Berto Jongman: Kenneth Roth in Politico – When Will Obama Get SDerious About NSA Reform?

When will Obama get serious about NSA reform? Kenneth Roth Politico, September 4, 2013 Last week, President Obama met with the five-member review board that he recently appointed to review the National Security Agency’s (NSA) controversial electronic surveillance program. The review board is part of the president’s effort to build confidence in the surveillance program and …

4th Media Et Al: USA and Syria — Perfidy? Rebels Admit Culpability!

Another US War: A Way to Hastily Cover Evidence that the West Used Chemical Weapons against Syrian Children Another US War Crime in the Making in SYRIA: RUSSIA and CHINA Have Been Extremely Careless in Dealings with US Déjà vu and Syrian Chemical Weapons In Rush to Strike Syria, U.S. Tried to Derail U.N. Probe …

Eagle: Charles Hugh Smith on Speculative Credit Bubbles and Human Misery Created by Complicity of Corrupt Governments and Central Banks

The Immense (and Needless) Human Misery Caused by Speculative Credit Bubbles   (August 27, 2013) Financialization and the Neocolonial Model of credit-based exploitation leave immense human suffering in their wake when speculative credit bubbles inevitably implode. Discussions of the global financial crisis tend to be bloodless accounts of policy and “growth.” This detachment masks the …

Milt Bearden: HIST 1 Oct 2009 TESTIMONY to SFRC “The War in Afghanistan, The Regional Effects”

PREPARED STATEMENT TO THE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE BY Milton A. Bearden October 1, 2009 The War in Afghanistan, The Regional Effects Mr. Chairman, Senator Lugar, and Members of the Committee: I thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss U.S. strategy in Afghanistan and the possible effects on Pakistan of …

General and Ambassador Karl Eikenberry on the Persistent Failure of US Understanding in Afghanistan

使用谷歌翻译在下一列的顶部。 गूगल अगले स्तंभ के शीर्ष पर अनुवाद का प्रयोग करें. Google sonraki sütunun üstünde Çevir kullanın. Используйте Google Translate на вершине соседней колонке. گوگل اگلے کالم میں سب سے اوپر ترجمہ کا استعمال کریں. Emphasis below added by Milt Bearden, former CIA chief in Pakistan also responsible for the field aspects of the CIA’s …

Milt Bearden: HIST 9 April 2009 Obama’s War

使用谷歌翻译在下一列的顶部。 गूगल अगले स्तंभ के शीर्ष पर अनुवाद का प्रयोग करें. Google sonraki sütunun üstünde Çevir kullanın. Используйте Google Translate на вершине соседней колонке. گوگل اگلے کالم میں سب سے اوپر ترجمہ کا استعمال کریں. Foreign Affairs, April 9, 2009 POSTSCRIPT Obama’s War Redefining Victory in Afghanistan and Pakistan Milton Bearden MILTON BEARDEN served as …