From the Archive: Retired Gen. David Petraeus confessed on Thursday to giving sensitive government secrets to his mistress and then lying about it to the FBI, but will get no jail time, only two years probation and a fine, showing…
Tag: Iraq War
Is Hillary Clinton a Neocon-Lite?
Neocon ‘Chaos Promotion’ in the Mideast
The Nasty Blowback from America’s Wars
Reasons for the Mideast’s Despair
When Journalists Join the Cover-ups
Judith Miller’s Blame-Shifting Memoir
Reinforcing the Mindset of War
A Family Business of Perpetual War
US Intel Vets Oppose Brennan’s CIA Plan
The original idea of the CIA was to have independent-minded experts assessing both short- and longer-term threats to U.S. national security. Mixing with operations and politics was always a danger, which is now highlighted by CIA Director Brennan’s reorganization, opposed by a group of U.S. intelligence…