Exclusive: The criminal case against ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern for “resisting arrest” when he was denied entry to a public speech by retired Gen. David Petraeus appears to be nearly over, but the image of police brutally shielding the mighty from…
Month: February 2015
A Rush to Judgment in Argentine Bomb Case?
Nuclear War and Clashing Ukraine Narratives
US Deports Professor Sami Al-Arian
From Tiger Cages to Soup Kitchens
Why Syria’s Assad Must Not Go — Yet
America’s neocons and liberal war hawks still want a U.S. military intervention in Syria to enforce their “Assad must go” mantra, but President Obama has realized that such a “regime change” could bring the Islamic State to power, a worse predicament, as ex-CIA…
Al-Qaeda, Saudi Arabia and Israel
Convicting Sterling to Chill Whistleblowing
In the cause of protecting government secrets, the CIA and Justice Department made an example of ex-CIA officer Jeffrey Sterling by convicting him of exposing a dubious covert operation without presenting clear-cut evidence that he did, a chilling message to others, notes Norman…