Originally Posted by
Thekri
This really should have gotten a lot more attention then it did. The fact it didn't even make a ripple in the news cycle when it came out is a big part of the problem. When the military commits atrocities, it is a huge news story, because there is some accountability there. But due to the gross history of the CIA and other executive agencies, everyone just sort of expects they are constantly committing atrocities, and everyone is mostly fine with it.
Unfortunately, I believe everything in the Intercept's article here, it is excellent journalism, and undoubtedly true. Gina Haspel was sworn in as CIA director in May 2018, and these raids allegedly began in December of the same year. That is not a coincidence, Gina Haspel is a fucking monster that is a wanted War Criminal in 3/4s of the planet, and Trump knew that when he appointed her, and the Senate knew it when they confirmed her. She has a 20+ year track record of approving murder, torture, and all manner of disgusting activities. The CIA has reached such a meme level of evil that everyone just expects it out of them, and this doesn't even hit the news cycle.
To me, the real underlying issue is the lack of accountability in ALL the executive branch departments. That includes CIA, FBI, ICE, Homeland Security, the whole lot of them. Congress is supposed to provide oversight, but it fucking doesn't, and never has. Sometimes they commit atrocities, and we just replace them with the next administrations people and never look back. We desperately need a fundamental overhaul of these organizations, because throwing kids into cages and gunning down kids in Afghan madrassas are just things that these agencies can do, without fear of any actual consequences.