The most important revelations of the Nunes Memo relate not to its content, but the political establishment’s response to its release, argues Caitlin Johnstone.
Category: Secrecy
Nunes Memo Reports Crimes at Top of FBI and DOJ
Exclusive: The newly released “Nunes Memo” reveals felony wrongdoing by top members of the FBI and DOJ for misrepresenting evidence to obtain a FISA warrant and may implicate other intelligence officials, writes Ray McGovern.
Former Ambassador Reflects on Current Events
Mainstream Media and Imperial Power
Foxes in Charge of Intelligence Hen House
‘The Post’ and the Pentagon Papers
The new movie “The Post” tells the story of the Pentagon Papers from a curious perspective that ignores much of the drama of the real history, as James DiEugenio explains.
Haiti and America’s Historic Debt
From the Archive: President Trump says his “tough” language on immigration, which reportedly included decrying “shithole” nations, didn’t apply to Haiti but he appears to know little of America’s debt to Haiti, which Robert Parry described in 2010.
Giving War Too Many Chances
The Still-Missing Evidence of Russia-gate
Why Loss of Net Neutrality Hurts Democracy
The principle of every person having equal access to the Internet represented a strong pillar of modern democracy — and its removal represents another victory for profit-dominated plutocracy, as Dennis J Bernstein explains.