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There is no real evidence that the NSA kills its enemies or even that the CIA does when those enemies are American citizens.
by whatshisface 5y ago
There is no real evidence that the NSA kills its enemies or even that the CIA does when those enemies are American citizens.
- smingo 5y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamal_Derwish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamal_Derwish
- boomboomsubban 5y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anwar_al-Awlaki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anwar_al-Awlaki
- whatshisface 5y agoSo I guess Obama ordered the death of a citizen of his own country. So much for my defense.
- boomboomsubban 5y agoWhile I'm not ignoring Obama's role in the attack, >the strike was carried out by Joint Special Operations Command, under the direction of the CIA. The CIA assassinating an American Citizen.
- the_only_law 5y ago> The CIA assassinating an American Citizen. Oh they’ve done much worse to US citizens, and got away with it.
- ncmncm 5y agoThis one right out in public, though. They have got brazen.
- stuxnet 5y agoThey got his 16 year old son two weeks later, also a US citizen. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Abdulrahman_al-Awlaki https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Abdulrahman_al-Aw...
- gentleman11 5y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_attempts_on_Fidel_Castro https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_attempts_on_Fi...
- chrononaut 5y agoFidel Castro was an American citizen? > .. that the CIA does when those enemies are American citizens.
- sha256sum 5y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Hampton https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Hampton Context: “ In 1967, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) identified Hampton as a radical threat. It tried to subvert his activities in Chicago, sowing disinformation among black progressive groups and placing a counterintelligence operative in the local Panthers organization. In December 1969, Hampton was drugged, shot and killed in his bed during a predawn raid at his Chicago apartment by a tactical unit of the Cook County State's Attorney's Office, who received aid from the Chicago Police Department and the FBI leading up to the attack.”
- whatshisface 5y agoThat's a local PD killing someone, we know they do that a lot. People also get swatted, the FBI is not the only group of people who sends out local PDs in a way that gets citizens killed.
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- sha256sum 5y agoAre you saying it’s irrelevant that federal agencies targeted this person because local PD fired the shot?
- ratsmack 5y agoI suspect there are many more that we'll never hear about. The three letter agencies have the expertise and manpower to make anyone's death appear accidental or from natural causes.
- ncmncm 5y agoThere was the recent Rolling Stone reporter whose car was jimmied to stick the throttle at maximum, killing him in an "accident". No investigation. Nobody will be prosecuted for that.