http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/09/iraq.secret/ "The War Within: Secret White House History 2006-2008," Woodward disclosed the existence of secret operational capabilities developed by the military to locate, target and kill leaders of al Qaeda in Iraq and other insurgent leaders. Are Woodward's claims at all plausible given US history? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Woodward http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denialism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Gladio http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Condor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_on_Democracy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects-Based_Operations http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_of_the_Americas http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Army_and_CIA_interrogation_manuals Techniques discussed in School of Americas training manuals, 1987-1991: ⢠Motivation by fear ⢠Payment of bounties for enemy dead ⢠False imprisonment ⢠Use of truth serum ⢠Torture ⢠Execution ⢠Extortion ⢠Kidnapping and arresting a targetâs family members White House rejects claim in new Woodward book http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/08/woodward.whitehouse/index.html Ware: Woodward's Iraq claims off the mark http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/09/ware.qanda/index.html They aren't refuting an assassination program... The attitude from the following CIA operative interview is telling: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5L1VdlktOw