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CIA: OK, So Maybe We Work With Bad Guys
WASHINGTON — The CIA is willing to overlook some of its shadier partners’ human rights records if they can still get the goods, according to agency Director John Brennan.
In a letter sent to a trio of lawmakers and provided to The Huffington Post, Brennan expanded on the agency’s controversial relationships with less-than-desirable characters, offering an unusually candid glimpse into the spies’ liaison partnerships.
The letter, a response to Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), sought to clarify public remarks made by Brennan earlier this year. The unclassified response was dated Thursday.
“While we neither condone nor participate in activities that violate human rights standards, we do maintain cooperative liaison relationships with a variety of intelligence and security services around the world, some of whose constituent entities have engaged in human rights abuses. We strive to identify and, where possible, avoid working with individuals whom we believe to be responsible for such abuses,” the letter says.
“In some cases, we have decided to continue those relationships, despite unacceptable behavior, because of the critical intelligence those services provide,...”
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“It’s tough sorting out good guys and bad guys in a lot of these areas, it is.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/cia-ok-so-maybe-we-work-with-bad-guys/ar-BBlvak7
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