John Kiriakou on Torture, Whistleblowing, and His Post-CIA Life (audio)
May 29, 2020
From The American Conservative: On this edition of Empire Has No Clothes, Matt Purple, Kelley Vlahos, and Daniel Larison speak to John Kiriakou, who did 2 years in a federal prison after he exposed the CIA policy of waterboarding detainees after 9/11. He talks about state sanctioned torture, his post-prison life as a whistleblower advocate […]
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The 2003 Conquest of the Republic of Georgia (video)
May 28, 2020
The Republic of Georgia is a small undeveloped Asian nation that was once part of the Soviet Union. It plays no role in the American economy or security yet was conquered by the American empire in 2003 when the CIA covertly organized a coup to establish a puppet government. Billions of dollars in American military […]
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Maj. Danny Sjursen (ret.) on the Jimmy Dore Show
May 27, 2020
Antiwar.com contributing editor Danny Sjursen appeared for an extensive interview with Jimmy Dore:
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The Weakness of ‘Maximum Pressure’
May 26, 2020
Originally appeared at The American Conservative. An Iranian tanker delivered some gasoline to Venezuela this week, and this is how the report in The New York Times framed the event: Venezuela needs gasoline and has gold. Iran has oil but needs cash. Both Venezuela and Iran are eager to punch back at the Trump administration. […]
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Matthew Hoh & Danny Sjursen: We Are Combat Vets, and We Want America To Reboot Memorial Day
May 25, 2020
From Mother Jones: Pandemic or no, resilient Americans will celebrate Memorial Day together. Be it through Zoom or spaced six feet apart from ten or less loved ones at backyard cookouts, folks will find a way. In these peculiar gatherings, is it still considered cynical to wonder if people will spare much actual thought for […]
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Memorial Day Reminiscence in Isolation: For George
May 24, 2020
I have thought a lot about George lately, one of my ghosts from a past that has been lucky enough to span decades. Luckily, George has never been a triggered recollection, just a benign spectral from my misdirected youth. And at least for now, for this letter to the Wall, just call him George, although […]
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USA PATRIOT Act: Leviathan in Search of a Crisis
May 24, 2020
From the Independent Institute Nearly 20 years after its hurried passage, key components of the USA PATRIOT Act (Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001), are currently up for renewal. Yet despite no evidence that its sweeping surveillance powers have prevented any acts of terrorism, […]
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Intel Vets: To the President – Avoid Hostilities Over Iranian Fuel Shipment to Venezuela
May 22, 2020
MEMORANDUM FOR: The PresidentFROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPs)SUBJECT: Avoiding Hostilities Over Iranian Fuel Shipment to Venezuela Mr. President: Recent U.S. rhetoric and actions against Venezuela – most immediately regarding Iran’s shipping of gasoline desperately needed during the pandemic – puts the US at risk of an outbreak of dangerous and almost certainly counterproductive […]
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The NATO Conquest of Eastern Europe (video)
May 22, 2020
General Dwight Eisenhower was the first NATO supreme allied commander. After assuming that post in 1951, General Eisenhower wrote about NATO’s goal: “If in 10 years, all American troops stationed in Europe for national defense purposes have not been returned to the United States, then this whole project will have failed.” It did fail because […]
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Congress May Act Soon on Selective Service
May 21, 2020
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress could soon consider whether to end Selective Service registration or try to expand it to women. It’s critically important to opponents of the draft and war to (1) contact your Representative and Senators and (2) educate, agitate, and organize now to finalize the victory of decades of resistance to draft […]
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