US Intelligence

Sean Hannity on Fox News

Seth Rich, Conspiracy Theorists, and Russiagate ‘Truthers’ Seth Rich, Conspiracy Theorists, and Russiagate ‘Truthers’

The murder of a DNC staffer has been shamelessly manipulated by Fox News, WikiLeaks—and possibly the White House.

Aug 25, 2017 / Bob Dreyfuss

DNC HQ

A New Report Raises Big Questions About Last Year’s DNC Hack A New Report Raises Big Questions About Last Year’s DNC Hack

Former NSA experts say it wasn’t a hack at all, but a leak—an inside job by someone with access to the DNC’s system.

Aug 9, 2017 / Patrick Lawrence

Pentagon

A Guide to Trump’s $1 Trillion Defense Bill A Guide to Trump’s $1 Trillion Defense Bill

This from a president who promised new efficiencies in government.

Jul 25, 2017 / William D. Hartung

Bannon and Kushner in Washington DC

Kushner and Bannon Team Up to Privatize the War in Afghanistan Kushner and Bannon Team Up to Privatize the War in Afghanistan

Blackwater’s Erik Prince was a shoo-in for the plan. But who is Stephen Feinberg?

Jul 14, 2017 / Tim Shorrock

National Health Service website

Worried About Those Global Cyber Attacks? They Were Started by Washington Worried About Those Global Cyber Attacks? They Were Started by Washington

The notorious US spy agencies invented this monster, first with the Stuxnet virus against Iran—but then they lost control over it.

Jun 30, 2017 / William Greider

Salim vs. Michell

These CIA Torture Victims May Finally Have a Chance at Justice These CIA Torture Victims May Finally Have a Chance at Justice

A lawsuit filed on behalf of former “black site” prisoners is now scheduled to go to trial—but in seeking restitution, the detainees have had to relive their torment.  &n...

Jun 26, 2017 / Larry Siems

Jay Leno

On Writers, the Media, and the Corruptions of Power On Writers, the Media, and the Corruptions of Power

Joel Whitney, whose book Finks is about the CIA’s subversion of US culture, talks about the scars left by the Cold War.

Jun 22, 2017 / Patrick Lawrence

Trump and McMaster

H.R. McMaster and the Blindness of American Hubris H.R. McMaster and the Blindness of American Hubris

Trump’s national-security adviser understands the limits of military triumphalism. But can he change US policy?

Jun 6, 2017 / William Greider

Iran election

Will America Once Again Undermine Iran’s Pro-Democracy Movement? Will America Once Again Undermine Iran’s Pro-Democracy Movement?

Reformists won big in the recent elections, but Trump favors confrontation, which helps Iranian hard-liners.

Jun 1, 2017 / Trita Parsi

1960 West Berlin Congress of Cultural Freedom

How the CIA Tricked the World’s Best Writers How the CIA Tricked the World’s Best Writers

Joel Whitney talks about his book Finks, which exposes the agency’s corruption of American culture during the Cold War.

May 31, 2017 / Patrick Lawrence

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