Tuesday, June 15, 2004

CIA Torture Program Began In Clinton Administration...

Again, thanks to Explananda, a link to this story about CIA kidnapping and torture operations in Albania, from the weblog Obsidian Wings. It looks like what the CIA called among its most successful operations may have resulted in the bombings of US Embassies. As Andrew Sullivan says, here's the money quote:

"As the CIA operation drew to a close, an Arab newspaper in London published a letter on August 5, 1998, signed by the International Islamic Front for Jihad. The letter vowed revenge for the counterterrorism drive in Albania, promising to retaliate against Americans in a 'language they will understand.' Two days later, U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were blown up, killing 224 people..."