Carey Wedler | The CIA, Washington Post, and Russia: What You’re Not Being Told
"It is time for the Post to take a dose of its own medicine.”
Kathy Kelly | What Being a Refugee in Afghanistan Means
A single water pump serves all 700 families, and the water isn’t even potable.
Sarah Martin | Report on Syria from Judy Bello and the U.S. Peace Council
The U.S. delegation was also granted a two-hour meeting with President Bashar al-Assad.
DN! Video | Slaughter or Liberation? A Debate on Russia’s Role in the Syrian War & the Fall of Aleppo
Russia described the fall of Aleppo as a victory against terrorists and jihadists, but the United States has decried the Russian-backed offensive...
HERE’S THE PUBLIC EVIDENCE RUSSIA HACKED THE DNC – IT’S NOT ENOUGH
The refrain of Russian attribution has been repeated so regularly and so emphatically that it’s become easy to forget that no one has ever truly proven the claim.
Pentagon buries evidence of $125 billion in bureaucratic waste
The military feared Congress would use the confidential data as an excuse to slash defense spending
Robert Parry | The Orwellian War on Skepticism
On Wednesday, U.S. congressional negotiators approved $160 million to combat what they deem foreign propaganda and the alleged Russian campaign to spread “fake news.”
Noam Chomsky | Those Who Failed to Recognize Trump as the Greater Evil Made ‘a Bad Mistake’
“I didn’t like Clinton at all, but her positions are much better than Trump’s on every issue I can think of...”
Polly Mann | Known Knowns and Known Unknowns
a recent Inspector General's audit report showed that $6.5 trillion in “defense” spending could not be accounted for.
Linda Hoover | Privatization of the Military
Private companies are responsible first to their shareholders and then to their hiring nation.
Nick Turse | It Did Happen Here. Rebirth of a Nation?
The high-water mark of the American experiment may well have already been reached.
Ray McGovern | Installing a Torture Fan at CIA
Coleen Rowley: "Trump's selection of Pompeo for CIA Director ... indicate...that the U.S. will once again begin to illegally torture, kidnap and illegally imprison captives."