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...principles” were led by then-National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice and included Ashcroft and Vice President Dick Cheney, along with Colin Powell, Donald Rumsfeld, and George Tenet, who at the time were Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, and CIA Director, respectively. According to ABC, these officials approved whether or not specific detainees “would be slapped, pushed, deprived of sleep, or subjected to simulated drowning called water boarding.” The report went on to say that, according to its sources, approval at this level was so specific that “the interrogations...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Straight to the Top | 4/21/2008 | See Source »

...Osama bin Laden: dictatorships in Middle Eastern countries oppress their people, extreme poverty and lack of access to health and education, people who feel like they?re being oppressed by their own countries. Michael F. Scheuer, who?s the former head of the Bin Laden unit of the CIA, said something very smart and eloquent, which was, what these people realize is rather than going after their own countries, they have to go to the champion and protector of these countries and that was the United States, so you start to see the pattern develop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Morgan Spurlock in Search of Osama | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

There is no question about it: Usher must be working for the CIA. His assignment: finding the mysterious dominatrix who sends him a text message at the start of his new video “Love in This Club.” “Who are you?” he asks earnestly. “Your every desire,” she breathes. Great—the only problem is, she seems to have mastered the art of teleportation. First she’s gyrating on the dance floor. Then she vaporizes, only to appear again with...

Author: By Ama R. Francis, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: POPSCREEN: Usher ft. Young Jeezy | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

...Harvard Medical School (HMS) and the CIA (née the Culinary Institute of America) were married in Napa Valley over the course of a four-day-long celebration, from April 10 to April 13. Ceremonies were officiated at the CIA’s Greystone Campus by the Bernard P. Osher Associate Professor of Medicine, Dr. David M. Eisenberg; the Vice President of the CIA at Greystone, Mark Erikson; and the CIA’s Executive Director for Strategic Initiatives, Greg Drescher. They are the proud parents of Healthy Kitchens, Healthy Lives, an educational and interactive conference between physicians...

Author: By Rebecca A. Cooper, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Wedding Bell Peppers for Food and Health | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

...just a few months after they'd taken control of Cuba, Fidel Castro and his younger brother Raul met at a Houston hotel for a showdown. Fidel was touring the U.S. to win support for his revolution; but Raul, according to the book After Fidel by former CIA analyst Brian Latell, insisted they ditch the gringos and accelerate plans to make Cuba a communist island. The argument got so loud and heated in their suite that aides in adjoining rooms couldn't sleep. The next morning, however, the brothers emerged as chummy as ever - and went on, of course...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Castro Family Values: Fidel vs. Raul | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

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