CIA & Palestine

Marc Lynch:

A story in the Guardian yesterday about alleged CIA co-operation with Palestinian security forces involved in torture has exploded across the Arab media today.  There isn't all that much new in the story, since such allegations have been widely circulating for years and have been investigated by a wide range of human rights organizations.  But the way the story is playing out now is all too familiar.  It will likely further discredit the Palestinian Authority and Salam Fayyad's government, give greater traction to the widespread complaints about the role of U.S. trained security forces, and strengthen the Hamas arguments within the Palestinian public.