National Security State
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WikiLeaks to release video of civilians, journalists being murdered in airstrike in Afghanistan
Whistleblower Web site WikiLeaks is planning to release a video that reveals what it’s calling a Pentagon “cover-up” of an incident in which numerous civilians and journalists were murdered in an airstrike, according to a recent media advisory. They also noted their members have recently been tailed by individuals under State Department diplomatic immunity, and… Continue reading
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Video: Osama speaking. Or is he?
An audio tape has been released allegedly from Al Qaeda’s leader Osama bin Laden. It’s the second in just a week. But RT contributor and investigative journalist Wayne Madsen says the tape is most probably a fake. Continue reading
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Q&A with Moazzam Begg, Omar Deghayes, Andy Worthington and Polly Nash
On October 21, at the launch of the new documentary film, “Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo” (directed by Polly Nash and Andy Worthington) at the Cochrane Theatre in London. Spectacle, the production company, filmed the Q&A session following the screening, in which Moazzam Begg, Omar Deghayes, Andy Worthington and Polly Nash took questions from… Continue reading
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Have Israeli spies infiltrated international airports? By Jonathan Cook
South Africa deported an Israeli airline official last week following allegations that Israel’s secret police, the Shin Bet, had infiltrated Johannesburg international airport in an effort to gather information on South African citizens, particularly black and Muslim travellers. Continue reading
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Video: ATS News With Johnny Anonymous, Edition 02 – CIA Invests In Spying On You
In this edition Johnny leads off with startling coverage of the CIA’s efforts to invest in a small software firm that specializes in “social network monitoring” in their effort to spy on everything we do online. Through their venture capital firm, the CIA has shown their interest in the development of technology to track and… Continue reading
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The Rise of Mercenary Armies: A Threat to Global Security By Sherwood Ross
The growing use of private armies not only subjects target populations to savage warfare but makes it easier for the White House to subvert domestic public opinion and wage wars. Continue reading
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Biological Warfare and the National Security State: A Chronology
From the Cold War to the War on Terror, successive American administrations have turned a blind eye on dubious research rightly characterized as having “a little of the Buchenwald touch.” While the phrase may have come from the files of the Atomic Energy Commission as Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Eileen Welsome revealed in her 1999 book,… Continue reading
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The Downing Street memo Pt.2
Video: Ray McGovern: The person that leaked the memo did an “incredible” public service Ray McGovern talks with Paul Jay about the paper trail on the Iraq war, as revealed in the British “Downing Street memo”. Continue reading
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US Still Paying Blackwater Millions By Jeremy Scahill
Just days before two former Blackwater employees alleged in sworn statements filed in federal court that the company’s owner, Erik Prince, ‘views himself as a Christian crusader tasked with eliminating Muslims and the Islamic faith from the globe,’ the Obama administration extended a contract with Blackwater for more than $20 million for ‘security services’ in… Continue reading
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Video: Blackwater and other misdeeds of Empire
Jeremy Scahill, author of Blackwater: The Rise of the Worlds Most Powerful Mercenary Army, discusses the dwindling ranks of antiwar Democrats in Congress, the cruise missile liberals that support war in Darfur without questioning the aims of U.S. imperialism, the mercenary surge accompanying the troop surge in Afghanistan, the history of bipartisan executive assassination programs… Continue reading
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The Real News Network – The Downing Street memo Pt.1
McGovern: “It’s there in black and white – The intelligence and facts are being fixed around the policy” Ray McGovern talks with Paul Jay about the paper trail on the Iraq war, as revealed in the British “Downing Street memo”. Part 2 coming soon! Continue reading
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Video: Liberty – Protecting Civil Liberties Promoting Human Rights: Where do they go?
Over the last few years the Government has mislaid a staggering amount of our personal information. In this clever short film, Liberty asks whether they can be trusted with even more data. Narrated by Liberty supporter Simon Callow and made voluntarily for Liberty by professional film-maker Will MacNeil, with post-production by Unit, the film underlines… Continue reading
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Wikileaks: THE SPY WHO BILLED ME TWICE – From Guantanamo to your doorstep: the intelligence industry’s revolving cash door
A confidential 1525 page file of correspondence released to the public by WikiLeaks provides insights into the privatization of intelligence and policing operations in the United States. In the file, one intelligence officer, Kia Grapham, hawked by her contractor to state police criminal intelligence, boasts of assisting in over 100 interrogations of “high value human… Continue reading
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Video: Shadow Secrets (2008)
This new film looks at the origins and history of the Afghan Mujahedin & al-Qaeda and their associations with various intelligence agencies including the CIA, FBI, MI6 and those of Saudi Arabia & Pakistan. Compiled, edited and produced by The Dossier Continue reading
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Video: Full Spectrum Dominance Part One By F William Engdahl
William Engdahl on his book Full Spectrum Dominance: Totalitarian Democracy in the New World Order Continue reading
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The Launching of U.S. Cyber Command (CYBERCOM). Offensive Operations in Cyberspace By Tom Burghardt
Ostensibly launched to protect military networks against malicious cyberattacks, the command’s offensive nature is underlined by its role as STRATCOM’s operational cyber wing. In addition to a defensive brief to “harden” the “dot-mil” domain, the Pentagon plan calls for an offensive capacity, one that will deploy cyber weapons against imperialism’s adversaries. Continue reading
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Charlie Skelton Our man at Bilderberg: ‘You are not allowed to take pictures of policemen!’
I need to go back a day and tell you exactly how I came to be in an Athens metro station at 8am, grappling with two strange men, struggling and yelling: ‘Help me somebody! Security! Please! Someone get security! Get the police!’ My voice still hurts. My brain is ready to explode. But that is… Continue reading
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Red Herrings and The “War on Terrorism” By Larry Chin
The furor over House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s knowledge of the Bush/Cheney administration’s use of torture is the latest Washington noise that conveniently diverts attention from the illegitimate ‘war on terrorism’ that continues to serve as the justification for torture, murder and war. Continue reading
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Pathway To Darkness, Part 1: “The Easter Bombers”
Since the suspects are ODA a serious threat to the national security of Great Britain, their deportation hearings will take place in secret. So whatever evidence the authorities may have against them which is not admissible in open court will apparently be presented behind closed doors, if at all. Continue reading
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The Pentagon’s Cyber Command: Formidable Infrastructure arrayed against the American People By Tom Burghardt
From its inception, Cyber Command has been theorized as a nodal point for launching crippling attacks against the civilian and military infrastructure of imperialism’s enemies. Continue reading
