There was a great deal of news this past week about President Trump’s audacious disregard for the advice and warnings from his own intelligence community experts. Perhaps there’s good reason for alarm. But I think there’s one shocking aspect — perhaps a larger story — that’s gone virtually unreported. It appears that anonymous intelligence officials […]
The Illegal CIA Operation That Brought Us 9/11 by Robert Scheer…
Was it conspiracy or idiocy that led to the failure of U.S. intelligence agencies to detect and prevent the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon headquarters? That’s one of the questions at the heart of “The Watchdogs Didn’t Bark: The CIA, NSA, and the Crimes of the War on Terror,” […]
Rand Paul Has One Last Question for Haspel…
Trump Issues Pardon for Lewis ‘Scooter’ Libby…
President Donald Trump on Friday pardoned Lewis “Scooter” Libby, the chief of staff to former Vice President Dick Cheney who was caught up in the investigation into the leak of the identity of CIA officer Valerie Plame. “I don’t know Mr. Libby,” Trump said in a statement, adding, “but for years I have heard that […]
Trump Can’t Even Hold a Classified National Security Council Meeting Without Details Leaking to the Media…
As much of the national security establishment pushes back against President Donald Trump’s calls for a swift withdrawal from Syria, officials are again leaking details of the president’s classified meetings to the media. The president recently stated that the U.S. will be leaving Syria “very soon,” but the Pentagon, State Department, and CIA reportedly all […]
Brit Teen Hacker Posed as CIA Boss to Access Secret Military Files…
A BRIT teen hacker posed as a CIA boss to access secret military files – and sent lewd rape threats to a Homeland Security chief, a court has heard. Kane Gamble, 18, hacked into intelligence head John Brennan’s email account, made hoax calls to his family home and even took control of his wife’s iPad, […]
Israel’s Ploy Selling a Syrian Nuke Strike by Gareth Porter…
In September 2007, Israeli warplanes bombed a building in eastern Syria that the Israelis claimed held a covert nuclear reactor that had been built with North Korean assistance. Seven months later, the CIA released an extraordinary 11-minute video and mounted press and Congressional briefings that supported that claim. But nothing about that alleged reactor…
Truth and Lives vs. Career and Fame by Ray McGovern…
Fifty years ago, I could have tried to stop the Vietnam War, but lacked the courage. On Aug. 20, 1967, we at CIA received a cable from Saigon containing documentary proof that the U.S. commander, Gen. William Westmoreland, and his deputy, Gen. Creighton Abrams, were lying about their “success” in fighting the Vietnamese Communists…
German NGO Seeks Arrest Warrant for Trump’s Deputy CIA Director…
The Berlin-based European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) has called on German federal prosecutors to issue an arrest warrant against Gina Haspel, the deputy director of the CIA, who was appointed on February 2. The ECCHR first pressed charges against unknown CIA operatives in December 2014, after the US Senate Select Committee published […]
iPhones Are iSpies (VIDEO)…
Most of us carry smartphones and watch web-enabled TVs without much thought. But the revelations found in Wikileaks’ “Vault 7” release warn that we should consider the sinister capabilities that such devices could lend to those who might abuse them. Since launching in 2006, Wikileaks has reportedly released over 10 million documents, including controversial disclosures […]