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The Future of NATO: An Interview with Daniel Falcone
 

Newly released declassified documents prove once and for all that CIA Director Gina Haspel oversaw torture in Thailand, which the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee knew all along, as Ray McGovern explains. By Ray McGovern Special to Consortium News…Read more →

The election of Imran Khan as Pakistan’s new president further underscores America’s futile military strategy in the region, argues Graham Fuller. By Graham Fuller A bold new political face has come to power in the recent Pakistani elections, possibly offering…Read more →

In a corporatist system of government, wherein there is no meaningful separation between corporate power and state power, corporate censorship is state censorship, argues Caitlin Johnstone in this commentary. By Caitlin Johnstone Last year, representatives of Facebook, Twitter, and Google were instructed…Read more →

A Very Short Addendum re Beirut Forum on Palestinian Unity and Justice
 
For Stefan
 
A friend reacted to my post on the Beirut Forum of a few days ago positively with respect to the political analysis. He did have a caveat. I referred to the wife of Nabil Hallak, the principal convener, as ‘beautiful,’ which he warned me would be viewed as sexist by female readers in the current atmosphere of cultural politics.
 

Palestine, Israel, and the UN: A PassBlue Interview
 
 
[Prefatory Note: I am posting an interview with Dulcie Leimbach, the wonderfully

‘The Arab International Forum for Justice for Palestine’ (Beirut, 29 July 2018)
 

Continuing the globalist books series we look at H.G. Wells’ important propaganda piece, The New World Order. We’ll also be taking Q n As and looking at what kind of content you want to see more of and what your favorites have been. This is the half lecture: full lectures are available by subscribing at JaysAnalysis at the PayPal links for 4.95 a month or 60.00 per year.
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COMMENTARY: Former CIA agent John Kiriakou argues that no former intelligence official should be allowed to keep their security clearances when they leave government, especially if they work in the media. By John Kiriakou Special to Consortium News Libertarian senator…Read more →

 
 
[Prefatory Note: The following article was published in The Nation online website, July 13, 2018. It seems relevant as one perspective on how Robert Mueller as Special Counsel might perform in carrying out this historic role of examining the wrongdoing of a sitting president. It is strange that this quiet undergraduate student of more than five decades ago should now have the destiny of the American republic in the palms of his hands.]