teleSUR | March 6, 2015 Imprisoned on various occasions and subjected to numerous interrogations, Dr. Jaime Galarza Zavala is one of the estimated 120 direct victims of the CIA’s record in Ecuador. Persecuted by the CIA for his political organizing, Galarza described to teleSUR English that “they told me that I was working as a […]
By Robert Parry | Consortium News | September 8, 2009 The 2004 CIA Inspector General’s report, released in August 2009, referenced as “background” to the Bush-era abuses the spy agency’s “intermittent involvement in the interrogation of individuals whose interests are opposed to those of the United States.” The report noted “a resurgence in interest” in […]
What’s really terrifying about this threat By John Chuckman | Aletho News | March 1, 2015 ISIS certainly is not what a great many people think that it is, if you judge what they think by what our corporate press proclaims incessantly. Judging by what ISIS actually does and whom its acts benefit, its clandestine […]
By Sarah Lazare | Common Dreams | February 26, 2015 The United Nations revealed Wednesday it has “credible and reliable” evidence that people recently detained at U.S. military prisons in Afghanistan have faced torture and abuse. The UN’s Assistance Mission and High Commissioner for Human Rights exposed the findings in a report based on interviews […]
By Omar Ramahi · The Independent International Political Research Center · February 26, 2015 With some recent, high-profile crimes committed by people purporting to follow the religion of Islam, the image of Muslims around the globe has largely been manipulated to project extremism, violence and intolerance. This manufactured image was long in the making, beginning […]
By Noel Brinkerhoff | AllGov | February 17, 2015 A voluminous scientific study on climate change and man-made possibilities of altering it was funded by several federal agencies, including the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The CIA’s decision to partially fund the research left at least one expert who participated in the study a little uneasy. […]
By Daniel McAdams | Ron Paul Institute | February 12, 2015 After a marathon 17 hour negotiation session, the leaders of Russia, Germany, France, and Ukraine agreed on an upgraded ceasefire plan, “Minsk II,” that lays out 13 points to be implemented by the west-backed government in Kiev and the independence-seeking regions in eastern Ukraine. […]
in NEWS | February 8, 2015 American Fund “KKR investment”, headed by former CIA chief General David Petraeus, from October 2013 until this day, in less than a year and a half, has put under its control a significant part of Serbian media, internet portal Vaseljenska reported. Americans first bought SBB, the largest cable television […]
teleSUR | February 8, 2015 After decades of impunity, those responsible for the wave of political violence that swept Latin America under the dictatorships of 1970s and 1980s will be tried in court this week in Rome, Italy. Thirty-three people have been formally charged for their links to the operation, which left 50,000 people dead, […]
By Kevin Ryan | Dig Within | February 1, 2015 The coach of the Super Bowl winning Seattle Seahawks is in the media again as his team prepares for a second championship game. Coach Pete Carroll is getting special attention in the news because he is known to have questioned the official account of the […]
