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The CIA: Who Watches the Watchdogs?
The CIA's Inspector General has criticized overseas prisons, interrogations and intelligence failures. Now the CIA is investigating the Inspector General. have career agents been treated unfairly? Is it a conflict of interest to investigate the investigator? Also, a possible victory over al Qaeda in Iraq, and Greece gets serious about the return of the Elgin Marbles.
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenThe CIA's Inspector General has criticized overseas prisons, interrogations and intelligence failures. Now the CIA is investigating the Inspector General. have career agents been treated unfairly? Is it a conflict of interest to investigate the investigator? Also, a possible victory over al Qaeda in Iarq, and a museum in Athens that could lead to return of the Elgin Marbles.
Banner image of CIA Director Michael Hayden: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
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3 storiesHas the US Defeated al Qaeda in Iraq?
The US military believes that it has dealt devastating and perhaps irreversible blows to al Qaeda in Iraq in recent months, leading some generals to advocate a declaration of victory over that group. That’s according to today's Washington Post. But the paper also reports that other officials see a declaration of that kind as premature.
Read the story6 minThe CIA Investigates Its Own Chief Watchdog
The CIA is a top-secret agency, but like other government agencies, it's subject to oversight by an Inspector General, an internal watchdog with the authority to audit, inspect and investigate personnel and procedures.
Read the story37 minParthenon Marbles Move to New Home
Phidias supervised the sculptures around the Parthenon during Athens' Golden Age. Christians defaced them in the 6 th Century AD when the building was made a church. In 1687, the Venetian Army shelled the Acropolis and blew up the Parthenon, where the Turks had been storing gunpowder.
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