As an inquiry into the complex subject of international terrorism, the 9/11 Commission's 10th anniversary reprise is a slipshod farrago of circular argumentation, faulty reasoning and naïve gullibility about the claims of senior officials - but it does serve official Washington's purpose. By Mike Lofgren, Truthout | Op-Ed truthout.org 29 July 2014 The cover of More
As part of its investigation into the false statements made by top Bush administration officials leading up to the Iraq war, the Center for Public Integrity has just released an interactive database where you can search who said what, when. WAR & PEACE Moyers and Company June 26, 2014 Iraq: The War Card (Photo: Center for Public Integrity) The Center More
[youtube=http://youtu.be/5N9AknF0ZMk] Published on Jun 2, 2014 http://www.democracynow.org - Richard Clarke, the nation's former top counterterrorism official, tells Democracy Now! he believes President George W. Bush is guilty of war crimes for launching the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Subscribe or “Follow” us on RiseUpTimes.org. Rise Up Times is also on Facebook! Check the Rise Up Times page for posts from More
The just-retired long-time NSA chief, Gen. Keith Alexander, recently traveled to Australia to give a remarkably long and wide-ranging interview with an extremely sycophantic “interviewer” with The Australian Financial Review. By Glenn Greenwald The Intercept 8 May 2014 Photo credit: Evan Vucci/AP The resulting 17,000-word transcript andaccompanying article form a model of uncritical stenography journalism, but Alexander clearly chose to More
Exclusive: Official Washington’s bipartisan hysteria over Ukraine and Crimea is evidence that the neocons not only weathered the public fury over the Iraq War but are now back shaping U.S. geopolitical strategies, reports Robert Parry. By Robert Parry ConsortiumNews.com March 14, 2014 By the middle of last decade, the storm clouds were building over the neocons: their “regime More
Missing in Action . . . What Happened to War and the Imperial Drive to Organize the Planet? By Tom Engelhardt TomDispatch.com March 2, 2014 There is, it seems, something new under the sun. Geopolitically speaking, when it comes to war and the imperial principle, we may be in uncharted territory. Take a look around and More
Is it conceivable that a massive foreign military apparatus was created with intentions that were merely benign and solely in the interests of security for the African people? By Naomi Maina Women Against Military Madness Newsletter January/February 2014 January/February Index The U.S. has divided the entire world into military commands (1), providing its military with missions More
What words best describe present-day Washington politics? The commonplace answer, endlessly repeated by politicians themselves and media observers alike, is this: dysfunction, gridlock, partisanship and incivility. Yet here’s a far more accurate term: tacit consensus. Bill Moyers Moyers & Company February 21, 2014 Where Republicans and Democrats disagree, however loudly, matters less than where their More
http://youtu.be/pJPgeaNY-Xo Published on Feb 21, 2014 The Obama administration explores the legal ramifications of aerial citizen reduction programs. THE DAILY SHOW Subscribe or “Follow” us on RiseUpTimes.org. Rise Up Times is also on Facebook! Check the Rise Up Times page for posts from this blog and more! “Like” our page today. Find us on Twitter at Rise Up Times (@touchpeace). Rise More
The Complex: How the Military Invades Our Everyday Lives (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Tomgram, Nick Turse: The Pentagon Makes History the First Casualty Click here to read Tom Engelhardt's introduction. By Nick Turse TomDispatch.com February 18, 2014 It’s 2053 — 20 years since you needed a computer, tablet, or smart phone to go online. At least, that’s More
The Two Faces of Empire: Melville Knew Them, We Still Live With Them By Greg Grandin TomDispatch.com January 26, 2014 Read Tom Engelhardt's introduction here. A captain ready to drive himself and all around him to ruin in the hunt for a white whale. It’s a well-known story, and over the years, mad Ahab in Herman More
U.S. intelligence, GPS bomb kits help Latin American nation cripple rebel forces Above: A Colombian Air Force member cleans an A-29 Super Tucano, a turboprop aircraft typically involved in strikes on FARC targets. (Raul Arboleda/AFP via Getty Images) By Dana Priest Published on December 21, 2013 Washington Post Graphics by Alberto Cuadra, Cristina Rivero, Gene Thorp The 50-year-old More
