Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Biden administration will release a Central Intelligence Agency report concluding that crown prince Mohammed Bin Salman, 35, of Saudi Arabia, masterminded the assassination on October 2, 2018, of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. I’m not sure even an old foreign policy hand like President Biden understands how explosive this […]
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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: CIA-Backed Forces Commit Atrocities: HRW
Disband All Irregular Paramilitary Forces, Cooperate With Independent Investigations
Trump isn’t the First: the Government has often Persecuted Whistleblowers
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 […]
In Blow to Democracy, Trump ends Requirement that CIA report Drone Strike Casualties
Trump increasingly relies on the CIA, rather than the military, for lethal drone operations
Former CIA Head Brennan: Trump Trying to Obstruct Russia Probe w/ Denial of Security Clearance
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 […]
Trump fears CIA nominee will fail because of, like, Torture and Cover-up
More than 100 former top generals and admirals signed a letter urging senators to reject Haspel
CIA Cables detail New Director’s Role in Torture at Thailand Black Site (Redacted)
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 […]
JFK Files Reveal US Mulled Use of Biological Weapons in Cuba
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 […]
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