Exclusive: President Obama refused to hold “war on terror” torturers to account but punished truth-tellers severely, a bleak legacy not erased by Chelsea Manning’s belated commutation, as Jonathan Marshall explains.
Category: Secrecy
Obama’s Bombing Legacy
A Demand for Russian ‘Hacking’ Proof
Donald Trump v. the Spooks
Exclusive: President-elect Trump is in a nasty slugfest with U.S. intelligence agencies as they portray him as a Russian tool and he blasts their attempt to delegitimize his election, says ex-British intelligence officer Annie Machon.
Who’s the Real Manipulator of Elections?
Pulling a J. Edgar Hoover on Trump
The ‘Post-Truth’ Mainstream Media
Exclusive: U.S. mainstream media sees itself as the definer of what’s true and what’s “propaganda,” but has gotten lost in a fog of self-delusion and is now the principal purveyor of “post-truth” news, writes Nicolas J S Davies.
US Report Still Lacks Proof on Russia ‘Hack’
Resisting the Congressional Watchdog
WPost’s New ‘Fake News’ on Russian ‘Hack’
Exclusive: The Washington Post’s latest folly – falsely reporting a Russian “hack” into Vermont’s electric grid – reflects the paper’s steep decline from the days of Watergate, reports ex-British intelligence officer Annie Machon.