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.
Category: Intelligence
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.
BOUNTYGATE: Scapegoating Systemic Military Failure in Afghanistan
The story of the alleged “bounty scheme” grew up in the context of top U.S. brass blaming Russia for America’s defeat in Afghanistan, says Scott Ritter.
RAY McGOVERN: Mutiny on the Bounties
Has there been another mutiny in Trump’s White House, as Obama’s former ambassador to Russia piles on the nonsense about Trump being in Putin’s pocket?
BOUNTYGATE: Why Didn’t Haspel Demand an Oval Office Meeting?
The safety of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan does not appear to be the motive in intelligence agency leaks to the media about the alleged Russian “bounties,” says Joe Lauria.
Seriously, Get the Hell Out of Afghanistan
These flimsy, poorly-sourced allegations are being hammered into mainstream liberal consciousness on a daily basis now in the exact same way the discredited Russiagate psyop was, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
LEE CAMP: Connecting the Dates – US Media Used To Stop The ‘Threat’ of Peace
Peace seems to have exceedingly, ridiculously, laughably bad timing, this latest time in Afghanistan, says Lee Camp.
RAY McGOVERN: New York Times Deploys Heavy Gun to Back ‘Intel’ on Russian Bounties
After examining his record, New York Times readers should be skeptical of anything David Sanger writes, including his latest artful works of deception.