Spymasters: CIA in the Crosshairs Page #2

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...OR NOT FAR

ENOUGH?

KILLING PEOPLE, NO MATTER HOW

BAD THEY ARE, IS NOT SOMETHING

THAT SHOULD EVER REST EASILY IN

ANYBODY'S SOUL OR IN ANYBODY'S

BRAIN.

SOMETIMES I THINK WE GE OURSELVES INTO A FRENZY, INTO

BELIEVING THAT KILLING IS THE

ONLY ANSWER TO A PROBLEM.

AND THE TRUTH IS, IT'S NOT.

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ONLY 12 MEN ALIVE

TODAY HAVE MADE THE

LIFE-AND-DEATH DECISIONS THA COME WITH RUNNING THE WORLD'S

MOST POWERFUL INTELLIGENCE

AGENCY.

LET ME BARE MY SOUL JUST A

LITTLE BIT MORE.

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THE KEEPERS OF

AMERICA'S SECRETS,

THE SPYMASTERS AND THEIR TOP

OPERATIVES SHARE THEIR

CONVICTIONS AND, FOR THE FIRS TIME, THEIR PASSIONATE

DISAGREEMENTS, ABOUT THE

AGENCY'S PAST, ITS CURREN MISSION AND ITS FUTURE.

IT IS A BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF

THE C.I.A.

WHEN YOU'RE CONFRONTING AN

ENEMY THAT'S PREPARED TO BLOW UP

AND KILL INNOCENT MEN, WOMEN AND

CHILDREN, YOU HAVE TO GO AT THEM

USING THE CAPABILITIES THAT WE

HAVE.

FOR ME, THAT'S THE BASIC RULE:

DO WE PROTECT OUR PEOPLE OR DO

WE NOT PROTECT THEM?

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DID THE WHITE HOUSE

IGNORE THE C.I.A.'S WARNINGS

ABOUT 911?

3,000 AMERICANS HAD BEEN

KILLED.

THERE WAS AN EMOTIONAL PIECE OF

THIS BECAUSE WE HAD WOKEN UP

EVERY DAY OF OUR LIVES TRYING TO

STOP WHAT JUST HAD HAPPENED.

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WHAT'S FAIR GAME

AGAINST TERRORISTS HELL-BENT ON

ATTACKING US AGAIN?

BLACK SITES, INDEFINITE

DETENTION?

YOU'RE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL

INTELLIGENCE AND SOMEBODY COMES

FORWARD AND SAYS TO YOU, "WE GO THESE BAD GUYS, WE KNOW THEY'RE

BAD GUYS.

WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE US TO DO

WITH THEM?"

WELL, THE OLD TRADITIONAL WAY

WOULD HAVE BEEN TO PUT THEM IN

THE BACK OF THE TRUCK AND SHOO THEM.

WELL, THAT'S NOT A VERY GOOD

IDEA, IS IT?

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ARE BRUTAL

INTERROGATION TECHNIQUES EVER

ACCEPTABLE?

THE SENATE REPORT HAS

PUBLICLY REVEALED GRAPHIC NEW

DETAILS.

...AND THE REPORT SAYS

DETAINEES WERE KEPT IN TOTAL

DARKNESS, SHACKLED TO THE WALL

IN 45-DEGREE TEMPERATURES.

WE WERE ASKED TO DO SOME VERY

HARD THINGS.

ARE WE HAPPY WE DID THEM?

OF COURSE NOT.

WOULD WE DO THEM AGAIN?

I WOULD HOPE SO IF WE FOUND

OURSELVES IN THOSE

CIRCUMSTANCES.

I JUST DON'T THINK A COUNTRY

LIKE OURS SHOULD BE CULPABLE OF

CONDUCTING TORTURE.

I JUST THINK IT'S BENEATH OUR

DIGNITY.

I THINK IT'S POOR FOR OUR

REPUTATION AND THE WORLD.

I'M NOT GOING TO EVER ACCEP THE USE OF THE WORD "TORTURE" IN

FRONT OF WHAT HAPPENED HERE.

I'M NOT GOING TO FALL TO THAT.

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HAS THE C.I.A.

BECOME A SECRET ARMY, A KILLING

MACHINE?

YOU'RE SITTING THERE IN THE

MIDDLE OF NOWHERE IN NEVADA, AND

YOU'RE LOOKING AT A SCREEN THA IS TELEVISING WHAT LOOKS FOR ALL

THE WORLD LIKE A BIG VIDEO GAME.

AND PUSH A BUTTON AND A PICKUP

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