20 February 2014
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Day: February 20, 2014
Special Plans and Double Meanings: Controversies over Deception, Intelligence, and Policy Counterterrorism
20 February 2014 — National Security Archive
National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 456
Posted February 20, 2014
Edited by Jeffrey T. Richelson
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Charles Mingus: ‘Flowers for a Lady’
20 February 2014 — Jazz on the Tube
I’m mad about Mingus. An unsung genius, much misunderstood and misrepresented in the media, largely because he spoke his mind on issues that many didn’t want to deal with. I saw him once at Ronnie Scott’s Club in Soho back in the 60s. Immaculate white suit, energy fizzing off him like static electricity. When the interval came, he rapidly departed the bandstand just before two men in suits appeared with bits of paper in their hands, looking for him, no doubt to hand him a writ or whatever. He reappeared later for the second set. I have no idea what was going on.
Rise of the Anti-Government Flash Mobs: First Ukraine, Now Venezuela By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya
20 February 2014 — Global Research
The US-supported opposition in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is taking its cue from the anti-government protests taking place across the Atlantic Ocean in Ukraine. Failing to win any of Venezuela’s elections by earning a popular mandate from the majority of the population in the last few years, the leaders of the mainstream opposition are now resorting to colour revolution tactics and a Ukraine-style disruption strategy. The aim of these opposition leaders in Venezuela is to manipulate the galvanized anti-government protesters into creating a political crisis in Caracas. Mainstream opposition leaders are doing this by instigating the protesters into taking steps that are geared at toppling the Venezuelan government.
All washed out: What floods reveal about UK political elite By Neil Clark
20 February 2014 — RT
The terrible impact that the ongoing floods have had over large parts of Britain – and the government response to the disaster – tells us much about the political system we now live under and in whose interests our government acts. Continue reading
Snowden: Over-classification leads to decline of democracy
20 February 2014 — RT
Imprisoned US army whistleblower Chelsea Manning – formerly known as Bradley – was on Wednesday honored in absentia for revelations of US war crimes. Manning was awarded the 2014 Sam Adams Prize for Integrity in Intelligence at a ceremony held by the Oxford University’s prestigious Oxford Union Society. Continue reading
Blood In The Streets: West Is Repeating Syrian Model In Ukraine By Richard Rozoff
20 February 2014 — Stop NATO
1) Ukrainian prime minister: Deadly attacks attempt to seize power
2) U.S. ambassador to Ukraine: Government “responsible for everything that happens in Ukraine”
3) As with Syria, European Union and Russia clash over Ukrainian uprising
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Venezuela: Dialogue or Coups By Tamara Pearson
19 February 2014 — Venezuela Analysis
The main question in Venezuela isn’t about any lack of democracy in this country, nor restrictions on freedom of expression.
Police State UK/US: Authoritarian Regimes (Like the U.S. and Britain) Treat Reporters Like Terrorists
19 February 2014 —
The U.S. Government Condemns Authoritarian Regimes Which Use Anti-Terror Laws to Stifle Journalism
Israel and Saudi Arabia’s Priorities in Syria. Covert Militarism and the “Lebanonization Strategy” By Phil Greaves
20 February 2014 — Global Research
Current developments both inside and outside of Syria have shown that the primary sponsors of the extremist-dominated insurgency – namely, the United States, France, the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Israel and Turkey – aren’t quite ready to throw in the towel.
The New Dark Age 