Gina Haspel is the new CIA Director after the Senate voted on Thursday 54-44 to confirm her, with six Democrats agreeing. In this interview, Francis Boyle explains why Haspel could be at risk of arrest on trips abroad.
An Iranian Viewpoint on the Battle for Syria
A new feature from Iran gives a totally different perspective of the war raging in Syria than Western audiences are used to, explains Rick Sterling.
A Tale of Two Tortures
How the Americans and the British “tortured some folks” and got away with it, as Annie Machon explains.
Consortium News Launches Spring Fund Drive
‘The Everyday Process of Ethnic Cleansing’
Palestinians protesting at the Gaza fence posed no threat whatsoever and even if they were trying to cross the border, you don’t use live fire to kill them, says Diana Buttu in this inerview with Dennis J. Bernstein.
The Rebuilding of Syria
Tribute to Robert Parry, Founder of Consortium News, May 19, Berkeley, CA.
The (Unrecognized) US Contribution to Bloodshed in Syria, Part Two
U.S. Media Whitewashes Gaza Massacre
As Israel killed more than 50 Palestinians in cold blood protesting the American embassy move on Monday, U.S. corporate media failed to accurately report what happened in Gaza, once again meekly protecting the government line, argues Joe Lauria.
The World Will Not Mourn the Decline of U.S. Hegemony
Ecuador Hints It May Hand Over Assange
Congress Weighs Indefinite Detention of Americans
The EU Will Not Stand by Iran
While European leaders have made noises that they will defy Donald Trump’s reneging on the Iran nuclear deal and resist U.S. sanctions, in the end the Europeans will give in to U.S., argues Alexander Mercouris in this commentary.
Trump’s War Against Iran
An apparent coordination between Trump leaving the Iran deal and Israeli attacks on Iranian targets in Syria portend an attack on Iran itself, says Eric S. Margolis.
Trump’s Iran Debacle: What Will Germany and Russia Do?
Iran Deal Partners Mull How to Confront ‘Renegade’ U.S.
The Coming War Against Iran
We’ve been through this before: the trumped-up threat from Iraq based on false evidence in 2003 is the harrowingly similar model to what is emerging for Iran in 2018, argues John Kiriakou.
War Clouds Gather Around Iran
Haspel Says CIA Won’t Torture Again as Ray McGovern is Dragged Out of Hearing
2nd UPDATE: After refusing to directly answer questions about her history as an alleged torturer, Ray McGovern decided to ask Gina Haspel a question or two of his own and he wound up in jail for it, reports Joe Lauria.