Category: Obama Administration

JOHN KIRIAKOU: The Dark Past of Biden’s Nominee for National Intelligence Director

December 29, 2020

There were three controversial areas where Avril Haines made a name for herself and for which she should have to answer in a confirmation hearing.

Chris Hedges: The Great Delusion

December 22, 2020

We must destroy the centers of power that lure us and our children—like the Pied Piper of Hamelin—to certain doom.

25 YEARS OF CN: Russia-Hack Story, Another Media Failure—Dec. 19, 2016

December 19, 2020

The mainstream U.S. media’s gullible acceptance of unproven CIA claims about Russian interference in the U.S. elections is another reason to doubt the media and fear for the future of American democracy, Joe Lauria wrote on Dec. 19, 2016.

Charges of Anti-Semitism & the Silencing of Dissent in Europe

December 15, 2020

When the Jewish “community” speaks with one voice because its other voices have been eliminated, you will not know it, writes Jonathan Cook. There will be no record of what was lost.

Biden’s Young Hawk: The Case Against Jake Sullivan

December 7, 2020

Either the national security adviser-designate and other “exceptionalists” are true believers, or rank cynics driven by ambition and enough intelligence or charisma to say what’s needed to justify U.S. aggression, says Danny Sjursen.

25 YEARS OF CN: The Establishment’s Thanksgiving—Nov. 29, 2008

November 25, 2020

The late Robert Parry, founder of this site, wrote 12 years ago that neoconservatives in Washington had a lot to be thankful for with the newly-elected Barack Obama.