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 …

Review: Rebuttal – CIA “Leaders” Double-Down on Lies

Bill Harlow (Editor), George Tenet (Introduction), Porter J. Goss (Contributor), Michael V. Hayden USAF (Ret.) (Contributor), John McLaughlin (Contributor), Michael Morell (Contributor), Philip Mudd (Contributor), John Rizzo (Contributor), Jose A. Rodriguez Jr. (Contributor) 1 Star Authors Double-Down on Lies Told Previously I am a co-signer of the below letter to the President of the United …

Yoda: Syria’s Assad on US Blindness — US Realizing Syria Must Stand? Republican Candidates Blow It…

Syria’s Assad blasts U.S.’ “willful blindness” in fight against ISIS Assad said the U.S., which has been leading a coalition that is carrying out airstrikes on ISIS militants in Syria and Iraq, refuses to work and coordinate with his government. For the U.S. officials, “if they cooperate with the Syrian army, this is like recognition …

Robert Parry: US Intel Vets Slam CIA Use of Torture and New Book “Rebuttal” That Repeats Prior Lies by CIA “Leaders” — Robert Steele Comments

US Intel Vets Decry CIA’s Use of Torture Torture defenders are back on the offensive publishing a book by ex-CIA leaders rebutting a Senate report that denounced the brutal tactics as illegal, inhumane and ineffective. Now, in a memo to President Obama, other U.S. intelligence veterans are siding with the Senate findings and repudiating the torture apologists. Comment by …

Mongoose: VICE on CIA’s 9/11 Failure Before & After

Ineffective supervisors, lack of language and other expertise, 10 seconds per cable, at war with NSA and FBI — the comatose CIA? ‘Blind Spots and Inefficiencies’: The CIA Before and After 9/11 “I think that America confuses resources with capabilities, and we say that more is better, though that’s not true — better is better,” …

Mongoose: US Media Calculated Fraudulent Campaign Against Putin and Russia

Swedish Analyst – The Smear Campaign against Putin and the true US Agenda – Part 1 While the Russian opinion polls in support of President Putin now has reached a record level of 89% he is simultaneously target of a very dirty smear campaign in the West. Putin, we are told, is a power-hungry dictator …