U.S. Whistleblower Intimidation: Article: Europe Shames U.S. Congress by Nat Hentoff
Begin forwarded message:
From: Sheryl Coe - Reportica <web@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: May 15, 2006 10:50:46 AM EDT
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Europe's Answer to U.S. Whistleblower Intimidation: Article:
Europe Shames U.S. Congress by Nat Hentoff
Dave,
It seems that congressional oversight responsibilities are being
outsourced. (See Hentoff below.)
-- Sheryl Coe
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Europe Shames U.S. Congress, CIA war crimes in Europe are now under
official investigation there, but not here
by Nat Hentoff http://villagevoice.com/news/0620,hentoff,73206,6.html
May 14th, 2006 9:19 PM
After 9-11, within the frame-work of the fight against terrorism, the
violation of human and fundamental rights was not isolated, or an
excessive measure confined to a short period of time, but rather a
widespread regular practice by the CIA in which the majority of
European countries are involved.
Giovanni Claudio Fava, chief investigator for a European Parliament
report on the CIA's "extraordinary renditions" in Europe following
three months of hearings, April 26
[...]This European inquiry was started after the Washington Post's
Dana Priest revealed last November that the CIA had secret prisons in
Eastern Europe�a sequel to her many stories about the CIA's far from
secret "renditions." She won a Pulitzer Prize for that November
story�as well as an investigation of her and her sources by the
Justice Department.
There are CIA agents who have feared for a long time that these
scabrous chickens would come home to roost. In December 2005, Michael
Scheuer�who had recently left the CIA after having begun the
"rendition" program under the Clinton administration�spoke openly
about it on 60 Minutes. [...] What Michael Scheuer said on 60 Minutes
and elsewhere is not likely to happen again�nor are the criticisms
of the CIA by a growing number of its retired agents. The CIA has now
warned former employees to have no contact with reporters unless
approved by the agency; and as the April 26 Financial Times noted,
those ex-agents who have consulting contracts with the CIA could lose
their pensions if they speak freely.
Says former CIA official Larry Johnson, a critical blogger on these
matters at tpmcafe.com
: "They are trying to intimidate the press and trying to intimidate
employees. Anybody who has been critical of the Bush administration
is getting letters."
But the CIA can't shut up the European Parliament; the Council of
Europe, a human rights organization; or reporters enthusiastically on
the case in Britain, Italy, Sweden, Germany, and elsewhere, including
Eastern Europe.
Moreover, European Parliament investigator Giovanni Fava and his
committee come to Washington this month. He has some additional
questions for Bush administration officials, members of Congress, and
human rights groups here about the renditions around Europe. Also
among those inquiries are other possible CIA crimes, including
torture, in the CIA's secret prisons.
Read the rest at the Voice...
[Original: http://villagevoice.com/news/0620,hentoff,73206,6.html ]
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