/tags/cia/ Recent bookmarks tagged #cia Mon, 02 Nov 2026 08:24:54 +0000 http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/11/cia-drones-marked-for-death As long as the CIA — now backed by the military and the State Department — has a free hand to wage the secret drone war in tribal Pakistan, it will continue to bottle up al-Qaida and its allies, degrading the threat they pose. They will also kill more Tariqs and Waheeds. And because the drone war remains a classified CIA program, the CIA will not have to account for its actions to anybody, least of all the U.S. or Pakistani publics. This headline is wussy. Impersonal DRONES don't kill people, assassin pilots at remote consoles kill people. This isn't Terminator, yet.<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #cia #drones #politics #war</p> Fri, 04 Nov 2011 16:54:06 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:19430 cia drones politics war http://www.theonion.com/content/node/43014 "According to the report, sections of the documents— "almost invariably the most crucial passages"—are marred by an indelible black ink that renders the lines impossible to read, due to a top-secret highlighting policy that began at the agency's inception in 1947. "<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #REDACTED #cia #funny #secrecy #theonion</p> Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:34:32 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:12048 REDACTED cia funny secrecy theonion