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cory777 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-04-10 03:22 AM
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'Justice Denied' in CIA Shootdown of Missionaries
Source: ABCnews.com

By MATTHEW COLE and BRIAN ROSS
Feb. 3, 2010

Rep. Hoekstra Says CIA Has Not Been Held Accountable for Deaths of Roni Bowers and Her Baby Daughter

The CIA today was accused of lying to Congress and covering up its role in the deaths of two innocent Americans, a mother and her infant daughter, at the hands of the CIA and the Peruvian Air Force nine years ago.

"If there's ever an example of justice delayed, justice denied, this is it," said Rep. Pete Hoekstra, R.-Mich., ranking minority member of the House Intelligence Committee. "The community's performance in terms of accountability has been unacceptable. These were Americans that were killed with the help of their government, the community covered it up, they delayed investigating."

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/justice-denied-cia-shootdown-missionaries/story?id=9737718
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HillbillyBob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-04-10 06:39 AM
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1. So was Bowers and child to hokster?
doesnt he give a f about all the others that the cia has murdered?

Washington's Family Policy Radio is off the air
by: Lurleen
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Goldstein1984 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-04-10 09:24 AM
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2. Palin would be the perfect president for the new republic
The government has gone rogue.
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Blue_Tires Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-04-10 09:31 AM
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3. it doesn't matter how many innocents die in the course of a CIA operation
in collateral damage...The agency's only real regret was that they were left holding the bag, so they couldn't 'pin' the shootdown on some other 'enemies' in the area....
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crim son Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-04-10 11:39 AM
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4. Yep, nor in a Halliburton F***up.
As sad as this is, it's far from the worst failure of american justice lately.
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Green_Lantern Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-04-10 11:49 AM
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5. well at least...
These efforts have stopped drug abuse :sarcasm:
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