Central Intelligence Agency

The Caesar Photos and Impunity in Syria

By Steven Chovanec | Reports From Underground | December 19, 2015 Western media are reporting headline claims that “new evidence supports claims about Syrian state detention deaths”, saying that “a leading rights group has released new evidence that up to 7,000 Syrians who died in state detention centres were tortured, mistreated, or executed”, noting that […]

The Phony Torture Debate: Why Trump is Wrong about Waterboarding — It’s Probably Not What You Think

By Sam Husseini | November 25, 2015 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump — to the outrage of liberals everywhere — says he wants more waterboarding. Reports the Washington Post: “‘Would I approve waterboarding? You bet your ass I would — in a heartbeat,’ Trump said to loud cheers during a rally at a convention center [in […]

Mastermind of The Bamako Terror Attack Mokhtar Belmokhtar: A CIA Sponsored “Intelligence Asset”?

By Michel Chossudovsky | Global Research | November 22, 2015 In response to the tragic Paris events of November 13, Central Intelligence Agency director  John Brennan  warned that “ISIL is planning additional attacks… It is clear to me that ISIL has an external agenda, that they are determined to carry out these types of attacks.” (Quoted […]

The Four Harveys

By Tim Kelly • Memory Hole Blog • September 22, 2015 Among the many anomalies and strange coincidences in American history is the frequency in which the name Harvey appears in connection to political assassinations. Consider that the man chosen by Allen Dulles to head up the CIA’s assassin recruiter program was one William King […]

CNN’s New ‘Source’: ISIS Magazine – Claims ‘Schweppes Bomb’ Brought Down Russian Airliner

Patrick Henningsen | 21st Century Wire | November 20, 2015 Just when you thought the mainstream media coverage couldn’t get anymore surreal. Question: should ‘ISIS’ be considered a credible news source? Sadly, CNN does. In the wake of the Paris Attacks, a most disturbing trend has suddenly emerged in the mainstream media’s ‘terror’ coverage – […]

Death-Squad Organizer Is NYT’s Source on Ben Carson’s Lack of Foreign Policy Smarts

By Adam Johnson & Jim Naureckas | FAIR | November 19, 2015 In its effort to vet one of the leading GOP presidential candidates, Dr. Ben Carson, the New York Times didn’t properly vet its primary source in this vetting, former CIA officer Duane Clarridge—an indicted liar and overseer of Contra death squads in Central […]