Ousted Bolivian President Evo Morales did not hold back on his criticism of U.S. empire in an interview with Intercept co-founder Glenn Greenwald in Mexico. Morales was overthrown last month in a U.S.-backed coup that has left dozens dead and a country in upheaval.
Andrew McCabe, a senior bureau official, provided the alarming evidence in a “60 Minutes” interview, writes John Kiriakou. By John Kiriakou Special to Consortium News Former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe, in an explosive interview with CBS’s “60 Minutes,” said…Read more →
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has been banned from running for president again, and was arrested for “inciting unrest against the government" because he accused his successor of misappropriating public funds. Ahmadinejad said that Iran suffers from mismanagement, not lack of economic resources. There is no doubt that he was right, because theocratic and collectivist regimes always suffer from mismanagement, not lack of resources. [...]
Following the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, President Kennedy announced he would ban the testing of nuclear weapons. He called for an end to the Cold War and the removal of troops from South Vietnam. Kennedy also put an end to the Pentagon's plan to invade Cuba and refused to provide air support for the Bay of Pigs invasion. It was the last straw when he forced the resignation of Allen Dulles, the director of the CIA. The National Security State said Kennedy had to go. They said he was a threat to national security.
John Brennan said that if President Trump tries to fire special counsel Robert Mueller, government officials should refuse to follow the president’s orders, advocating a coup d’état under the intelligence community. [...]
Magnets for sale decorate a tourist shop, one showing an image of U.S. President Barack Obama smelling a cigar, at a market in Havana, Cuba, Monday, March 16, 2015. (AP/Ramon Espinosa)
“Tis now the very witching time of night,
When churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out
Contagion to this world”
– William Shakespeare, from “Hamlet”
