Joint National Security Council meeting, May 25, 2011. (Photo: The Prime Minister's Office / Flickr) This article, the first of two parts, is adapted from a lecture by Noam Chomsky on Feb. 28 sponsored by the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation in Santa Barbara, Calif. By Noam Chomsky, Truthout.org | Op-Ed 03 March 2014 A leading principle of international relations More
Joint National Security Council meeting, May 25, 2011. (Photo: The Prime Minister's Office / Flickr) This article, the first of two parts, is adapted from a lecture by Noam Chomsky on Feb. 28 sponsored by the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation in Santa Barbara, Calif. By Noam Chomsky, Truthout.org | Op-Ed 03 March 2014 A leading principle of international relations More
“We know more about killing than we know about living.” — General Omar Bradley, 1948 Written by G. Ross Stephens Saturday, 02 November 2013 RSN.com ‘Engine’ Charlie Wilson, former CEO of General Motors and member of President Eisenhower’s cabinet, said, “The business of America is business.” Fast forward to the present and he might say, ‘The business More
By Kevin Gosztola Monday November 4, 2013 The Dissenter Fire Dog Lake Following the September 11th attacks, physicians and other medical professionals, “particularly psychologists,” were involved in the “design and administration” of harsh treatment and torture. This conduct was “in clear conflict with established international and national professional principles and laws,” a new report from a task More
[youtube=http://youtu.be/XSQ_0PesS8A] Published on Sep 5, 2013 Michael Ratner: Without UN approval US attack on Syria violates international law TheRealNews Subscribe or “Follow” us on WAMMToday.org. For the TC EVENTS calendar and the ACTIONS AND ACTION ALERTS click on the tab at the top of the page and click on the item of interest to view. WAMMToday is also on FACEBOOK! More
If the NSA and ATF have the telephone, credit card and internet records of all Americans, why don’t they stop mass shootings? NSA By Juan Cole Posted on Aug 6, 2013 truthdig.com This piece first appeared on Juan Cole’s website, Informed Comment. In a Reuters Exclusive, John Shiffman and Kristina Cooke reveal that the National Security Agency shares information it gleans More
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) extends the NSA's authority to gather telephone data from millions of Americans Editor's Note: This star chamber court operates with impunity. It has no Congressional oversight. To see the members of the court, click the Read More at the end of the article. Posted on Jul 21, 2013 Truthdig.com A top More
Amy Goodman: Corporate Media No Longer Mainstream, But Extreme "This is no longer a mainstream media, but an extreme media beating the drums for war," journalist Amy Goodman tells the National Conference For Media Reform meeting in Denver. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5scBuP2EK-I] Published on Apr 7, 2013 Subscribe or “Follow” us on WAMMToday.org. For the TC EVENTS calendar and the ACTIONS More
Bradley Manning: the face of heroism The 25-year-old Army Private, this generation's Daniel Ellsberg, pleads guilty today to some charges and explains his actions Glenn Greenwald Thursday 28 February 2013 15.38 EST guardian.co.uk Bradley Manning at Fort Meade, Maryland. Photograph: Mark Wilson/Getty Images (updated [Friday]) In December, 2011, I wrote an Op-Ed in the Guardian arguing that ifBradley More
Bradley Manning: the face of heroism The 25-year-old Army Private, this generation's Daniel Ellsberg, pleads guilty today to some charges and explains his actions Glenn Greenwald Thursday 28 February 2013 15.38 EST guardian.co.uk Bradley Manning at Fort Meade, Maryland. Photograph: Mark Wilson/Getty Images (updated [Friday]) In December, 2011, I wrote an Op-Ed in the Guardian arguing that ifBradley More
FBI Sharing Facial Recognition Software With Police Departments Across America By Madison Ruppert theintelhub.com August 25, 2012 It is no secret that facial recognition technology is on the rise with amazing leaps forward in efficiency, nor is it a secret that the federal government maintains a centralized biometric database. This program is so massive and coordinated that even governors have been overridden in More
Criminalizing Dissent Photo by CTJ71081 (CC-BY) By Chris Hedges Posted on Aug 13, 2012 truthdig.com I was on the 15th floor of the Southern U.S. District Court in New York in the courtroom of Judge Katherine Forrest last Tuesday. It was the final hearing in the lawsuit I brought in January against President Barack Obama and Secretary of Defense More
