Torture is evil. Whether it brings about the results that it intends is a matter of debate. I can only know how I would react to it. To stop it I’d tell anything that the interrogators wanted to hear even the truth. I’m no hero like John McCain who apparently was able to keep his…
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A Confederacy of Dunces: Part 4 of 7
Years later before a Congressional committee for some reason O’Sullivan did not want to admit that he gave them a pass at the request of the FBI. He had suffered several strokes and a heart attack prior to the hearing and was still not in the best of health. By that time it was well…
A Confederacy of Dunces: Part 3 of 7
This has not been grasped by many and certainly not by the panelists. Each one spoke of corruption in the Boston office of the FBI but the TEI program did not exist in that office alone, it existed in every office in the country. Ignoring that they fell into the trap of believing what happened…
The Torture Report, Agent Connolly, Courageous CIA, Cowardly FBI
Torture became our policy. It was authorized from the highest levels of our Government. Members of our legal establishment justified it. The Department of Justice (DOJ) had no problem with it. A DOJ member John Durham would investigate the torture done by the CIA and others. He would find nothing that was done wrong to…
A Confederacy of Dunces: Part 2 of 7
I like to think of the FBI agent entering into this battle as a Marine sniper. In a foreign battlefield against an enemy of the United States he is given an assignment to take up his position and fire at those fighting against us on the other side. In doing that he may take down…
There Are Major Things Wrong With Our Criminal Justice System
I was asked why the criminal justice system had not changed in any substantial way in 200 years. I answered that the problem with it is that all involved are government employees. I’m not one of those people who calls them hacks because many perform important services. But the government offers no incentive for people…