“Anyone who doubts that this nation building and police activity has not become real and very effective right here in the United States need only visit the area around Fort Bragg to find one of these early paramilitary CIA-oriented specialist, General Tolson, sending his American soldiers out into the countryside with nation-building programs for the citizens of the United … [Read more...] about How the CIA and US Special Forces Manufactured a Migrant Crisis and Orwellian Police State in Vietnam Before Going to the Americas
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John Kiriakou: “The CIA and the American media are in bed together.”
John Kiriakou Bio: John Kiriakou is a former CIA officer, counter terrorism expert, author and whistleblower whose name is etched in the annals of history as a man who fearlessly stood up for truth and justice. As a CIA analyst, case officer, and counterterrorism consultant, John played a vital role in critical counterterrorism missions following the tragic events of … [Read more...] about John Kiriakou: “The CIA and the American media are in bed together.”
The Enemy Within: A Story of the Take-Over of the US Military and the Birth of the Perpetual War Machine – Counterinsurgency
“Anyone who doubts that this nation building and police activity has not become real and very effective right here in the United States need only visit the area around Fort Bragg to find one of these early paramilitary CIA-oriented specialist, General Tolson, sending his American soldiers out into the countryside with nation-building programs for the citizens of the United … [Read more...] about The Enemy Within: A Story of the Take-Over of the US Military and the Birth of the Perpetual War Machine – Counterinsurgency
Diamond Magnate With Deep Ties to U.S. Intelligence, Who Was Behind Imperial Machinations in Central Africa, is Left Out of the History Books
[Source: en-academic.com] Few People Know Who Maurice Tempelsman Despite the Outsized Influence That He Has Played on U.S. Foreign Policy in Africa Maurice Tempelsman is a billionaire Democratic Party power broker and donor in his 90s who is chairman of the board of directors of Lazare Kaplan International Inc. (LKI), the largest diamond company in the U.S., and partner in … [Read more...] about Diamond Magnate With Deep Ties to U.S. Intelligence, Who Was Behind Imperial Machinations in Central Africa, is Left Out of the History Books
The West’s Involvement in the Syrian Conflict
Since 2011 members of British organisations such as MI6 and the Special Air Service (SAS) had been training anti-government forces within Syria, according to the Israeli intelligence outlet Debkafile. These British groups were further supplying weapons and ammunition to the insurgents trying to topple Bashar al-Assad’s government in Damascus, along with providing the opposition … [Read more...] about The West’s Involvement in the Syrian Conflict
CIA, NATO and the Great Heroin Coup: How Miami Became the Center of International Fascism and the Murder of President Kennedy
“The merger of European and American fascism was toasted in Miami.” -Henrik Kruger’s The Great Heroin Coup [This is a chapter from my newly released book ‘The Empire on Which the Black Sun Never Set: the Birth of International Fascism and Anglo-American Foreign Policy.’ For further details on different formats and how to purchase click here.] The audio version of this chapter … [Read more...] about CIA, NATO and the Great Heroin Coup: How Miami Became the Center of International Fascism and the Murder of President Kennedy
New Legislation Supports Doling Out Money to CIA Drug Runners from Indochina War
Gary Gentz stands in front of Air America Bell Huey 2048. [Source: greydynamics.com] In the 1990 movie, Air America, Mel Gibson and Robert Downey, Jr., play two Air America pilots who smuggle heroin while supporting U.S. proxies in the Vietnam War. [Source: amazon.it] Air America was an airline run by the CIA previously called Civil Air Transport (CAT), which had been … [Read more...] about New Legislation Supports Doling Out Money to CIA Drug Runners from Indochina War
Why the US sent the CIA chief to handle Israel-Hamas negotiations
William Burns’ trip says something about how the competence of Antony Blinken and his State Department is viewed US President Joe Biden has deployed overseas his CIA Director William Burns, who served as secretary of state and deputy secretary of state under President Barack Obama, to try and broker a deal between Israel and Hamas. Details of what exactly Burns discussed … [Read more...] about Why the US sent the CIA chief to handle Israel-Hamas negotiations
Whitney Webb – How Elites Are Attempting to Create a New Class of Slaves
