Positive Tidbits: News to Make You Feel Good
We know, we know. All we do is nag, nag, nag. Negative reports, unsettling notions, terrifying discoveries. Well, here’s some good news. But don’t expect it every day.
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Hacktivist Journo Barrett Brown And Lawyers Gagged
In a case about the public’s right to know, where a journalist faces a century in jail, a court agreement silences…everyone.
Why Russia’s New “Cold” War is an Old War
The headlines about Russia, the West and Ukraine are all about a resurgent Cold War. Don’t be fooled: What’s happening is a much older kind of European conflict, one that has reshaped the geography of power there for a thousand years. And is doing it again.
Editors’ Picks for Sept 9
A new feature: articles from around the web, selected and summarized by our editors. Help us identify interesting articles — see the details.
U.S. Visas for Jihadists, Syrian Immigration Skeptic, and More: Sept 09, 2015
VOLUNTEER! Do you have skills you’d like to offer? We have all kinds of needs. Here’s one: Donor Network Coordinator. For more info, visit our Volunteer Page. Now Live on WhoWhatWhy Visas for Al-Qaeda, Part 1: A Sordid Tale By J. Michael Springmann In this remarkable first-hand account, a former US consular official describes a pipeline created by […]
Crucial Background to New Redford Movie on Bush and Rather, Part 1
In 2004, CBS News was offered documents confirming that George W. Bush had dodged the draft during the Vietnam War. Dan Rather aired a report based on these documents and within a suspiciously short time, they were alleged to be false. The story “blew up” in Rather’s face, forcing his early retirement. Russ Baker, who was in Texas at the time, found telling indications that the documents were likely a clever ruse to trap CBS and convince others that investigating Bush’s past was hazardous.
The CIA, Mafia, Mexico — and Oswald, Part 6
This is a complex story, as fascinating as it is appalling. It is about how the CIA and FBI suppressed a major clue to the existence of a pre-JFK-assassination conspiracy. And about how alleged evidence of Lee Harvey Oswald in Mexico was manipulated and altered by elements in the CIA and their Mexican clients, the Dirección Federal de Seguridad (DFS).
Editors’ Picks for Jan 13
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WikiLeaks: Agenda Compromised or Stronger Than Ever?
Love him or hate him, Julian Assange has a way of keeping himself at the top of the newsreel these days. The latest trove of documents revealed via Assange’s infamous WikiLeaks platform is the first of a multi-part series known as “Vault 7.” Mysteriously teased in February, Vault 7 reveals a variety of details […]
New JFK Files: CIA Used State Department to Run Guns for Assassinations
A newly unredacted document sheds new light on CIA assassination operations planned by what was known as “The Health Alteration Committee.”
Chernobyl: The Nuclear Disaster That Helped Destroy a Regime
When sensors in Europe first picked up the radiation from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, nobody could have predicted that the accident would help bring about the fall of the Soviet Union.
Whose Side Is the CIA On?
Is the CIA friend or foe? An excerpt from Douglas Valentine’s recent book helps illuminate an agency that operates in the shadows.