News you may have missed #0281
February 9, 2010 5 Comments
- US intel director confirms CIA can kill US citizens abroad. It’s official; speaking before the House Intelligence Committee, US Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair acknowledged that President Obama is continuing a Bush-era policy authorizing the killing of US citizens if they are considered “a terrorist threat to the United States”.
- Funny sign at CIA gift shop. Actual notice displayed at a CIA gift store inside the Agency’s Langley, VA, headquarters: “Don’t forget! If you are undercover, you cannot charge! It will blow your cover”. Good point.
- Gordon Thomas’ Secret Wars out in paperback. IntelNews has received the new paperback edition of Gordon Thomas’ Secret Wars: 100 Years of British Intelligence. Joseph Fitsanakis reviewed the hardback edition last May.
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I have no problems with targeted killings
but the word” believed” bothers me.
I would rather use the term probable cause.
Believe suggests less than probable cause.
Probable cause, means facts, circumstances and reliable information. Probable cause means there is proof.
Just to make sure we are on the same page: the word “believed” is not mentioned in the above article. [IA]
Listen to the Democracy Now, The word believed is used to justify the targeted killing.
Actually, known is a better word. It shows it is fact. Believed suggests it is possible.
OK, I see what you mean now. Thanks for the clarification. [IA]