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Robert Steele: On Petraeus, a Mossad Honey Trap, and More — This Is a Bye for Israel — Update 6

08 Wild Cards, 09 Justice, Corruption, Director of National Intelligence et al (IC), DoD, Government, Officers Call, Secrecy & Politics of Secrecy
Robert Steele
Robert Steele

Sigh. I was not going to comment on David Patraeus gross dereliction of duty but several colleagues are totally pissed off and they are correct to be angry. Here are a mix of supposition and fact along with my conclusions on this sorry disgrace to the Republic. HOWEVER, I conclude this is not about Patraeus — many others should be indicted along with him and many others have committed high crimes and misdemeanors that exhonerate him in relative terms.

UPDATED to integrate specific observations from IDENS A-C.

UPDATED to add key paragraphs from Marcy Wheeler at SALON and Ray McGovern.

Short URL: http://tinyurl.com/Patraeus-Mossad

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SchwartzReport: America’s Electoral Nightmare — Global Laughingstock for Lack of Integrity

07 Other Atrocities, 11 Society, Civil Society, Corruption, Government
Stephan A. Schwartz
Stephan A. Schwartz

If we cannot tell ourselves the truth, corrective choices are not possible. Here is the truth about the integrity of America's electoral process. We come in 26th in the world, one step above Mexico. Nothing to be proud of.

America’s election nightmare: How voter ID, gerrymandering & fundraising made us a laughingstock

Here's what happens when you suppress votes, draw districts to favor incumbents and allow the rich to buy elections

EXTRACT

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Mongoose: A Domestic Black Site in Chicago?

07 Other Atrocities, 09 Justice, 11 Society, Corruption, Law Enforcement, Officers Call
Mongoose
Mongoose

Brian Jacob Church spent the better part of a day shackled inside Chicago's Homan Square, denied access to an attorney, before police finally sent him to be booked and charged. Lawyers say the facility is the domestic equivalent of a CIA black site.

• The disappeared: Chicago police detain Americans at abuse-laden ‘black site'

• Homan Square ‘black site': surveillance, military-style vehicles and a metal cage

Video from The Guardian below the fold.

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William Blum: Greek Tragedy, US Hypocrisy

03 Economy, 04 Inter-State Conflict, 07 Other Atrocities, 10 Transnational Crime, Civil Society, Commerce, Commercial Intelligence, Corruption, Government, Peace Intelligence
William Blum
William Blum

The Greek Tragedy: Some things not to forget, which the new Greek leaders have not.

American historian D.F. Fleming, writing of the post-World War II period in his eminent history of the Cold War, stated that “Greece was the first of the liberated states to be openly and forcibly compelled to accept the political system of the occupying Great Power. It was Churchill who acted first and Stalin who followed his example, in Bulgaria and then in Rumania, though with less bloodshed.”

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SchwartzReport: Big Pharma Evil — 70% of Prescription Drugs DO NOT WORK!

07 Health, 07 Other Atrocities, 10 Transnational Crime
Stephan A. Schwartz
Stephan A. Schwartz

I know very few doctors who are genuinely happy with the state of medicine in the U.S., and there is no question that we have notably inferior healthcare. The illness profit system is incredibly lucrative for its corporate owners. Absolutely top of the line in terms of profit. In terms of health, not so much.  We pay more than any other country in the world for what outcome data shows is the 37th best healthcare.

Big Pharma Is America’s New Mafia

Pharmaceutical companies have more power than ever, and the American people are paying the price—too often with our lives.
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