Well good for them. I hope they enjoyed the wine and meals. After all...they deserve it for taking on such a daring act. I wish we had more wonderful CIA chaps like these guys. They make the world go around. Salute!

What I find so remarkable is that people think no one will find out. I can just imagine someone at the CIA thinking, "okay, we'll authorize this, lie here, fabricate the truth there, and no one will ever know."

How can anyone be so naive? And the intelligence community should know better than anyone. Over the next several years, dozens, if not hundreds, of abuses will come to light because it's the nature of people to talk. And with so much electronic communication (i.e., paper trail), it will only get worse.

I'm not sure if the cause is arrogance or stupidity, although I'm thinking it's a strong dose of both.

I'm sure this sort of thing has been going on for years in the "secret world" of the CIA. How do you monitor them? Just rely on their honesty to monitor themselves? Get REal!!! We know this is not going to happen. I'm sure there is more going on than what has even been reported. JTravis Marshfield Mo.

Lest someone doubt my facts, this quote is from UPI correspondent Pamela Hess, September 15, 2006:

"Chiarelli said he has lately come to believe that if there is a sectarian civil war in Iraq, the casualties will be far beyond what anyone now expects. He recently visited a 25-year old battlefield in Maysan province bordering Iran where it is said a million troops died during in the Iran-Iraq war."

"I would just be very, very careful that if we consider the fact that if we're not successful ... the lens we look at and think about the casualties that could occur in that civil war may be totally different than what would really happen, based on recent experiences in this country," he said."

Does this surprise ANYBODY???

The government doesn't even bother to try to lie anymore. They don't feel they have to so long as an indifferent Americam public buys into the whole "war on terrorism" lie. Since all the sheep believe in Bush's god, all the government has to do is, as Delay did in his mugg shot, say that jesus is embodied in the crook and all will be tolerated.

How Odd.

i think this is very sad

Whatever it takes to get the terroists off the streets... it's all fine by me.

What's the big deal? It is a friggin' spy agency! of course they are going to be a lot different from the postal dept. What does the writer expect them to do? stay at super 8?

Rhonda Schwartz-in your posted article about "CIA Pilots Lived Life in Luxury Between Kidnappings", what do you mean by severe interrogation sessions"

Where do we expect them to stay...Motel 6?

Why are we publishing this information? Personal gain or an axe to grind? We all know it happens - why tell the world?

Dave, by saying that they deserved such royal treatment, is an ass. He evidently approves of such organizations stealing from the public. Dave probably works for Halliburton.

Even at 5 star hotels there is a government rate that is significantly lower than standard rates. Just because they are staying at The Ritz doesn't mean they are paying a terribly high rate. The 4 star I worked at charged government people less than the Howard Johnson's standard rate.

Where would you stay if you were given that information?

Good for them as long as they get those who want to harm us.

First, lets remember just because someone published a book, does not make every word or statement in that book the unbiased truth. I am old enough to know that there are 2 sides to every story and somewhere in the middle you will find the truth.
As for any flight crews, even if they are CIA employees they are most likely not fully trained agents, so for them to put their life on the line for our freedom then the least we can is take any and all 1 sided stories with a grain of salt.

Well now, if you were risking your life capturing these VERY unwanted folks don't you think that a nice meal and bottle of wine would at least ease the stress just a bit? It does not sound like they are getting a hummer at the desk.. And if they are, SO WHAT. Are they doing their jobs? If the people that are so opposed would step up and do this job I would be willing to bet they also would over indulge. Just let these people do their jobs and quite whimpering... All that is going on is an attempt to make your lives safer..Thanks to the brave who perform this service for the United States!!!

My hat is off to the brave men and women. Rhonda Schwartz makes it sound like a cake walk traveling around the globe hunting down these thugs. I can't imagine more dangerous work in the name of national defense. And let's not forget, who knows if this information is true? The CIA and the NSA do SECRET stuff, remember? We may never know and we shouldn't care. These people are doing their jobs, period. SO what if they had a good time here and there. You don't here about them sleeping in their crew seats or eating MRE's, or getting shot at. The press only prints what it thinks will be interesting, not important. I'd buy them all a cold beer if they weren't in some far-off hell-hole kicking the crap out off the bad guys.

Well now, if you were risking your life capturing these VERY unwanted folks don't you think that a nice meal and bottle of wine would at least ease the stress just a bit? It does not sound like they are getting a hummer at the desk.. And if they are, SO WHAT. Are they doing their jobs? If the people that are so opposed would step up and do this job I would be willing to bet they also would over indulge. Just let these people do their jobs and quite whimpering... All that is going on is an attempt to make your lives safer..Thanks to the brave who perform this service for the United States!!!

Why not worry about what Abu Omar was doing or planning, instead of what CIA was drinking and eating?