Scandal

US admits 1980s aid to Israel’s H-bomb program

RT | February 13, 2015 Conceding to a federal lawsuit, the US government agreed to release a 1987 Defense Department report detailing US assistance to Israel in its development of a hydrogen bomb, which skirted international standards. The 386-page report, “Critical Technology Assessment in Israel and NATO Nations,” likens top Israeli nuclear facilities to the […]

Kiev MPs try to fool US senator with ‘proof’ of Russian tanks in Ukraine

RT |February 13, 2015 MPs in Kiev hoodwinked a US senator, presenting his office with photos of columns of Russian military hardware allegedly roaming Ukrainian territory. The photos turned out to have been taken during the conflict in South Ossetia back in 2008. The photos were “presented to the Armed Services Committee from a delegation […]

Pentagon: Missile defense ‘kill vehicle’ still plagued with problems after years of failure

RT | September 9, 2014 A Pentagon investigation of the “kill vehicle” warhead, part of a weapons system plagued with years of failed tests, found dozens of quality control problems, according to a new report. The Pentagon’s inspector general said in the report released Monday that the “kill vehicle,” a warhead meant to intercept missiles, […]

EU admits Putin’s comment on ‘storming Kiev’ taken out of context

RT | September 5, 2014 The EU has admitted that Vladimir Putin’s words about “taking Kiev in two weeks” had been “made public out of context,” said a spokeswoman for the European Commission President in a written response to The Wall Street Journal. José Manuel Barroso’s spokesperson Pia Ahrenkilde-Hansen said on Thursday the EU is […]

Wall Street wins again: Bank of America settlement with US government is insufficient, critics say

RT | August 22, 2014 While the US government touted its “record” settlement reached this week with Bank of America for mortgage fraud that helped fuel the 2008 recession, the details of the agreement indicate yet another light punishment for an offending Wall Street titan. Bank of America agreed to a $16.65 billion settlement with […]

FBI forensic lab misconduct could affect 2,600 convictions, 45 death row cases

RT | July 30, 2014 Nearly every criminal case the FBI and US Justice Department has reviewed during a major investigation that began in 2012 regarding an FBI lab unit has involved flawed forensic testimony, The Washington Post reported. The review – originally spurred by a Post report in 2012 over flawed forensic testimony by […]

‘Enough is enough’: Berlin outraged by alleged US spying

RT | July 6, 2014 The arrest of a German intelligence employee for allegedly spying for the US has caused an uproar among German politicians. The country’s foreign minister has demanded an immediate clarification of the situation from Washington. “If the reports are true, then we’re not talking about trifles,” Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on a […]

‘Enough is enough’: Berlin outraged by alleged US spying

RT | July 6, 2014 The arrest of a German intelligence employee for allegedly spying for the US has caused an uproar among German politicians. The country’s foreign minister has demanded an immediate clarification of the situation from Washington. “If the reports are true, then we’re not talking about trifles,” Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on a […]

BFP Exclusive: Turkish Power Struggle Impedes NATO’s Campaign in Syria

Gülen Movement Determined to Topple Erdoğan at All Costs
Since the end of last year, Turkey has been engulfed in a spectacular power struggle between Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the shadowy network of self-described “imam, preacher, and civil society activist” Fethullah Gülen. Due to the help of his friends in Langley, like for example Graham Fuller and Morton Abramowitz [1], Gülen managed to build a multi-billion dollar movement with millions of followers and a presence in 150 countries.[2]