{"id":32422,"date":"2018-03-16T08:52:09","date_gmt":"2018-03-16T13:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=32422"},"modified":"2018-03-16T08:52:56","modified_gmt":"2018-03-16T13:52:56","slug":"caveat-emptor-msnbc-and-cnn-use-cia-apologists-for-false-commentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=32422","title":{"rendered":"Caveat Emptor: MSNBC and CNN Use CIA Apologists for False Commentary"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"headline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/2018\/03\/16\/caveat-emptor-msnbc-and-cnn-use-cia-apologists-for-false-commentary\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Caveat Emptor: MSNBC and CNN Use CIA Apologists for False Commentary<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"post_content\">\n<div id=\"attachment_100554\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-100554\" src=\"https:\/\/uziiw38pmyg1ai60732c4011-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/dropzone\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-15-at-5.11.02-PM.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uziiw38pmyg1ai60732c4011-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/dropzone\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-15-at-5.11.02-PM.png 510w, https:\/\/uziiw38pmyg1ai60732c4011-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/dropzone\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-15-at-5.11.02-PM-300x186.png 300w, https:\/\/uziiw38pmyg1ai60732c4011-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/dropzone\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-15-at-5.11.02-PM-768x475.png 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"316\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by edkohler | <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/\">CC BY 2.0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>MSNBC prides itself for progressive reporting on national security issues but continues to use apologists for the Central Intelligence Agency in reporting on key intelligence issues.\u00a0 The network\u2019s reliance on former deputy director of the CIA John McLaughlin is an excellent example of the skewed and tailored information that it offers to viewers on matters dealing with CIA.\u00a0 McLaughlin, a former colleague of mine at the CIA who I remember as an amateur magician, regularly pulls the wool over the eyes of such MSNBC veterans as Andrea Mitchell.<\/p>\n<p>The most recent example took place over the past several days, when McLaughlin made the case for confirmation of Gina Haspel as the first woman to become director of the CIA.\u00a0 McLaughlin and former CIA directors Leon Panetta and John Brennan referred to Haspel as a \u201cseasoned veteran\u201d who had the support of senior CIA leaders.\u00a0\u00a0Perhaps MSNBC should\u00a0acknowledge\u00a0the fact that Deputy Director McLaughlin was Haspel\u2019s boss during this terrible period in American history.<\/p>\n<p>Haspel arrived at the CIA in the late 1980s as I was preparing my resignation, but I know from \u00a0former colleagues that she is also known as \u201cbloody Gina\u201d for her role as a clandestine operative who was a cheerleader for torture and abuse.\u00a0 Her role as a commander of a secret prison in Thailand where waterboarding was practiced and her support for destroying the 92 secret tapes that revealed the sadistic practices of the CIA are well known.\u00a0 These practices went far beyond the practices that were sanctioned in the unconscionable memoranda from the Department of Justice on the euphemistically labeled \u201cEnhanced Interrogation Techniques.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Caveat Emptor: MSNBC and CNN Use CIA Apologists for False Commentary Photo by edkohler | CC BY 2.0 MSNBC prides itself for progressive reporting on national security issues but continues to use apologists for the Central Intelligence Agency in reporting on key intelligence issues.\u00a0 The network\u2019s reliance on former deputy director of the CIA John 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