UN Fails to Staunch Flow of Blood Diamonds, Gold from Central African Republic
Even after the Kimberley Process banned diamond imports from the Central African Republic last year, the country exported an estimated 140,000 carats worth
Mitch McConnell’s In-Laws Embroiled in Colombian Cocaine Shipping Scandal (The Nation)
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Inside the FBI’s Shameful Battle To Shield Nazis
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Mexico Reels and the U.S. Looks Away (LA Times OpEd)
"... There is a sense that the entire ideological spectrum of the political class is tainted. ..." The violent disappearance of 43 students from the Ayotz
Lawmakers Move to Strip Nazis of Social Security Benefits
A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced legislation Thursday to strip suspected Nazi war criminals of their Social Security benefits, insisting American
The CIA and Colombia’s Compromise With Murder (Human Rights Watch)
"... As the Colombian military engaged in the killings, the United States unconditionally supported it with intelligence, covert C.I.A. action and billions
Fox Host Glosses Over Murder Convictions While Hyping Blackwater As Solution To “Win The War”
Days after several former Blackwater guards were found guilty of violent crimes related to the deaths of 17 Iraqi civilians, Fox News' Brian Kilmeade hos
Over 1000 Nazis Employed by the US During the Cold War
According to government records that have been recently disclosed and varied interviews, it appears that in the years subsequent to World War II, the CIA,
United States has Footage of Boys Being Sodomized at Abu Ghraib
Seymour Hersh : The US government has videotapes of boys being sodomized at Abu Ghraib prison "'The worst is the soundtrack of the boys shrieking,' the r
America’s Six-Decade Nazi Spy Cover-Up
Why Are Spy Agencies Still Classifying Cold War Documents? Six decades after the government of the United States recruited 1,000 former Nazis as spies, som
My Lai Survivor Writes Book
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An American Nazi in New Jersey
In 1974, residents of the town of Paterson were confronted by an unexpected question: Was one of their neighbors, a prolific Communist-hunter, one of Hitle
CIA & FBI Used ‘Over 1,000 Ex-Nazis and Collaborators’ as Spies During Cold War
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If there is any chance of a conflict of interest, it's incumbent upon a reporter to acknowledge it, a disclosure that generally runs midstory but in this c
Lawmakers Propose Bill Denying Social Security Benefits to Nazi Emigres
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Four Blackwater Guards Found Guilty in 2007 Iraq Shootings of 31 Unarmed Civilians
By Spencer S. Hsu, Victoria St. Martin and Keith L. Alexander Washington Post, October 22, 2014 A federal jury in Washington convicted four Blackw
‘The New York Times’ Wants Gary Webb to Stay Dead (The Nation)
Kill the Messenger, a movie starring Jeremy Renner, just opened, about the life and death of Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Gary Webb, who committed s
Former Mesa, AZ Resident Among Nazis Paid to Leave U.S.
Martin Hartmann, a former Mesa resident, was one of at least 38 suspected Nazi war criminals who collected Social Security benefits in exchange for volunta
Expelled Nazis were Paid Millions in Social Security
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Venezuelan Socialist Party Legislator Robert Serra Tortured and Murdered
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