The lack of detail demanded by Pelosi may simply mean the absence of credible evidence of Russian interference as well as the absence of Clapperesque officials to conjure it up.
Category: Intelligence
JOHN KIRIAKOU: Hold the Halos
There is one big reason I’m not attending the National Whistleblower Center’s annual gathering this year
How a Police Spy’s Stunning Testimony Threatens the Official Buenos Aires Bombing Story
Revelations by a former police spy upend the official story blaming Iran for the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, and suggest a cover-up, reports Gareth Porter.
UFO Hype Is Probably Just the US Military Lying Again
The U.S. military has for years been using mass media to inflame public interest in alleged UFOs, and it’s entirely possible it is a domestic ploy to get more Space Force funding, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
CIA ‘Obsessed’ With Former UK Envoy Who Will Testify in Spying-on-Assange Case
Craig Murray says he’s been asked to testify in the case of illegal spying against Julian Assange.
State Dept-Funded Transparency International Silent on Jailed Transparency Activist Julian Assange
Patrick Maynard connects U.S. and U.K. influence to the indifference of the West’s top anti-corruption NGO toward the imprisoned WikiLeaks founder.
Why Our Analyses on Powell and Iraq Matter Today
CN on Saturday published three articles analyzing different aspects of a NYT story on Colin Powell & Iraq. It matters because we live in the world the invasion has left behind.
RAY McGOVERN: Powell & Iraq—The Uses and Abuses of National Intelligence Estimates
A NYT Magazine piece on Colin Powell and the case to invade Iraq highlights an NIE that was prepared not to determine the truth, but rather to “justify” preemptive war on Iraq, where there was nothing to preempt.
WATCH: CN Live!—‘Will Maxwell Sing?’ With Whitney Webb & Ari Ben-Menashe
Watch the replay of our discussion about the arrest of Ghislaine Maxwell, her involvement with the late Jeffery Epstein, and the couple’s nefarious connections.
THE REVELATIONS OF WIKILEAKS: No. 8—Busting the Myth WikiLeaks Published Nothing on Israel & Syria
One myth about WikiLeaks is that it favors U.S. enemies and declines to publish documents against them, while another legend is that WikiLeaks, for obscure reasons, is soft on Israel, reports Patrick Lawrence.