There’s more than meets the eye to President Donald Trump’s decision to revoke the security clearances that ex-CIA Director John Brennan enjoyed as a courtesy customarily afforded former directors. The President’s move is the second major sign that...
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.Trump signed the new National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) this week. Among other things, the bill contained provisions that place conditions on U.S. support for the Saudi coalition. The president made clear in his...
On Consortium News Radio this week: A USS Liberty survivor who was arrested by Israel this month trying to break the Gaza blockade joins Episode 2 of Consortium News Radio. Joe Meadors was a signalman on the USS Liberty surveillance ship on June 8, 1967 when Israel...
Tucker Carlson interviews Peter Van Buren on his Twitter ban. Tucker begins with a short report on Google tracking your location without your consent.
Facebook is using a NATO think tank, the Atlantic Council, which is also funded by the US government and foreign governments, to help it determine which posts are authentic and which are fake. The Atlantic Council is hardly an unbiased judge, however. It is extremely...
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.Micah Zenko catches Secretary Mattis making an obviously false claim about U.S. involvement in the war on Yemen:Stunning assertion by Sec. Matts; 40 months into America's involvement in Yemen's civil war....
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.The U.S. response to the massacre of dozens of children and other civilians earlier today was predictably feeble:The U.S. State Department called on Thursday for the Saudi-led coalition to investigate reported air...
The US State Department has out of the blue decided that Russia is guilty in the case of the poisoning of a former spy and his daughter in the UK, and has slapped on yet another round of sanctions. This time the sanctions call for the president to completely break...
In a long-form interview here with veteran journalist Joe Lauria at Consortium News Radio, I try and lay out exactly what happened on Twitter that led to me being banned. Peter Van Buren blew the whistle on State Department waste and mismanagement during Iraqi...
Reprinted from HaaretzLeft-wing peace activist Uri Avnery has been hospitalized in very serious condition after suffering a stroke on Saturday and is said to be unconscious. Avnery, 94, has written opinion pieces on a regular basis for Haaretz. He is a former...
