Philip Giraldi: America or Israel? Which Comes First?

America or Israel? Quislings in Congress and the Media need to decide which comes first As always, there is scant attention paid by any of the Israel boosters for actual American interests in continuing to perform proskynesis in front of Netanyahu and whatever reptile might succeed him. American values and needs are invisible, quite rightly, …

Philip Giraldi: The CIA’s Torture Defenders

The CIA’s Torture Defenders An all-star cast teams up to spin their enhanced interrogation regime. The seven men who contributed to the book (George Tenet, Michael Hayden, Porter Goss, John McLaughlin, Michael Morell, Jose Rodriguez, John Rizzo, and Philip Mudd) are, with the exception of Mudd, quite likely guilty of war crimes …   There are …

Philip Giraldi: One Third Of US Military Chaplains Are Evangelical Subversives — Pat Tillman Murdered by Evangelicals in Afghanistan?

Old Testament Armed Forces Religious zealotry runs rampant in the U.S. military, and among those wishing to deploy it. By PHILIP GIRALDI, American Conservative, February 12, 2014 Phi Beta Iota: Complete article below the line. This may be one of the most important articles ever posted here. Between financial corruption and religious treason, the US …

Philip Giraldi: Intelligence Analysts Threaten to Quit Over Syria, Force Clapper and Brennan to Back Down?

Quitting Over Syria: Forcing Both Brennan And Clapper To Back Down From Attacking A number of [intelligence] analysts threatened to resign as a group if their strong dissent was not noted in any report released to the public, forcing both Brennan and Clapper to back down. The release of the White House “Government Assessment” on …

Chuck Spinney & Philip Giraldi: CIA Drones for Corrupt Regimes

Note that in addition to propping up Quisling centers at expense of the tribal periphery, we  will be fanning the fires of the sectarian warfare and killing gobs of innocents with more signature strikes (note dependency on “technical collection”). Drones for “Regime Protection” The CIA’s insurance plan for Karzai and Maliki—and what it means for …