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Originally Posted by Ustwo
Where does it say they can't?
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Italian law. Kidnapping is illegal, and the CIA obviously didn't have permission from the Italian government to take these people. Italian law is where it says they can't. Italy is our ally, for God's sake.
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Originally Posted by Ustwo
Spying is illegal, 'covert operations' are illegal, bribery is illegal, and guess what the CIA does?
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They break laws. If the CIA would have gone to the Italian government with some sort of evidence and a promise that we wouldn't illegally torture their citizens, they might have said okay. The CIA didn't do that, they broke the law.
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Originally Posted by Ustwo
Part of the criticism of Clinton was he tried to run the CIA like you would a law enforcement agency, which crippled our intelligence gathering ability.
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Yes, those terror attacks on American soil during the Clinton administration were terrible....
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Originally Posted by Ustwo
God help us if the CIA starts obeying foreign law, we might as well close shop.
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The ends do not justify the means. Even breaking the law and spying, 9/11 happened. What does that tell you about the effectiveness of breaking the law?
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Originally Posted by Ustwo
Now just because someone says the CIA did this, doesn't mean I believe them, but if the story is 100% true, the only fault I have with it is that they got caught. CIA shouldn't be that sloppy.
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The CIA does not have the authority to work outside the law - espically in other countries, and no one should. Laws are in place for a reason.