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Even if we were to accept all the accusations against the WIV regarding their alleged subpar safety standards, none of it has any relevance to the Covid-19 pandemic unless it can be shown the WIV possessed SARS-CoV-2 in its lab before the outbreak, and there is no evidence of that. 
The post How US Media Misrepresent the Wuhan Institute of Virology’s Laboratories and Safety Protocols appeared first on MintPress News.

We will either be remembered as a country that took freedom and liberty for all seriously or we will be remembered as a nation of cowards who, driven by fear, were willing to deprive this group, then that group, of their freedom -- before losing that freedom entirely.
The post 9/11 and the Politics of Fear and Self-Preservation appeared first on MintPress News.

"I'm being prosecuted by a Chevron law firm that has locked me up, deprived me of my liberty," Donziger says.
The post How Chevron Used the Law and the FBI to Target Whistle-Blowing Lawyer Steven Donziger appeared first on MintPress News.

The Reagan administration constructed a network of outsourced private organizations that would do the dirty work of the U.S. empire, shielding the U.S. government from the prying eyes of investigators and journalists. 
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It was clear that the senator had no actual defense of the murderous policies for which he has advocated; he didn’t even bother to defend them, opting instead to echo a predecessor of his: Senator Joseph McCarthy.
The post MintPress News Confronts Senator Cruz on Murderous US Sanctions appeared first on MintPress News.

Israel is now at a crossroads. It can only win back the support of US Jews if it abandons Zionism altogether, or abandon them in favor of complete reliance on the Evangelicals. In fact, some top Israeli officials are already advocating the latter. 
The post The Quiet Rebellion: Why US Jews Turning against Israel is Good for Palestinians appeared first on MintPress News.

“I think we’re at this very interesting and important place in our human history, where we are awakening.” -- Michael Malarkey
The post Actor Michael Malarkey on Israel-Palestine and Why More Celebrities Don’t Speak Out appeared first on MintPress News.

While mercenary armies like Blackwater have at least been subject to inquiry, making the company’s name infamous around the world, Creative Associates International has largely flown under the radar — exactly where the organization’s board wants it to be.
The post Creative Associates International (CAI): It’s Not Exactly the CIA, But Close Enough appeared first on MintPress News.

The case and the subsequent alleged CIA coverup has led to all manner of wild speculations about who and what The Finders were. But there is good reason to believe that the official story that they were merely a harmless — if odd — cult is likely not the whole truth.
The post The Finders: Harmless Cult or CIA-Linked Child Traffickers? A Discussion with Elizabeth Vos appeared first on MintPress News.

Watch Behind The Headlines correspondent Dan Cohen explain how top foreign policy reporters are linked to the U.S. government, weapons industry and oil corporations – the very forces they are supposed to hold accountable. 
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