CounterPunch: Blood Traces – Bernie’s Iraq War Hypocrisy

Blood Traces: Bernie’s Iraq War Hypocrisy Sanders supported Bill Clinton’s war on Serbia, voted for the 2001 Authorization Unilateral Military Force Against Terrorists (AUMF), which pretty much allowed Bush to wage war wherever he wanted, backed Obama’s Libyan debacle and supports an expanded US role in the Syrian Civil War. More problematic for the Senator in …

Hal Berghel: Secretocracy

Secretocracy Hal Berghel, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Secretocracy is an insidious, anti-democratic form of government sustained by secrecy and defined by an ill-informed body politic. Securocrats, and the military–industrial complex that feeds on them, increasingly use computing technology to prevent the electorate from accessing complete information. PDF (5 Pages): Secretocracy Full text below the …

Counterpunch: Lies from Spies – Mel Goodman on Robert Gates as a Liar, Bad Manager, and Rotten Analyst

More Lies From Spies: the Tall Tales of Robert Gates Former CIA director and secretary of defense Robert M. Gates, who served both Bush administrations as well as the Obama administration, has produced his third self-aggrandizing memoir.  His most recent effort, “A Passion for Leadership,” is in the form of lessons learned, but there is …

Mongoose: New Film Expose Neocon Coup

Important New Film Exposes Neocon Stranglehold on Washington Fascinating and frightening, hard to watch at times, but important and ultimately very compelling Enter Robbie Martin’s film seriesA Very Heavy Agenda.