CIA

Israeli Official: “World should thank Israel” for murdering Iranian Scientist; CIA’s Brennan: “Act of state-sponsored terrorism”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – An unnamed Israeli official told the New York Times on Sunday, “the world should thank Israel” for killing Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh. I don’t guess I’m thanking Israel for committing a flagrant act of terrorism. If Israel can murder a scientist in Iran, what is to stop it from […]

Afghanistan

Afghanistan: CIA-Backed Forces Commit Atrocities: HRW

Human Rights Watch

Disband All Irregular Paramilitary Forces, Cooperate With Independent Investigations

CIA

Trump isn’t the First: the Government has often Persecuted Whistleblowers

The Conversation

By Jennifer M. Pacella | – When President Donald Trump likened a whistleblower’s White House sources to spies and made a lightly veiled reference to execution, he highlighted a longstanding peril facing those who come forward to alert the public to governmental wrongdoing. Blowing the whistle carries major risks. BlueSkyImage/Shutterstock.com In many instances, whistleblowers find […]

CIA

In Blow to Democracy, Trump ends Requirement that CIA report Drone Strike Casualties

AFP

Trump increasingly relies on the CIA, rather than the military, for lethal drone operations

CIA

Former CIA Head Brennan: Trump Trying to Obstruct Russia Probe w/ Denial of Security Clearance

AFP

Washington (AFP) – America’s former top spy has alleged he was stripped of his security clearance in a bid by President Donald Trump to scare critics and stymie an investigation into ties with Russia. In a searing opinion article published in the New York Times on Thursday, ex-CIA director John Brennan said Trump’s decision to […]

CIA

Trump fears CIA nominee will fail because of, like, Torture and Cover-up

AFP

More than 100 former top generals and admirals signed a letter urging senators to reject Haspel

CIA

CIA Cables detail New Director’s Role in Torture at Thailand Black Site (Redacted)

contributors

Correction: Trump’s Pick to Head CIA Did Oversee torture at Thai black site but Not of Abu Zubaydah On Feb. 22, 2017, ProPublica published a story that inaccurately described Gina Haspel’s role in the treatment of Abu Zubaydah, a suspected al-Qaida leader who was imprisoned by the CIA at a secret “black site” in Thailand […]

CIA

JFK Files Reveal US Mulled Use of Biological Weapons in Cuba

contributors

TeleSur | – – During a top-level meeting, U.S. officials warned against the possibility of it being traced back to the United States. The recently published JFK files have shed further light on U.S. plans to use biological weapons as part of its Cuban Project, an agricultural sabotage plot against the socialist country. During a […]

Bill of Rights

Shadowy US Covert Ops & Surveillance Abroad always Come Home

contributors

By Alfred W. McCoy | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – [This piece has been adapted and expanded from the introduction to Alfred W. McCoy’s new book, In the Shadows of the American Century: The Rise and Decline of U.S. Global Power.] In the wake of the 2001 terrorist attacks, Washington pursued its elusive enemies across the […]