Still Hidden in Plain Sight, a Reminder of Old Times

Two news stories — an “exclusive” in The Guardian (“Revealed: Pentagon’s link to Iraqi torture centres”) and a front-pager in The New York Times (“C.I.A.’s History Poses Hurdles for an Obama Nominee”) — are reminders that more than seven years ago Straight Up’s staff of thousands was onto the story about the American strategy to ~~(democratize)~~ Salvadorize Iraq with death squads and torture chambers. Have a look at our blogpost “Hidden in Plain Sight” of Dec. 20, 2005. Today’s tie-in to the top U.S. military brass, particularly to retired Gen. David Petraeus and former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld — which The Guardian makes plainer than ever with no little help from Wikileaks — is stunning. And don’t miss the 51-minute The Guardian/BBC Arabic video posted with the British paper’s news story. It is about mystery man James Steele, the counterinsurgency operative at the center of the allegations.

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