Update: Condi And The Holiday Camps
In response to Germany's Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier's queries, US Sec. of State Condoleezza Rice today acknowledged that allegations of CIA detention centers in Europe would be responded to...at some point.
Condi reportedly gave Steinmeier her personal pledge that the US would respond 'to the accusations.'
That's hopeful.
Again from Reuters AlertNet:
He used to guide tours on a nuclear armed Ohio class sub, but could only respond to questions about what kind of firepower the sub was packing with: "I can neither confirm nor deny the presence of nuclear weapons aboard this vessel."(that might be paraphrasing a word or two, but no more than that)
I am really wondering what the situation is regarding the CIA 'black-sites.'
The US is going to issue an official response to a series of newspaper reports?
Weird.
Further along in the Reuters piece, GWB was reportedly asked about the centers today, and had this pearl to offer:
Why yes. Yes it is.
It's odd that in the almost four weeks since the story first broke, that the Administration hasn't used the outright denial defense.
I guess we'll all have to wait.
UPDATE: Larry Johnson, former CIA analyst, and head of BERG Associates, is claiming that Dana Priest of WaPo, got her information in part from CIA officers concerned that Dick Cheney and CIA Director Porter Goss by pushing for a "torture loophole" would severely discredit the Agency's future effectiveness
Johnson has been a very reliable source on matters of national security.
The soup thickens.
Condi reportedly gave Steinmeier her personal pledge that the US would respond 'to the accusations.'
That's hopeful.
Again from Reuters AlertNet:
[snip]..."The United States realizes that these are topics that are generating interest among European publics as well as parliaments and that these questions need to be responded to," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack told reporters after the diplomats' meeting.I have a friend that was stationed on a nuclear submarine. He's now a nuclear engineer working for the Navy as a civilian.
Rice maintained the U.S. position of avoiding denying or confirming a newspaper report that secret centers to interrogate terrorism suspects were located in Eastern Europe, but Steinmeier said he was reassured Washington would be more forthcoming.
Steinmeier said that Rice, who will visit Germany on a trip to Europe next week, pledged to "provide a prompt and detailed response" to an EU request for clarification of the report...[/snip]
He used to guide tours on a nuclear armed Ohio class sub, but could only respond to questions about what kind of firepower the sub was packing with: "I can neither confirm nor deny the presence of nuclear weapons aboard this vessel."(that might be paraphrasing a word or two, but no more than that)
I am really wondering what the situation is regarding the CIA 'black-sites.'
The US is going to issue an official response to a series of newspaper reports?
Weird.
Further along in the Reuters piece, GWB was reportedly asked about the centers today, and had this pearl to offer:
"The United States of America does not torture. And that's important for people around the world to understand."(much more at link)
Why yes. Yes it is.
It's odd that in the almost four weeks since the story first broke, that the Administration hasn't used the outright denial defense.
I guess we'll all have to wait.
UPDATE: Larry Johnson, former CIA analyst, and head of BERG Associates, is claiming that Dana Priest of WaPo, got her information in part from CIA officers concerned that Dick Cheney and CIA Director Porter Goss by pushing for a "torture loophole" would severely discredit the Agency's future effectiveness
Johnson has been a very reliable source on matters of national security.
The soup thickens.
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