The former CIA lawyer was the unapologetic godfather of the agency’s torture program, a monstrous crime against humanity that he defended unabashedly until his death.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: The World is Rid of Rizzo
Category: Intelligence
Daniel Hale Wins 2021 Sam Adams Award
The drone whistleblower in Afghanistan last month was sentenced to 45 months in prison under the Espionage Act.
WikiLeaks & the Crimes of the West in Afghanistan
Fabian Scheidler says so much suffering — including Assange’s imprisonment for exposing war criminals — buries the idea of “humanitarian intervention.”
In Somalia, US Bombs the ‘Terrorists’ It Created
Successive U.S. administrations understand that stirring the pot of extremism gives them endless excuses to occupy other countries, writes T.J. Coles.
Hollywood’s Dangerous Afghan Illusion
From the Archives: A newly discovered document undercuts a key storyline of the anti-Soviet Afghan war of the 1980s that it was Charlie Wilson’s War, wrote Robert Parry on April 7, 2013.
How War Profiteers Manufacture Consent
Governments and war profiteers fund think tank reports that mass media then pass off as news, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
US Wins Right to Appeal Health Grounds on Assange Extradition
The United States on Wednesday won the right to appeal the health grounds upon which a decision was made by a district judge in London not to extradite the WikiLeaks publisher to the United States, reports Joe Lauria.
On Eve of Assange Hearing, A Look Back at the US Chief Medical Witness
On Wednesday the U.S. will challenge its grounds to appeal medical evidence that led to the denial of Julian Assange’s extradition. But there are conflicts of interests with U.S. witness Dr. Nigel Blackwood, who claimed Assange’s suicide risk is “manageable.”
Network of UK Intel-Linked Operatives Helped Sell Every Alleged Syrian Chemical Weapons Attack
These pseudo-experts and spooks have helped drive the dirty war on Damascus, writes Kit Klarenberg.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: Prosecutors
Assistant U.S. Attorney Gordon Kromberg went after Daniel Hale and leads the extradition case against Julian Assange. People should know what he and other prosecutors can really be like.