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Berto Jongman: Investigative Journalism — A History and a Renaissance…

Tomgram: Anya Schiffrin, Who Knew We Were Living in the Golden Age of Investigative Journalism? EXTRACT The mass layoffs of older journalists around the world has had one benefit: there are plenty of experienced hands ready to train the next generation and provide institutional memory at innovative ventures. Some of these oldtimers, who aren’t busy …

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Berto Jongman: General Allen Calls for War — Was Foley Executed with White House Approval Precisely to Justify War?

Being read in Europe. Gen. Allen: Destroy the Islamic State Now The brutal murder of the brave American journalist James Foley is meant to directly terrorize the world’s media, the international community, and the United States. If all the actions of the Islamic State, or IS, to date weren’t sufficiently reprehensible, this act and the potential …

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Chuck Spinney: Saudi Arabia Funding of Islamic State

This is an informative and important report written by one of the best reporters covering events in the Middle East.  I reformatted it slightly and highlighted it to emphasize points I think are important.  If you find this distracting, this link will take readers to the original. Iraq crisis: How Saudi Arabia helped Isis take over the north of …

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Berto Jongman: Drone Report — No Thinking, Too Much Secrecy, War Without End …

Use of Drones for Killings Risks a War Without End, Panel Concludes in Report Mark Mazzetti New York Times, 26 June 2014 WASHINGTON — The Obama administration’s embrace of targeted killings using armed drones risks putting the United States on a “slippery slope” into perpetual war and sets a dangerous precedent for lethal operations that …

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