Chuck Spinney: Sick People at the Aspen Summit — “Extermination” Fantasies of the Empire

What kind of people are running American?  Here are some insights. Shocking ‘Extermination’ Fantasies By the People Running America’s Empire on Full Display at Aspen Summit Security Forum participants expressed total confidence in American empire, but could not contain their panic at the mention of Snowden. AlterNet / By Max Blumenthal, July 25, 2013  Seated …

Chuck Spinney: WIkiStrat on US History in Syria

Attached is a useful summary of US involvement in Syria, which dates back to missionaries in 1820. Washington’s Long History in Syria Ernesto J. Sanchez, The National Interest, July 12, 2013 As they consider further intervention in Syria, Washington policymakers should be aware of the history of previous U.S. involvement there. During the Cold War’s …

Chuck Spinney: Boeing Implosion a Case Study in Integrity Lost — Specific Decisions Leading to Plastic Flammable Planes with Explosive Batteries

Two and one-half years ago, on 11 February 2011, Pierre Sprey and I posted a blog entry on the Blaster, Why is Boing Imploding?.  This post is still the fourth most popular since I began the website in 2008.  It describes how the corrosive practices of the Military – Industrial – Congressional Complex (MICC) spill …

Chuck Spinney: Israeli Genocide & Other Atrocities Against the Bedouin — Funded by the US Taxpayer!

Written by an Israeli activist. Published on Friday, July 12, 2013 by Al Jazeera Israel’s ‘Indigenous Invaders’ How Israel justifies the imminent relocation of thousands of Palestinian Bedouin by characterizing them as invaders. by Neve Gordon and Nicola Perugini On June 24th the “Prawer Plan for the Arrangement of Bedouin-Palestinian Settlement in the Negev” passed …

Chuck Spinney: Insane Insider Threat Program in Context of Morally and Mentally Bankrupt US Intelligence System

Attached herewith is an essay I just wrote for Counterpunch. For you convenience  I have also attached a very important McClatchy report on the Orwellian Insider Threat Program being promoted by the Obama Administration. The lead co-author, Jonathan Landay, is one of the few mainstream reporters who has been onto the lunacy unleashed by 9-11 …