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Human Rights, Media, Obama Administration, Politics, Right Wing, The Bush-43 Administration

Wisdom in Obama’s ‘Don’t Do Stupid Stuff’

August 13, 2014

Hillary Clinton and other war hawks are scolding President Obama for not asserting U.S. power more aggressively around the world to deal with a rash of crises, but there is wisdom in Obama’s saying, “Don’t do stupid stuff,” observes ex-CIA analyst…

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Human Rights, Intelligence, Media, Obama Administration, Right Wing, The Bush-43 Administration

The Rear-Guard Defense of Torture

August 12, 2014

Official U.S. policy is to decry torture at least when done by adversaries but ambiguities abound when U.S. operatives do the torturing. Then, torture becomes debatable and its defenders go on TV talk shows and even get honors from universities, as ex-CIA analyst Ray…

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Constitution, Human Rights, Intelligence, Obama Administration, Right Wing, Secrecy, The Bush-43 Administration

Still Tolerating Torture

August 12, 2014

President Obama admits that U.S. authorities engaged in torture during the “war on terror” but he has taken no action to hold the torturers accountable and even elevated one of its defenders, John Brennan, to chief of the CIA, notes…

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Human Rights, Media, Obama Administration, Politics, Religion, Right Wing

Why Israel Is Bad for the Jews

August 12, 2014

Among the harm that hardline Israeli policies have inflicted on Judaism is the erosion of the traditional Jewish tolerance toward dissent, now virtually forbidden if it involves criticizing Israel, as Danny Schechter learned when he asserted that “Israel is bad…

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Human Rights, Lost History, Religion

The Battle for Palestine

August 11, 2014

Special Report: Americans often focus on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict based on the latest atrocity and which side is to blame. But there is a long and important back story to this conflict which continues to stir up unrest across the…

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Human Rights, Lost History, Media, Obama Administration, Right Wing

NYT Discovers Ukraine’s Neo-Nazis at War

August 10, 2014

Exclusive: Throughout the Ukraine crisis, the U.S. State Department and mainstream media have downplayed the role of neo-Nazis in the U.S.-backed Kiev regime, an inconvenient truth that is surfacing again as right-wing storm troopers fly neo-Nazi banners as they attack in the…

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Lost History, Obama Administration, Politics

Obama’s Foreign Policy Scrambles

August 10, 2014

As President Obama faces simultaneous foreign policy crises in multiple hotspots, his reaction often appears ad hoc, rushing to one flare-up after another. But he is not the first president to face multi-front brush fires, as ex-CIA analyst Paul R.…

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Human Rights, Lost History, Media, Politics, Right Wing, Secrecy

The Heinous Crime Behind Watergate

August 9, 2014

Exclusive: The mainstream media’s big takeaway from Richard Nixon’s Watergate resignation is that “the cover-up is always worse than the crime.” But that’s because few understand the crime behind Watergate, Nixon’s frantic search for a file on his 1968 subversion of Vietnam peace talks, reports…

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Constitution, Lost History, Politics, Right Wing, Secrecy

The Unfinished Drama of Watergate

August 9, 2014

Four decades ago, Richard Nixon resigned, making him the first U.S. president in history to quit the office, the result of two years of a spreading scandal known as Watergate. But many Watergate reforms aimed at limiting the power of money…

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Human Rights, Intelligence, Media, Obama Administration, Secrecy

Was Putin Targeted for Mid-Air Assassination?

August 8, 2014

Exclusive: Official Washington’s conventional wisdom on the Malaysia Airlines shoot-down blames Russian President Putin, but some U.S. intelligence analysts think Putin, whose plane was flying nearby, may have been the target of Ukrainian hardliners who hit the wrong plane, writes Robert Parry.

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Human Rights, Obama Administration, Politics, Right Wing, The Bush-43 Administration

Tallying Israeli War Crimes

August 8, 2014

For decades, Israel has slaughtered Palestinians with impunity, always protected by the U.S. government and its veto at the UN Security Council. But the latest bloody assault on Gaza has prompted more open talk about Israeli war crimes — and U.S.…

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Human Rights, Lost History, Media, Obama Administration, Religion

How Israel Trashes Judaism

August 8, 2014

While Official Washington excuses Israel’s latest slaughter of Gazans as justifiable self-defense, many thoughtful Jews are lamenting how the traditional humanism of Judaism is being despoiled by the brutal practices of the Israeli government, writes Danny Schechter.

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Human Rights, Obama Administration, Right Wing

Real Peace-Making Needed for Gaza

August 7, 2014

Some Israeli leaders joke about their periodic slaughter of Gazans as “mowing the grass,” a chore that needs regular repeating. Though a ceasefire has stopped the killing for now, real peace-making is needed to stop Israel from bringing out the…

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Human Rights, Media, Obama Administration

If a Genocide Falls in the Forest

August 7, 2014

Chilling words of ethnic hatred and even genocide uttered by prominent Israelis were the political backdrop for Israel’s military offensive against Gaza, which killed more than 1,800 people including many children, writes David Swanson.

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Lost History, Obama Administration, Right Wing

The Fire Sale of the Post Offices

August 6, 2014

In an earlier time, U.S. post offices were more than just places to mail letters. They were noble structures, symbols of democracy, stone-and-mortar testimony to the value of community. But many are now neglected and up for sale, laments Gray…

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Constitution, Intelligence, Lost History, Media, Obama Administration, Politics, Right Wing, Secrecy, The Bush-43 Administration

The Long Reach of Vietnam War Deceptions

August 6, 2014

America’s war in Vietnam, which was authorized by the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution a half century ago, had lasting consequences for the nation, including deeper public distrust of government and government’s determination to restrict the people’s right to know, as…

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Intelligence, Lost History, Obama Administration, Secrecy

How LBJ Was Deceived on Gulf of Tonkin

August 5, 2014

As war hawks today push President Obama into more and more confrontations, there is an echo from a half century ago when Vietnam War hawks manipulated President Johnson into a bombing campaign in retaliation for the phony Gulf of Tonkin incident,…

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Human Rights, Media, Obama Administration

Israel’s Bloody but Hollow ‘Victory’

August 5, 2014

Exclusive: Israeli officials claim they have dealt Hamas a punishing blow through a month-long military campaign that killed more than 1,800 Gazans, including many children. But the “victory” may come back to haunt Israel in the revulsion sweeping Europe and…

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Human Rights, Lost History, Obama Administration

Likening Palestinians to Blades of Grass

August 5, 2014

From the Archive: As Israel’s Operation Protective Edge winds down with more than 1,700 Gazans  mostly civilians dead, Israeli leaders may feel they’ve finished a recurring chore, “mowing the grass” to eliminate troublesome Palestinians, as ex-CIA analyst Elizabeth Murray observed in 2012.

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Human Rights, Obama Administration, Politics, The Bush-43 Administration

US/Israeli Hypocrisy on Human Rights

August 5, 2014

After World War II, the U.S. government was the champion of international law and human rights, but a selective application of those rules  shielding U.S. actions and those of allies like Israel has made a mockery of these universal principles,…

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