The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
The CIA “Family Jewels,” Then and Now EXTRACT: In 1973, the Director of Central Intelligence ordered CIA officials to prepare a descriptive account of all CIA activities that were “outside the legislative charter of this Agency,” which is to say unauthorized or illegal. The purpose of the exercise was to identify operations that had “flap …
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Declassified and approved for public release 20 October 2013 PDF (23 Pages): (U) cia-rybat-sisterhood EXTRACT: Depending on your viewpoint, things have changed a little or a lot. Rather than venture helplessly into.that minefield, I would like to introduce a panel of senior women who rose to the ranks of SIS in the Directorate of Operations. …
Finally a Drone Report Done Right The U.N. and Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International recently released a flurry of deeply flawed reports on drone murders. According to the U.N.’s special rapporteur, whose day job is as law partner of Tony Blair’s wife, and according to two major human rights groups deeply embedded in U.S. …
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Yemen: The first steps towards criminalising drone strikes, Obama take note Yemen’s National Dialogue Conference decision to criminalise drone strikes is an essential step toward a stable Yemen. Ghada Eldemellawy al Ja’zeera, 2 August 2013 “America’s actions are legal” claimed President Obama in a speech on drones earlier this year. It was the latest in …
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My Drone Book/Movie (If I wrote one) Posted: 16 Jun 2013 09:58 AM PDT If I did write a near future, CGI thriller about drones, here’s my back of the envelope sketch of the plot. It’s definitely a movie plot, and not real. That means it is meant to be over the top. If you …
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Exclusive: CIA Officer Sues Agency Over ‘War Crimes’ Probe John Hudson Foreign Policy, Thursday, June 13, 2013 A new lawsuit brought by a current CIA officer hints at the existence of a secret overseas paramilitary operation that triggered war crimes allegations, The Cable has learned. On Friday, “John Doe,” an undercover paramilitary officer will file …
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Drones kill three bad guys — and 30 innocents: Akbar Ahmed Jun 12, 2013, 12.00AM IST [ Sameer Arshad ] The latest drone strike to hit Pakistan’s tribal region came days after the country’s new Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif demanded an end to such attacks. Academic Akbar Ahmed has authored The Thistle and the Drone on …
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