Torturing the Truth: Why the CIA Report Won’t Change Anything
The CIA torture report is as grim as can be imagined, and damning enough proof to change things. But it won’t.
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The Torture Report: A Catalog of Shame: Dec. 9, 2014
NOW LIVE ON WhoWhatWhy BOSTON BOMBING: Feds Admit Triple Murder Wasn’t Tsarnaevs by James Henry When it came to Whodunnit for any crime around the time of the Boston Bombing, law enforcement’s answer always was “the Tsarnaev brothers.” In a shocking reversal, prosecutors now admit there’s barely any evidence they took part in a 2011 […]
BOSTON BOMBING: No Proof Tying Tsarnaevs to Triple Murder, Feds Admit
When it came to Whodunnit for any crime around the time of the Boston Bombing, law enforcement’s answer always was “the Tsarnaev brothers.” In a shocking reversal, prosecutors now admit there’s barely any evidence they took part in a 2011 triple murder that’s been pinned on them.
Secretive Pro-Corporate Trade Deal Could Endanger Health, Labor, Environment
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?
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”.
Help Wanted: Drone Pilots & Defense Secretary: Nov. 26, 2014
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 […]
Is One Muslim Man’s Drug-Crazed Rampage Terrorism?
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?
The Tortuous Senate Torture Report: Nov. 21, 2014
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’s New Gig: Cold Cash for Hot Air
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.
Boston Bombing Prosecutor: Witnesses ‘Afraid’ to Testify
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.
Who Paid for 9/11 Attackers’ Flying Lessons? Nov. 17, 2014
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 […]
How the Doomsday Project Led to Warrantless Surveillance and Detention after 9/11
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.”