Saturday, June 16, 2007

Seymour Hersh: "The General’s Report"

Hersh on “preparing the battlefield” and the "authority to whack—to go in and conduct ‘executive action,’ ” the phrase for political assassination. “It was surrealistic what these guys were doing,” the retired operative added. “They were running around the world without clearing their operations with the ambassador or the chief of station.”
"The findings, when promulgated by the White House, were “very calibrated” to minimize political risk, and limited to a few countries; later, they were expanded, turning several nations in North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia into free-fire zones with regard to high-value targets."
Read Sy's whole essay here, and connect the dots!

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