Berto Jongman: Julian Asange on Bush Jr. Library, Bradley Manning Trial

Interview: Julian Assange on George Bush’s Library and Bradley Manning’s Trial Medea Banjamin OpEdNews.com, 25 April 2013 I had an opportunity to interview WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, where he has been granted political asylum since June 2012. Assange is wanted for questioning in Sweden over sex allegations, although he …

G. I. Wilson: Intelligence Lessons Learned in Boston — and the Lack of Honest Competent Counterintelligence in the USA

Seems some of the same old flaws we have highlighted for years…hoarding info giving a false sense of power, no appreciation of the value of OSINT- social media, and silo’s of information concordant with age old turf sequestration. DNI has done little to reduce the overall intel community’s friction but added to it…makes me believe …

Michael Brenner: Is CIA a National Liability?

The C.I.A.: A National Liability? Michael Brenner Senior Fellow, the Center for Transatlantic Relations; Professor of International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh Huffington Post, 22 April 2013 The errant actions of the C.I.A. are by now so evident that they are a staple of Washington conversation. Like the weather, though, it is the topic everybody talks …

Greg Palast: Venezuela’s Recent Election — A History of Democracy Against Empire

Did Chavez’ Pick Steal the Election in Venezuela? By Greg Palast for Vice Magazine – Leer el artículo en español aquí. Tuesday, 23. April 2013 The guy in the cheap brown windbreaker walking up the dirty tenement steps to my New York office looked like a bus driver. Nicolas Maduro, elected President of Venezuela last Sunday, did …

Eagle: Canadian Plot Foiled, US Throws in Iran & Al Qaeda

As Mini-Me, might say, Huh? Canadian train terror plot foiled Reuters, 23 April 2013 EXTRACT The Canadian authorities linked the two to al-Qaeda factions in Iran, to the surprise of some security experts. “The individuals were receiving support from al-Qaeda elements located in Iran,” Mr Malizia said. Iran did host some senior al-Qaeda figures under …

Eagle: Next Up: Nuclear Drills, Nuclear Lock-Downs, Nuclear False Flags?

Here are some headlines that concern folks in my neck of the woods. Shots fired at TVA Watts Bar Nuclear Plant TVA: Suspect shoots at security officer at Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, officer shoots back VA lockdown following security officer shooting at Watts Bar Nuclear Plant TMI attack exercise involved intruders trying to “take over …