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 …

Chuck Spinney: Robert Parry on CIA within CIA Coup Against Jimmy Carler

Below is a very important report (all of it below the line), written by Robert Parry, one of the best investigative journalists in what is left of the news business. As I explained here, the most powerful form of conflict is the M&M strategy waged a the moral level of conflict. The M&M or Motherhood and Mismatch …

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 …

Stephen E. Arnold: What Jeff Bezos Will NOT Do with the Washington Post…

The Price of News: The Post Deal I have been following the flood of information about Jeff Bezos’ apparent purchase of the The Washington Post. I use the word “apparent” because it is not clear if Mr. Bezos or Nash Holdings LLC bought the newspaper. For the purpose of this Beyond Search item, let’s assume …

Owl: Tom Engelhardt Rogue Superpower –From Tragedy to Farce?

“Sooner or later, the architecture will determine the acts”: The Resurrection of the Totalitarian Beast in Washington D.C. This is a long article well worth reading entirely, but if you have only for a small amount of timet, here’s two key takeaways worth pondering: “Consider, for instance, a superior piece of recent reporting by Eric …

Yoda: US Government Made News Approved for Public — Robert Steele Comments

Complex, force is. U.S. Repeals Propaganda Ban, Spreads Government-Made News To Americans Posted By John Hudson Sunday, July 14, 2013 – 7:06 PM Share For decades, a so-called anti-propaganda law prevented the U.S. government’s mammoth broadcasting arm from delivering programming to American audiences. But on July 2, that came silently to an end with the …

Paul Craig Roberts: Is the US Government in Enemy Hands?

Coup d’etat Paul Craig Roberts The American people have suffered a coup d’etat, but they are hesitant to acknowledge it. The regime ruling in Washington today lacks constitutional and legal legitimacy. Americans are ruled by usurpers who claim that the executive branch is above the law and that the US Constitution is a mere “scrap …