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-d3jFIGxdQ Journalist Whitney Webb has worked to uncover some of the most dangerous stories of our lifetime, and she joins Glenn Beck to reveal just how eye-opening it’s been. Her new two-volume book, “One Nation Under Blackmail: The Sordid Union Between Intelligence and Crime that Gave Rise to Jeffrey Epstein,” examines Epstein’s … [Read more...] about Whitney Webb – How Elites Are Attempting to Create a New Class of Slaves
United Against Nuclear Iran: The Shadowy, Intelligence-Linked Group Driving the US Towards War With Iran
Most of the world has watched the Israeli assault on Gaza in horror. As tens of thousands have been killed and millions displaced, tens of millions of people around the world have poured onto the streets to demand an end to the violence. But a few select others have taken to the pages of our most influential media to demand an escalation of the violence and that the United … [Read more...] about United Against Nuclear Iran: The Shadowy, Intelligence-Linked Group Driving the US Towards War With Iran
CIA pushing to resume Hamas talks – media
Washington had previously blamed the Palestinian group for the end of a week-long truce to facilitate a prisoner-hostage exchange CIA director Bill Burns held talks with Israeli and Qatari officials in Warsaw on Monday as part of a renewed effort to restart hostage and prisoner exchanges between Israel and Hamas, media reports claim. Burns met with the head of Israel’s … [Read more...] about CIA pushing to resume Hamas talks – media
Spain ‘discreetly expels’ two US embassy staff – El Pais
The decision followed allegations the personnel bribed host country intel agents, the newspaper has said At least two employees of the US embassy in Madrid have been quietly expelled from Spain on suspicion of recruiting employees of the country’s National Intelligence Center (CNI) to obtain highly classified information, El Pais reported on Thursday, citing government … [Read more...] about Spain ‘discreetly expels’ two US embassy staff – El Pais
Media Ruled by Robust PsyOp Alliance
In an April 3, 2023, Substack article,1 investigative journalist Michael Shellenberger exposes Renée DiResta as one of the key architects behind the censorship industrial complex (a term coined by Shellenberger himself). In it, he draws many of the same conclusions I did a year ago, when I dissected DiResta’s "Shooting Starlings" essay.2 In my December 7, 2022, article, I … [Read more...] about Media Ruled by Robust PsyOp Alliance
National Security Search Engine: Google’s Ranks are Filled with CIA Agents
Google – one of the largest and most influential organizations in the modern world – is filled with ex-CIA agents. Studying employment websites and databases, MintPress has ascertained that the Silicon Valley giant has hired dozens of professionals from the Central Intelligence Agency in recent years. Moreover, an inordinate number of these recruits work in highly politically … [Read more...] about National Security Search Engine: Google’s Ranks are Filled with CIA Agents
How Corrupt is Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky?
Before the Russian invasion, CIA reports linked him to an oligarch so dirty and so mired in “significant corruption” that the State Department banned him from entering the U.S. But now CIA propaganda portrays Zelensky as nobler than Winston Churchill and saintlier than Mother Theresa. Will the Real Volodymyr Zelensky Please Stand Up In 2019, the CIA-run Radio Free … [Read more...] about How Corrupt is Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky?
How the Media Secretly Carries Out Assignments for the CIA
STORY AT-A-GLANCE The “anti-disinformation” industry has nothing to do with protecting a gullible public from information that might cause them to make bad or unhealthy choices. It’s about creating and directing a narrative for the purpose of controlling the population and hiding truths that might overthrow the ruling cabal and its plans for a one world government In … [Read more...] about How the Media Secretly Carries Out Assignments for the CIA
“The Once Bright City Became Gloomy and Sad:” Survivor of 2014 Odessa Massacre Reflects Back on Tragedy
Massacre part of planned act of intimidation by U.S.-installed government and precipitated civil war in Ukraine On May 2, 2014, at least 48 people were killed when right-wing Ukrainian forces burned down the Trade Unions Building in Odessa. The victims had taken refuge in the building after opposing the February 2014 coup d’etat in Ukraine that was backed by the U.S. State … [Read more...] about “The Once Bright City Became Gloomy and Sad:” Survivor of 2014 Odessa Massacre Reflects Back on Tragedy
Who Whacked CIA Spy Chief William Colby?
Police investigation should be reopened due to evidence of foul play. Colby made many enemies inside the Agency by revealing the “Family Jewels.” His “spooky” death 26 years ago today bore similarities to that of CIA veteran John Arthur Paisley, who disappeared on a boat off the Chesapeake Bay 18 years earlier. On May 7, 1996, the Charles County Sheriff’s Office found the … [Read more...] about Who Whacked CIA Spy Chief William Colby?
