Tamerlan Tsarnaev had Right-Wing Extremist Literature
One of the brothers suspected of carrying out the Boston bombings was in possession of right-wing American literature in the run-up to the attack, BBC Pano
Iraq War Logs Secret Files Show how US Ignored Torture
Photo: Insurgent suspects are led away by US forces. Some of those held in Iraqi custody suffered appalling abuse, the war logs reveal. Photograph: Sean S
Daily Beast on America’s Covert Recruitment of Nazi War Criminals
Photo: Nazi Members of the Nazi Sturmabteilung (SA) marching down the Luitpoldhain with their banners at the Nuremberg Rally to mark the Sixth Nazi Party C
Hi, I’m Your New Axis of Evil
I have argued that what has just happened in Egypt is a bloodbath that is not a bloodbath, conducted by a military junta responsible for a coup that is no
Navy Veterans Suing VA Over Agent Orange Exposure During Vietnam War
In a heroic attempt to right an administrative wrong, two Navy veterans' organizations are suing the Department of Veterans Affairs and Secretary Eric S
Against Their Will The Secret History of Medical Experimentation on Children in Cold War America (Book Review)
It’s been 15 years since author Allen Hornblum’s landmark book on unethical human experimentation in U.S. prisons, Acres of Skin, was published. His n
New Hague Ruling on War Crimes Could Lead to War Criminals Going Free
A new ruling by the ICTY means that many war criminals may be acquitted as there is no evidence that they specifically directed the genocides in former Yug
Historian Hundreds of Nazi War Criminals Still Alive
The Simon Wiesenthal Center's chief Nazi hunter says there are still quite a few Nazi war criminals at large, more than people might think. A poster crea
The Nazi Ratline to Spain
" ... When the Nazis ran, many of them ran to Spain. They called it Das Trampolin because from here they were sprung across to South American friendlies. Y
White House Closes Inquiry Into Afghan Massacre … But Will Not Release Details (ProPublica)
Photo: Physicians for Human Rights sent forensic experts to conduct a preliminary forensic assessment of various mass graves in northern Afghanistan, inclu
From the Archives Harboring a Terrorist — Posada Carriles and the Iran-Contra Affair (2005)
6-02-05 According to US government documents, Cuban exile and known terrorist Luis Posada Carriles participated in the Iran-Contra scandal, a program carri
CIA Changes from ‘Spooks’ to ‘Assassins’ (ABC-Australia Transcript)
New York Times national security correspondent, Mark Mazzetti, discusses the changing role of the CIA since 9/11 saying it has changed from being a spy age
Required Reading for Aspiring Whistleblowers
" ... Those now reading Nineteen Eighty-Four for the first time (or the first time since their teens) must be struck by how much Orwell got right ... the
Nazi Suspects Ordered Out of U.S. Never Left
A May 22, 1990, photo shows Michael Karkoc, photographed in Lauderdale before a visit to Minnesota from Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev. Karkoc was a
NPR’s “This American Life” Whitewashes U.S. Crimes in Central America, Wins Peabody Award
" ... [Ira] Glass and his producers edited out essential lines of inquiry and concealed a key aspect of the bloodshed and its import for U.S. listeners: Wa
Ex-CIA Officer U.S. Shielded Higher-Ups in Kidnap Case
Photo: Abu Omar, kidnapped on a Milan street in February 2003 by the CIA The official says she was used as a scapegoat following one of the Bush administr
The Act of Killing – NZ Film Festival Documentary Exposes US-Backed Indonesian Death Squads
Joshua Oppenheimer, director of a groundbreaking new documentary called The Act of Killing, screening in the New Zealand International Film Festival tomorr
Crime and Medicine in “The Nazi and the Psychiatrist”
Photo: Hermann Goering in his prime Local author Jack El-Hai’s new work of nonfiction “The Nazi and the Psychiatrist” exposes an unexpected patient-d
The Killing of Robert Kennedy
Will We Ever Know the Truth? Stability, continuity, orderly transfer of power -- these are what civics teachers and poli-sci profs cite as the virtues of A
The Assassination of Allard Lowenstein
"... Lowenstein was not convinced that Sirhan Sirhan had acted alone in murdering [Robert] Kennedy and for years, publicly sought unsuccessfully to have th