National Security State
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Jeremy Scahill: WikiLeaks Cables Confirm Secret U.S. War Ops in Pakistan
Despite sustained denials by the Pentagon, the leaked cables from WikiLeaks confirm that U.S. military special operations forces have been secretly working with the Pakistani military to conduct offensive operations and coordinate drone strikes in the areas near the Afghan border. The cables confirm aspects of a story about the covert U.S. war in Pakistan… Continue reading
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Attorney Confirms WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange in Britain, Responds to U.S. Attacks
2 December, 2010 — Democracy Now As the whistleblowing website WikiLeaks continues to publish secret U.S. diplomatic cables, its founder Julian Assange is facing international arrest over allegations in Sweden. In the United States, Attorney General Eric Holder has announced WikiLeaks is the target of a criminal probe, and some politicians have accused him of… Continue reading
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WikiLeaks’ harsh lesson on imperial hubris By Jonathan Cook
The new disclosures…provide a useful insight, captured in the very ordinariness of the diplomatic correspondence, into Washington’s own sense of the limits on its global role — an insight that was far less apparent in the previous WikiLeaks revelations on the US army’s wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Continue reading
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Daniel Ellsberg: The lying is being enforced by the upper levels
The whistleblowing website WikiLeaks has begun releasing a giant trove of confidential U.S. diplomatic cables that is sending shockwaves through the global diplomatic establishment. Among the findings: Arab leaders are urging the United States to attack Iran; Washington and Yemen agreed to cover up the use of U.S. warplanes to bomb Yemen; the United States… Continue reading
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WikiLeaks releases thousands of classified cables — RT
Over 250,000 classified document sent from American embassies to Washington have been leaked on the Internet, in spite of warnings from the Obama administration. Continue reading
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WikiLeaks Cable TV: Needed Truth Teller?
29 November, 2010 Discovered WikiLeaks Cable TV: Needed Truth Teller? via dandelionsalad Follow my videos on vodpod Continue reading
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Wikileaks Shows No “New Mind Set” in US Foreign Policy
Phyllis Bennis: Clinton ordered spying on UN leaders shows Bush style still around Continue reading
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WikiLeaks: Demystifying “Diplomacy” By Norman Solomon
Compared to the kind of secret cables that WikiLeaks has just shared with the world, everyday public statements from government officials are exercises in make-believe. Continue reading
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Nat King Cole’s Message to the TSA
It’s hard to resist weighing in to the TSA scandal…especially since I just canceled a flight to Toronto to drive instead so I can avoid the “handlers.” Here’s a song by Nat KIng Cole with some advice to the lunatics who run the TSA: Continue reading
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Jury Appears Deadlocked in Landmark Civilian Trial of Gitmo Prisoner
A federal jury in New York is deliberating in a landmark trial of the first former Guantánamo detainee to be tried in the civilian court system. On Monday, the jury appeared deadlocked after a juror asked to be excused, saying she was being attacked for her conclusions about the defendant, Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani. A Tanzanian… Continue reading
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Hoax bomb plots engineered ahead of US elections – journalist
Reports surfaced recently questioning the authenticity of the bombs, which officials claimed were addressed to Chicago synagogues. These reports suggest the bombs could have been part of a PR stunt, which Madsen says may have been “engineered” ahead of the election campaign. Continue reading
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Julian Assange, de Wikileaks: “C’est un combat entre moi et Hillary (Clinton)”
5 November, 2010 Julian Assange may seek asylum in Switzerland (in French) Julian Assange, de Wikileaks: “C’est un combat … Follow my videos on vodpod Continue reading
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The Iraq war logs: nearly 400,000 files document the war on a daily basis
23 October, 2010 http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=16102857&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=1&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0 Continue reading
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Obama Continues Most of Bush’s Wiretap Policies
Shayana Kadidal: Government refuses to disclose possible wiretapping of civil rights lawyers Continue reading
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On Wikileaks (III): “We’d like his cooperation…” By Arthur Silber
1 August, 2010 — Once Upon a Time… Within the next few days, I will publish a detailed analysis of the criticisms of Wikileaks and the latest release of Afghanistan documents offered, not by conservative/rightwing bastards like Varadarajan (discussed in the last section of this article), but by what we might call the “radical left.”… Continue reading
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Wikileaks, Resistance, Genuine Heroes, and Breaking the Goddamned Rules (II) By Arthur Silber
29 July, 2010 — Once Upon a Time… Life and Death in the Obedience Culture I have sometimes described America today as an “obedience culture.” The phrase refers to the fact that, beneath the specifics of the largely pointless debates on any topic you care to name, those who purport to speak on behalf of… Continue reading
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Wikileaks, Resistance, Genuine Heroes, and Breaking the Goddamned Rules (I) By Arthur Silber
27 July, 2010 — Once Upon a Time… The other day, I offered some observations about the Wikileaks story and the latest release of a huge number of documents. My comments were focused very narrowly: I wanted to highlight the great heroism of those who run Wikileaks and are otherwise involved in these continuing leaks… Continue reading
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TRUTH RISES AGAIN: WIKILEAKS SHREDS SECRECY OF THE AFGHAN WAR
This unprecedented challenge to the Pentagon and the war us much bigger, more inportant and deeper than the Pentagon Papers which was a secret history of the Vietnam war. Pentagon Papers leaker Daniel Ellsberg was one of their influences and supporters. (I see this release also a tribute to the life and work of journalist… Continue reading
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Secret files: Wikileaks reveals ‘unseen war’
The extraordinary leak made public by whistleblowers’ website Wikileaks has lifted the lid on more than 90,000 US military documents involving classified information direct from the battlefield in Afghanistan. It is the US army’s secret war diary – 200,000 pages of it – written by soldiers on the frontline. Continue reading
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G20: “THEY ARE NEVER GOING TO GET INSIDE MY HEAD”
15 July, 2010 — The Real News Network Testimony from media activist Lacy MacAuley after being snatched by an unmarked van at the Toronto G20 Continue reading
