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Obama Picks a Conscience for the CIA

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"My faith in the Constitution is whole, it is complete, it is total. I am not going to sit here and be an idle spectator to the diminution, the subversion, the destruction of the Constitution… [As was said at] the North Carolina ratification convention, 'No one need be afraid that [government] officers who commit oppression will pass with immunity.'"

Obama and Panetta will have to devote attention to repair work on the CIA at first. But part of that process, sooner or later, will have to include holding accountable those guilty of war crimes as well as corrupting both the analysis and operations functions of U.S. intelligence.

This article appeared originally on Consortiumnews.com.

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Ray McGovern works with Tell the Word, the publishing arm of the ecumenical Church of the Saviour in inner-city Washington. He was an Army infantry/intelligence officer and then a CIA analyst for 27 years, and is now on the Steering Group of (more...)
 

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Thanks by Jennifer Hathaway on Thursday, Jan 8, 2009 at 6:35:30 PM
To the heart by sometimes blinded on Thursday, Jan 8, 2009 at 7:00:34 PM
Steven Kappes by David Keller on Thursday, Jan 8, 2009 at 8:55:46 PM
As much as I respect Ray McGovern ... by Mr M on Friday, Jan 9, 2009 at 5:34:18 AM
I also respect Mr. McGovern by Michael Fury on Friday, Jan 9, 2009 at 7:23:02 AM
More than this... by William Whitten on Friday, Jan 9, 2009 at 8:28:47 PM
What? No More... by Tim Fleming on Friday, Jan 9, 2009 at 8:29:02 AM