CIA
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CIA Manipulation: The Painful Truths Told by Phil Agee By William Blum
efore there was Edward Snowden, William Binney and Thomas Drake … before there was Bradley Manning, Sibel Edmonds and Jesselyn Radack … there was Philip Agee. What Agee revealed is still the most startling and important information about U.S. foreign policy that any American government whistleblower has ever revealed. Continue reading
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Media Lens: Snowden, Surveillance And The Secret State By David Cromwell and David Edwards
Washington and its allies, sold to the public by the media as ‘the international community’, are well aware of the stakes. The general population must be subdued and kept in its place. Obama and his officials in the government, and the US intelligence community, need to assert strenuously that Snowden’s exposure of the massive US… Continue reading
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Video: Al-Qaeda is Led By CIA – Ex-Member Nabil Naim
Former Al-Qaeda member Sheikh Naiim has released video testimony in which he asserts that the leader of Jabhat Al-Nusra, the primary fighting force in Syria attempting to topple President Bashar Al-Assad, is a CIA operative. Continue reading
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The Anti-Empire Report #118: Edward Snowden By William Blum
So what is a poor National Security State to do? Well, they might consider behaving themselves. Stop doing all the terrible things that grieve people like me and Edward Snowden and Bradley Manning and so many others. Stop the bombings, the invasions, the endless wars, the torture, the sanctions, the overthrows, the support of dictatorships,… Continue reading
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US Expands Global Electronic Surveillance By Andrei Akulov
A huge proportion of global Internet traffic flows through networks controlled by the United States because eight of 15 global tier 1 telecommunications companies are American, the majors like AT&T, Century Link, XO Communications and Verizon. The social media services are mostly provided by giants headquartered in the United States, like Google, Facebook, Yahoo! and… Continue reading
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America Is Running the World’s Largest Terrorist Operation
The U.S. is not only killing people whose identity it doesn’t even know, but it is also killing children. And it is using the justifiably-vilified Al Qaeda tactic of killing people attending funerals of those killed – and targeting people attempting to rescue people who have been injured by – our previous strikes. Continue reading
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The CIA in Australia: The UKUSA Agreement between the US, the UK and Australia
On 11 November 1975 we saw the culmination of the most blatant act of external interference in Australia’s internal affairs and its autonomy as a nation and democracy. The dismissal of the Whitlam Government was orchestrated by a combination of forces inside and outside Australia—namely the United States of America. Continue reading
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Fighting Al Qaeda by Supporting Al Qaeda in Syria: The Obama Administration is a “State Sponsor of Terrorism” By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
While Barack Obama, following in the footsteps of George W. Bush, remains firmly committed to waging a “Global War on Terrorism” (GWOT), his administration is now openly supporting selected rebel units in Syria which are part of the Al Qaeda network. Continue reading
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Pentagon bracing for public dissent over climate and energy shocks By Nafeez Ahmed
Since the 2008 economic crash, security agencies have increasingly spied on political activists, especially environmental groups, on behalf of corporate interests. This activity is linked to the last decade of US defence planning, which has been increasingly concerned by the risk of civil unrest at home triggered by catastrophic events linked to climate change, energy… Continue reading
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Syria and Chemical Weapons: What Do We Know? By Peter Hart
If you watched ABC World Newslast night (6/13/13), the story of Syria and the use of chemical weapons had shifted pretty dramatically. AnchorDavid Muir declared at the top of the show: “The White House now confirming Syria’s president has in fact used chemical weapons to kill.” Continue reading
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Repressing “Un-American Activities”: The Historical Roots of Today’s Homeland Surveillance State By Greg Guma
Political rights are so easily taken for granted – until they’re threatened or curtailed by repressive laws. In the United States, they are usually most vulnerable when people are anxious about some outside threat. Continue reading
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Studies in Intelligence: New Articles from The CIA’s In-House Journal
The Presidential ban against CIA assassinations of foreign leaders, first enacted in 1976, reflected both moral and practical reasons — including concerns about retaliation against U.S. leaders — according to an article in the CIA’s in-house journal posted today by the National Security Archive. However, the U.S. government never spelled out the exact scope of… Continue reading
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