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The Cover-Up That Could Expose the CIA’s Crime
The CIA covered up a torture death at Abu Ghraib and let Navy SEALs take the fall. A rare appellate court decision could force the agency to release…
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Seth Hettena
Hettena v CIA
An appellate hearing may be the last chance to find out what happened to an Iraqi detainee who died in a CIA interrogation in 2003.
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Seth Hettena
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A Setback
A judge dismissed our FOIA lawsuit for a CIA report on the al-Jamadi case
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Thank you!
I started this Substack nearly a year ago following the death of my friend, former Navy SEAL Dan Cerrillo.
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Seth Hettena
Exclusive: Judge orders CIA to hand over Inspector General report in Iraqi prisoner's death
Questions of improper classification: Is a CIA cover-up a protected intelligence source or method?
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Exclusive: New CIA docs reveal how agency personnel tried to cover up a deadly interrogation
CIA Inspector General found the "position" a suspected Iraqi insurgent was placed in contributed to his November 2003 death in Abu Ghraib prison.
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Chapter 15: Dan's Miracle
This is the latest and FINAL chapter of The Ice Man, my book about the Navy SEAL platoon in Iraq that took the blame for a CIA homicide. The full book…
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Seth Hettena
Chapter 14: Never Give Up
This is the latest chapter of The Ice Man, my book about the Navy SEAL platoon in Iraq that took the blame for a CIA homicide. The full book is…
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Seth Hettena
Chapter 13: Court-Martial
This is the latest chapter of The Ice Man, my book about the Navy SEAL platoon in Iraq that took the blame for a CIA homicide. The book is available…
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Seth Hettena
Chapter 12: In the Dock
This is the latest chapter of The Ice Man, my book about the Navy SEAL platoon in Iraq that took the blame for a CIA homicide. The book is available…
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Seth Hettena
Chapter 11: Witch Hunt
This is the latest chapter of The Ice Man, my book about the Navy SEAL platoon in Iraq that took the blame for a CIA homicide. The book is available…
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Seth Hettena
Chapter 10: Klepto
This is the latest chapter of The Ice Man, my book about the Navy SEAL platoon in Iraq that took the blame for a CIA homicide. The book is available…
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Seth Hettena
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