President Obama entered office vowing to run a transparent government. But instead he has clamped down on leaks, prosecuted whistleblowers and threatened truth-telling journalists with jail if they don’t reveal sources, as Marcy Wheeler recounts.
Category: Secrecy
The Hushed-Up Hitler Factor in Ukraine
The Berlin Wall and Missed Opportunities
Still Tolerating Torture
The Heinous Crime Behind Watergate
The Unfinished Drama of Watergate
Was Putin Targeted for Mid-Air Assassination?
The Long Reach of Vietnam War Deceptions
How LBJ Was Deceived on Gulf of Tonkin
Flight 17 Shoot-Down Scenario Shifts
Exclusive: From magazine covers to pronouncements by top politicians, Official Washington jumped to the conclusion that Ukrainian rebels and Russia were guilty in the shoot-down of a Malaysian passenger plane. But some U.S. intelligence analysts may see the evidence differently, writes Robert Parry.