When I was researching The Fair Trade Fraud, I ran into a stone wall of secrecy surrounding the U.S. tariff code. There was no reason to treat the tariff on tobacco stems like confidential national security data. Here’s the story of how I solved those tariff code mysteries during a 1990 visit to the headquarters […]
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Counterpunch, January 28, 2021 Federal Secrecy Protects the Crimes of Every President by James Bovard Ever since the 9/11 attacks, Republicans and Democrats have conspired to keep Americans increasingly ignorant of what the federal government does. The number of secret federal documents skyrocketed, and any information that was classified supposedly cannot be exposed without dooming […]
American Institute for Economic Research, December 21, 2020 FBI’s Newest Prerogative: Shooting Subway Passengers by James Bovard Was the torrent of media editorials and exposes denouncing police violence earlier this year all a sham? Thirty-six years ago, Bernie Goetz pulled a pistol and shot four youths who were shaking him down on the New York […]
Independence Day in the Midst of Dictatorship
– July 2, 2020
D.C.’s Iron Curtain of Secrecy Endangers The Economy and Everything Else
by James Bovard
The Mystery Deepens Over the Pre-Dawn Police Killing of Duncan Lemp
by James Bovard
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Elizabeth Vos reviews the unsavory history of intelligence agencies providing protection to child sex-trafficking rings. By Elizabeth Vos Special to Consortium News The alleged use of sexual blackmail by spy agencies is hardly unique to the case of Jeffrey…Read more →
Death, sex, power, intrigue, murder, suicide — these are the staples of the 19th century penny press, mass media and the CIA, writes Edward Curtin. By Edward Curtin edwardcurtin.com When phrases such as “the deep state” and “conspiracy theory” become staples of…Read more →
Craig Murray delves into allegations against Jeffrey Epstein and another suspicious death that the case recalls. By Craig Murray CraigMurray.org.uk There are a number of royal palaces and grand residences of former presidents and prime ministers where the inhabitants have a little…Read more →
