CIA Torture Report: How the World's Media Reacted
The US Central Intelligence Agency’s use of torture was reported widely on front pages around the world on Wednesday. A milestone report by the S
‘Scathing’: Clamor from Senior Whitehall Figures Grows for Iraq War Inquiry Redactions
"... One well-informed source told The Times that the report’s findings are far more scathing than expected, and have prompted a legal firestorm dee
Blackwater Lobbyist Named Staff Director Of House Intelligence Committee
For Republicans, hiring lobbyists to handle the day-to-day goings on of Congress seems to have become a normal occurrence these days, so Acade
Murdoch, Scaife and CIA Propaganda
December 31, 2014 Special Report: The rapid expansion of America’s right-wing media began in the 1980s as the Reagan administration coordinate
Skorzeny: How Did Hitler's Scar-Faced Henchman Become An Irish Farmer? (BBC Report)
"... In Hidden History: Ireland's Nazis, a 2007 documentary by Irish state broadcaster RTÉ, presenter Cathal O'Shannon estimated that between 100 a
Looking Forward Towards the Past: Richard Nixon’s Treason
Also see: "Papers reveal Nixon plan for North Korea nuclear strike" (The Guardian) One news item from this last year really stood out to me. It was a
News and Entertainment Media: Government’s Big Helpers in the Selling of Counterterrorism
AbstractThis article explores how mass media depict overt responses to terrorism, such as military actions, and covert acts, such as the torturing of
Big Oil's $3 Billion Homage To A Nazi War Criminal
Ships don’t come bigger than the Pieter Schelte. They don’t come more controversial either. Built in Korea at a cost of nearly $3 billion, the ga
The Nazi Cold Warriors of Postwar America
The US made many former Nazis welcome – but this study doesn’t ask ethical questions Dec 20, 2014 Book Title: The Nazis Next
Frontline: New Report Casts Doubt on FBI Anthrax Investigation
For a second time in three years, an independent inquiry cast doubt Friday on the FBI’s assertion that genetic testing had cinched its conclusion th
UK: Chilcot Inquiry into Iraq War Sends Shockwaves through Whitehall
FRANCIS ELLIOTT AND MICHAEL SAVAGE THE TIMES, DECEMBER 18, 2014 DRAFTS of the official inquiry into the Iraq war have sent shockwaves through the
Torture is a Terrorist Act -- Not an "Interrogation Technique" -- Effective Only if it isn't Secret
" ... Torture is a terrorist act. ... Torture isn’t about secretly collecting information. It never has been. Torture only works when it isn’t
Hillary and Kissinger — Progressives Beware
It says a lot about former secretary of state and presumed presidential aspirant Hillary Clinton that she’s a member of the Henry Kissinger Fa
CIA Tactics 'a Criminal Conspiracy'
Those behind a "criminal conspiracy" that led to the torture of detainees by America's CIA, which falsely held up foiled UK terror plots as proof that
Pan Am 103 Bombing Redux: Who was Behind It? Libya ... or THE CIA?
The Western media has embarked on a new wave of disinformation. After having formally accused Libya for the 1988 Lockerbie bombings, Britain’s t
Lockerbie Bombing: Are These the Men Who Really Brought Down Pan Am 103?
Evidence gathered for the aborted appeal against Abdelbaset al-Megrahi's conviction points finger at Iran and Syrian-based terrorist group
Convicted CIA Torture Whistleblower Describes Prison Life In Remarkable Detail
John Kiriakou, the former CIA officer sentenced to two and a half years in prison for leaking the name of a secret agent in charge of the CIA's Bush
Obama's Neoconservative Choice for Defense Secretary Proposed Bombing North Korea "Preemptively"
"... Carter is very much entangled in the shady world of the military-industrial complex. Between stints in government, he has made significant
Boston Globe: Vote All You Want. The Secret Government Won’t Change.
The people we elect aren’t the ones calling the shots, says Tufts University’s Michael Glennon OCTOBER 19, 2014 THE VOTERS WHO put Barack Oba
Fascism, American-Style
One-Step from the Third Reich? “Unbeknownst to most Americans the United States is presently under thirty presidential declared states of emergen
Tom Hayden on the CIA's Student Activism Phase
In the 1960s, the agency sought to fight Communism through the students’ rights movement. There’s little reason to think its tactics have changed.
Bringing up the Bodies: Mexico's Missing Students Draw Attention to 20,000 'Vanished' Others
The shocking disappearance of 43 student teachers lifted the lid on the open secret of Mexico’s many others who’ve disappeared amid drug-fuelled v
Secret Nazi War Crime Indictments Released by UN After Seven-Year Fight
UN archive detailing investigation of more than 36,000 criminal cases can assist with present-day justice trials, experts say 11 November 2014
Denver Post Editorial Board on Defunding Nazi War Criminals
November 26, 2014 Sen. Michael Bennet is a co-sponsor of legislation that most Americans will have a hard time believing could even be necessary.