Central Intelligence Agency

CIA, Mossad Behind Killing of Imad Mughniyeh, Washington Post Confirms

Al-Akhbar | January 31, 2015 A report from the Washington Post on Friday confirmed that the CIA and Israel’s spy agency Mossad were behind an elaborate plot to kill Hezbollah commander Imad Mughniyeh in a 2008 car bomb attack in Syria. Citing former intelligence officials, the newspaper reported that US and Israeli spy agencies worked […]

Cuba Détente

By ROBERT SANDELS and NELSON P. VALDÉS | CounterPunch | January 28, 2015 “I do not expect the changes I am announcing today to bring about a transformation of Cuban society overnight.” — Barack Obama, Dec. 17, 2014 President Obama’s Dec. 17 statement announcing changes in U.S. Cuba policy was a mixture of historical truths […]

Why is Hollywood Rewarding Claire Danes and Mandy Patinkin for Glamorizing the CIA?

Legitimizing Torture, Lies and Killer Drones By Dave Clennon | CounterPunch | January 25, 2015 The Screen Actors Guild has nominated Claire Danes of “Homeland” for its Best Actress Award.  It has also nominated Danes, Mandy Patinkin and the rest of the “Homeland” cast for the Outstanding Ensemble Award. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association nominated […]

Exonerating the CIA

When the Establishment Investigates Itself By BINOY KAMPMARK | CounterPunch | January 21, 2015 Exonerating spooks for improper conduct is a regular feature of the establishment. After all, you don’t convict your own, turning your nose at activities pursued under the grand, catch-all term of national security. From the start, the CIA review, established to […]

This Won’t End Well: Military Police From the Torturous Gitmo Prison, Being Recruited as Cops

By John Vibes | The Free Thought Project | January 16, 2015 This week, as millions of Americans demand that Guantanamo Bay guards be prosecuted for war crimes, it seems that some of them may be getting jobs as cops instead. It was recently reported that large numbers of military police officers who were formerly […]

New evidence shows CIA held prisoners in Lithuania

Reprieve | January 16, 2015 New analysis and previously unpublished documents released by legal charity Reprieve show that the CIA held prisoners in Lithuania in 2005 and 2006, contrary to official denials. In a dossier and briefing submitted to the Lithuanian Prosecutor today, Reprieve reveals how the newly declassified US Senate Report on CIA detention […]

CIA Flashback: “We’ll Know Our Disinformation Program Is Complete When Everything the American Public Believes Is False”

By Melissa Melton | Truthstream Media | January 13, 2015 “We’ll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false.” That creepy quote above has been widely attributed to Former CIA Director William Casey. Casey was the 13th CIA Director from 1981 until he left in January 1987. He died […]

Framing North Korea

The US Still Cannot be Rational When Dealing with North Korea By Stansfield Smith | CounterPunch | January 9, 2015 When it comes to North Korea, for the US government and its media, time stands still. They remain fixated in the 1950s Joe McCarthy worldview: the Red-Yellow peril, a monster capable of unimaginable evil, threatens […]