1957 – 2015 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Michel Ouellette, 58, died peacefully on Thursday, Oct. 15, at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C. after a brief illness. He was born on Oct. 5, 1957, the son of Grover and Jane Ouellette of Lewiston. Michel grew up in Lewiston and attended and graduated from Lewiston High […]
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Retired CIA officer to speak at Bethel events
BETHEL — A retired CIA officer from Brunswick will speak Tuesday and Wednesday, March 31 and April 1, sponsored by the Western Mountains Senior College. Nancy Davis, president of the Western Mountains Senior College, said the first talk will be for Down Home Maine, which feature Maine people who have had interesting experiences. Brunswick resident […]
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Charles Krauthammer: Democrats skew CIA report to fit their agenda
WASHINGTON — The report by Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee regarding CIA interrogation essentially accuses the agency under George W. Bush of war criminality. Committee Chair Dianne Feinstein appears to offer some extenuation when she reminds us in the report’s preamble of the shock and “pervasive fear” felt after 9/11. It’s a common theme […]
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U.S. Senate report condemns CIA for use of torture
WASHINGTON — Senate investigators delivered a damning indictment of CIA practices Tuesday, accusing the spy agency of inflicting pain and suffering on prisoners beyond legal limits and deceiving the nation with narratives of life-saving interrogations unsubstantiated by its own records. Treatment in secret prisons a decade ago was worse than the government told Congress or […]
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House intel panel debunks many Benghazi theories
WASHINGTON — A two-year investigation by the Republican-controlled House Intelligence Committee has found that the CIA and the military acted properly in responding to the 2012 attack on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, and asserted no wrongdoing by Obama administration appointees. Debunking a series of persistent allegations hinting at dark conspiracies, the investigation […]
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King votes to declassify secret CIA report
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate intelligence committee has voted to release parts of a classified report that harshly criticizes CIA terror interrogations after 9/11. Sen. Angus King said he voted to release the report. “Our credibility around the globe depends on our reputation. Today we took an important step forward in living up to our reputation […]
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Portland activists play dead
PORTLAND — Passers-by Monday on Middle Street looked toward the ground, where a handful of protesters lay motionless, covered in sheets that looked bloodied. They covered their faces with placards that bore the names of Yemeni wedding party members who were killed by a U.S. drone strike in December. One protester held aloft a model […]
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In Guantanamo, CIA developed double agents
WASHINGTON — A few hundred yards from the administrative offices of the Guantanamo Bay prison, hidden behind a ridge covered in thick scrub and cactus, sits a closely held secret. A dirt road winds its way to a clearing where eight small cottages sit in two rows of four. They have long been abandoned. The […]
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NSA’s cyberespionage found al-Qaida official later killed in drone attack
It was an innocuous email, one of millions sent every day by spouses with updates on the situation at home. But this one was of particular interest to the National Security Agency, and contained clues that put the sender’s husband in the cross hairs of a CIA drone. Days later, Hassan Ghul — an associate […]
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A spymaster’s son, Bangor man seeks traces of his CIA dad
BANGOR — When he was young, Richard Bissell III knew almost nothing about his late father’s work, and for very good reason. Richard Bissell Jr. was one of the most influential spies in American history. Among the earliest recruits to the CIA, Bissell worked for the spy agency in Washington D.C. during the Cold War […]