Journalist James Risen Facing Jail For Telling The Truth
James Risen, author of the new Pay Any Price, is facing jail time because of stories he broke about the NSA spying on Americans. He spoke on radio Thursday night of the corruption, excesses, and wasted billions in the war on terror. As the New York Times review of the book reported:
We see how, in the post-9/11 era, a panic-stricken Congress threw cash at the Pentagon, the C.I.A. and the F.B.I., at a rate so fast they had trouble spending it. Of course there were many volunteers eager to help them. A Pentagon report found that in the decade after 9/11, the Defense Department gave more than $400 billion to contractors who had been sanctioned in actions involving $1 million or more in fraud. One of the most extraordinary stories is that of a failed gambler, Dennis Montgomery, who managed to fool the C.I.A. into believing that he had devised a means for decoding Qaeda messages. The C.I.A. proved itself more gullible than the executives of both Hollywood and Las Vegas, who declined to invest in his technology. The combination of the code of secrecy, turf warfare among bureaucrats and personal ambition ensured that Montgomery’s claims went untested and made their way up through the intelligence ranks to the Oval Office. Even after he was exposed, the C.I.A. pretended it had never been involved, the Pentagon kept working with him and the Justice Department tried to prevent any information about the scheme from becoming public.
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edmeyer_able October 24th, 2014 at 10:58
Is the wasted spending in Washington a national secret? I thought it was well documented through out the years. Maybe peter king should look into this rather than the Muslim community he so desperately wants to know more about.
edmeyer_able October 24th, 2014 at 10:58
Is the wasted spending in Washington a national secret? I thought it was well documented through out the years. Maybe peter king should look into this rather than the Muslim community he so desperately wants to know more about.
tracey marie October 24th, 2014 at 11:03
and yet the goptp says it is all Obamas and Clintons fault
rg9rts October 24th, 2014 at 12:32
Pssst TAG
tracey marie October 24th, 2014 at 12:33
damn you drunken cats
rg9rts October 24th, 2014 at 12:41
Can’t help it if you’re slow….check your notifications
tracey marie October 24th, 2014 at 11:03
and yet the goptp says it is all Obamas and Clintons fault
rg9rts October 24th, 2014 at 12:32
Pssst TAG
tracey marie October 24th, 2014 at 12:33
damn you drunken cats
rg9rts October 24th, 2014 at 12:41
Can’t help it if you’re slow….check your notifications
tiredoftea October 24th, 2014 at 12:11
Truth is still a dangerous weapon.
tiredoftea October 24th, 2014 at 12:11
Truth is still a dangerous weapon.
rg9rts October 24th, 2014 at 12:33
Hell hath no fury as a politician scorned
rg9rts October 24th, 2014 at 12:33
Hell hath no fury as a politician scorned
OldLefty October 24th, 2014 at 13:09
It has always been thus.
Of 9 justices, they could not get 4 to hear the case?
OldLefty October 24th, 2014 at 13:09
It has always been thus.
Of 9 justices, they could not get 4 to hear the case?