The possibility that Trump will not chicken out this time, and rather will challenge the Security State looms large since he felt personally under attack.
Month: May 2020
Partisanship Aside, Trump Had Reason to Fire Michael Atkinson, Say Two Former CIA Whistleblowers
The inspector general violated the law by protecting the “Ukraine whistleblower” and proved to be the enemy of real whistleblowers, say John Kiriakou and Pedro Israel Orta.
COVID-19: Trump Calls Legally Protected Whistleblowing a ‘Racket’ as Fired Scientist Rips President
Dr. Rick Bright — who was fired from his post at Department of Health and Human Services last month — condemned the White House’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic as fatally slow, disjointed and inadequate, reports Jake Johnson.
COVID-19: Virus Blows Away Myth of ‘First’ & ‘Third’ Worlds
Star performers during the pandemic are not in the historical “First World,” writes Steven Friedman.
Just Like Our Readers, Consortium News is Not Afraid to Challenge the Orthodoxy
Since it was founded by Robert Parry in 1995 Consortium News has been challenging the Washington and Western conventional wisdom for an audience just as bold about daring to think for themselves.
Ghost of J. Edgar Haunts Flynn Investigation
Former FBI special agent Coleen Rowley explains Bureau misdeeds in the Flynn case.
A Circle in the Darkness: Post-War Europe
Diana Johnstone’s newly-published memoir offers an incisive, gritty, politically alert, and expansive account of post-war Europe, reports Patrick Lawrence in this interview with the author.
ASSANGE EXTRADITION: Court Files Expose Sheldon Adelson’s Security Team in US Spying on Assange
An exclusive investigation by The Grayzone reveals new details on the critical role Sheldon Adelson’s Las Vegas Sands played in an apparent CIA spying operation targeting Julian Assange, reports Max Blumenthal.
Why ‘Obamagate’ Will Never Lead to Anything of Significance
You will never see Obama or his administration officials brought down by “Obamagate” for the same reason Trump wasn’t brought down by the Mueller investigation: the swamp protects its own, says Caity Johnstone.
Consortium News Blazed the Trail of Russiagate Reporting; Help Us to Continue Telling the Story
With his first article on what would become known as Russiagate—written on Aug. 9, 2016, three months before the election—Bob Parry positioned CN as the leading skeptic of the alleged scandal.