From Democracy Now | Original Article Trump has tapped CIA Deputy Director Gina Haspel to replace outgoing CIA Director Mike Pompeo, after Pompeo was named to succeed Rex Tillerson as secretary of…
Author: Richie Marini
3-23-18 The Mustache and The Sentry Team Up to Bomb North Korea
From World Can’t Wait | Original Article “There are few people more likely than Mr. Bolton is to lead the country into war. His selection is a decision that is as alarming…
3-22-18 How Many Millions of People Have Been Killed in America’s Post-9/11 Wars? – Part One: Iraq
By Nicolas J.S. Davies From Consortium News | Original Article How many people have been killed in America’s post-9/11 wars? I have been researching and writing about that question since soon after…
3-23-18 Let’s call Bolton what he is, a War Criminal with Terrorist Ties, not just “Hawkish”
By Juan Cole From Informed Comment | Original Article John Bolton helped lie our country into an illegal war of aggression that killed several hundred thousand Iraqis, wounded over a million,…
3-17-18 A Failure of Accountability Made Gina Haspel’s Nomination Possible
From Fire John Yoo! | Original Article Few people have paid a professional price for involvement in America’s torture program, notes Rogue Justice author Karen Greenberg. John Yoo, the author of the infamous…
3-20-18 Shocking & Awful 15 Years On
By Debra Sweet From World Can’t Wait | Original Article 15 years ago, on the evening of March 19, the U.S. brought its full military weight down on the people of Iraq….
3-14-18 The End of Pretending
By Larry Siems From Just Security | Original Article Through censorship, the CIA often likes to pretend that we don’t know the things we know. With Gina Haspel’s nomination to head the…
3-15-18 As Haspel Nomination Reopens Dark CIA Chapter, Liz Cheney Leads Pack of Torture Apologists
By Jake Johnson From Common Dreams | Original Article Liz Cheney holds a news conference at the Little America Hotel and Resort in Cheyenne, Wyoming on July 17, 2013. (Photo: Marc Piscotty/Getty…
3-20-18 Exclusive: Trump to boost exports of lethal drones to more U.S. allies – sources
By Mike Stone and Matt SpetalnickFrom Reuters | Original Article WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump will soon make it easier to export some types of lethal U.S.-made drones to potentially dozens…
1-9-18 Special Ops at War
By Nick Turse From TomDispatch |Original Article From Afghanistan to Somalia, Special Ops Achieves Less with More At around 11 o’clock that night, four Lockheed MC-130 Combat Talons, turboprop Special Operations aircraft,…
1-9-18 The Polluter Is Not Paying
By H. Patricia Hynes From Portside |Orignal Article My nephew, an Army veteran who spent most of his 20 plus years military service as an officer in South Korea, is now a…
1-8-18 Trump to call on Pentagon, diplomats to play bigger arms sales role
By Mike Stone and Matt Spetalnick From Reuters | Original Article The Trump administration is nearing completion of a new “Buy American” plan that calls for U.S. military attaches and diplomats to…
12-14-17 Donald Trump’s First Year Sets Record for U.S. Special Ops
By Nick Turse From Tomdispatch |Original Article “We don’t know exactly where we’re at in the world, militarily, and what we’re doing,” said Senator Lindsey Graham, a member of the Senate…
12-6-17 Daniel Ellsberg Reveals He was a Nuclear War Planner, Warns of Nuclear Winter & Global Starvation
From Democracy Now | Original article Could tension between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un bring us to the brink of nuclear war? As tensions ramp up, we discuss what…
12-6-17 The Intercept: Erik Prince Pitched White House Plan for Global Network of Private Spies
From DemocracyNow | Original Article \ A major new investigation by The Intercept says the Trump administration is weighing plans to create a global network of private spies who would…