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If it passes, the U.S-EU trade deal will be the biggest pact of its kind in the world. But the precise terms are a closely guarded secret. What are the corporate lobbyists who drafted it hiding from the billions of people it will affect?
Who Really Used Chemical Weapons in Syria? Journalist Reese Erlich digs into that question in this exclusive excerpt from his new book “Inside Syria: the Backstory of Their Civil War and What the World Can Expect”.
NOW LIVE ON WhoWhatWhy New Cyber-Weapon Belies Spy Agencies’ National Security Claims, by Joshua Kopstein Washington’s cyber-spies haven’t been resting on their laurels. Computer security researchers have uncovered a powerful new malware built for spying. And its targets are far from the usual national security threats that intelligence agencies say they need to watch. WHO […]
The murder of a Canadian soldier in Ottawa and the subsequent shootings at Canada’s parliament were the work of a drug-crazed man who was Muslim. Yet the government quickly framed it as a terrorist action, and an excuse to boost the state’s powers. Will it send Canada down an American path to reduced rights and increased surveillance?
NOW LIVE ON WhoWhatWhy ICYMI: George W’s New Gig: Cold Cash for Hot Air by Joseph L. Flatley George W. Bush is raking in millions on the celebrity speaking circuit. Some of the outfits he’s taken money from have less-than-stellar reputations for integrity. And, frankly, the whole thing stinks. WHO Who has given up the […]
George W. Bush is raking in millions on the celebrity speaking circuit. Some of the outfits he’s taken money from have less-than-stellar reputations for integrity. And, frankly, the whole thing stinks.
Prosecutors in the Boston Bombing case claim that government witnesses are scared to testify. Yet it’s the defense witnesses who should be afraid, given the long official intimidation campaign against them.
NOW LIVE ON WhoWhatWhy Space: The Final Frontier … Of Profiteering, by Karl Grossman Two recent crashes of commercial spacecraft have unearthed a new risk to the heavens: the possibility that money-driven incompetence is replacing the nobler aims of space exploration echoed in the phrase “for all mankind.” ICYMI: READ Russ Baker’s interview with OpEd […]
Everyone knows that warrantless surveillance and detention arose in the wake of 9/11. But few know that the machinery that Dick Cheney and others used to pull it off was born in the Atomic Age. Peter Dale Scott exposes the maneuvers in this excerpt from his new book, “American Deep State.”
NOW LIVE ON WhoWhatWhy New Bush Book Fun With Numbers: 41-43=45, by Bryson Hull Is George W. Bush’s new “biography” of his father just a strange attempt to rehabilitate the family surname and pave the way for a third President Bush? Who Who just stunned corporate media giants Comcast and Verizon? President Obama did by calling […]
George W. Bush is out with yet another book—this time his “biography” of his father, George H.W. Bush. What’s going on with this strange phenomenon where 43 narrates 41’s life for us? And could it possibly have something to do with rehabilitating the family surname to help ensure a possible third President Bush?
NOW LIVE ON WhoWhatWhy VideoWHO: Another George Bush Rises in Texas VISIT: The newly redesigned WhoWhatWhy Who Who is President Obama’s new pen-pal? According to reports, it is Iran’s Supreme Leader. And GOP Hawks are predictably upset about the letter that reportedly outlined a broader rapprochement and cooperation against the Islamic State. Who else is […]