CIA Behind Secret Plots to Kidnap, Torture and Assassinate Ukrainian Dissidents for President Zelensky, says Ukraine Defector
Techniques of Torture and Assassination Deployed by the SBU (Ukraine’s CIA) Recall the U.S.’s Brutal “Operation Phoenix” in Vietnam Vasily Prozorov, a former officer with the Security Services of Ukraine (SBU) stated soon after his defection to Russia in 2018 that the SBU had been advised by the CIA since 2014. “CIA employees [who have been present in Kyiv since 2014] are … [Read more...] about CIA Behind Secret Plots to Kidnap, Torture and Assassinate Ukrainian Dissidents for President Zelensky, says Ukraine Defector
Time for UK Government to Come Clean on Ties to U.S. Torture Program
We Americans have had a painful and difficult national debate over the past 20 years relative to torture. Torture was official U.S. government policy from 2002 until at least 2005, and that iteration was not formally outlawed until passage of the McCain-Feinstein Amendment in 2015. (The torture program was a highly-classified secret from 2002 until I revealed it in a … [Read more...] about Time for UK Government to Come Clean on Ties to U.S. Torture Program
6 Things We Know about the CIA’s Secret Mass Surveillance Program
The Central Intelligence Agency has secretly been running mass surveillance operations to collect data on Americans, according to a newly published letter written by Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.). Wyden and Henrich, both members of the Senate Intelligence Committee, wrote the letter in April 2021, and the letter was partly declassified on … [Read more...] about 6 Things We Know about the CIA’s Secret Mass Surveillance Program
With Intent to Harm: The CIA, Schizophrenia and Denmark’s Children
A Danish Radio documentary series, The Search for Myself, did not hold back in levelling claims against the US Central Intelligence Agency that it had financially aided experiments on 311 Danish children in the early 1960s. A good number of them were orphans or adopted. One such victim was the documentary maker Per Wennick, who claims that he was subjected to tests with no … [Read more...] about With Intent to Harm: The CIA, Schizophrenia and Denmark’s Children
Graphika: The Deep State’s Beard for Controlling the Information Age
NEW YORK – Graphika is the toast of the town. The private social-media and tech-intelligence agency that tracks down bots and exposes foreign influence operations online is constantly quoted, referenced and profiled in the nation’s most important outlets. For example, in 2020, The New York Times published a fawning profile of the company’s head of investigations, Ben Nimmo. “He … [Read more...] about Graphika: The Deep State’s Beard for Controlling the Information Age
ASPI – The Gov’t-Funded Conspiracist Think Tank Now Controlling Your Social Media Feed
CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA – Social media giant Twitter raised many eyebrows recently when it announced that it had partnered with the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) in its fight against disinformation and fake news. ASPI, Twitter revealed in a blog post, had helped identify thousands of accounts that “amplified Chinese Communist Party narratives” around China’s … [Read more...] about ASPI – The Gov’t-Funded Conspiracist Think Tank Now Controlling Your Social Media Feed
Julian Assange case: 4 things that the media doesn’t tell you
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has spent over 1000 days in prison, much of which was without any standing charges against him. The persecution of Wikileaks and its founder however, has been going on for over a decade. During this time, mainstream media has by and large shied away from covering the issue. When they do pay attention, coverage has mostly revolved around the … [Read more...] about Julian Assange case: 4 things that the media doesn’t tell you
Closer Scrutiny Reveals How Close To State Power Sacha Baron Cohen Really Is
MINNEAPOLIS – Sacha Baron Cohen is widely hailed as a comedic genius, using his sheer audacity to mock the absurdity of his targets. The creator of Ali G, Borat and Brüno has become one of Hollywood’s hottest commodities. Yet his outrageous stunts often belie his agenda and his own proximity to state power. Baron Cohen is often reluctant to make direct political statements. … [Read more...] about Closer Scrutiny Reveals How Close To State Power Sacha Baron Cohen Really Is
Venezuelan President Maduro Confirms His Secret Meeting with CIA Envoy, Comments on Fake Ambassador Story
On Thursday, December 16, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro confirmed that he had received an envoy from the United States’ Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in his office. This information should not have been made public, but it was disclosed by Washington’s fake ambassador to Venezuela, James Story, who currently holds office from Bogotá (Colombia). “Every day I meet … [Read more...] about Venezuelan President Maduro Confirms His Secret Meeting with CIA Envoy, Comments on Fake Ambassador Story
Edward Bernays: Propaganda and the U.S.-Backed 1954 Guatemalan Coup
By Robert Skvarla Edward Bernays: The father of public relations, father of lies. Edward Bernays may be known as the Father of Public Relations, but you would not be mistaken if you thought of him as a father of lies due to his pioneering countless methods of deceiving the public. For Bernays—author of mind-control manuals like Propaganda and The Engineering of … [Read more...] about Edward Bernays: Propaganda and the U.S.-Backed 1954 Guatemalan Coup
Remembering John F. Kennedy’s Vision for the Future that Should Have Been
“Man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life. And yet the same revolutionary beliefs for which our forebears fought are still at issue around the globe.” President Kennedy, 1961 Inaugural Address Where China and Russia are currently leading a new paradigm of cooperation and development, it is too easily forgotten … [Read more...] about Remembering John F. Kennedy’s Vision for the Future that Should Have Been
Bloomberg CIA Apologia Accidentally Vindicates China’s Strict Domestic Policies
By Caitlin JOHNSTONE In a new article promoting the CIA’s new mission center focused on China and the need to pour more resources into countering Beijing, Bloomberg also accidentally makes the case that many of the Chinese government’s controversial domestic policies are entirely justified and completely necessary. Citing anonymous government officials alongside bloodthirsty … [Read more...] about Bloomberg CIA Apologia Accidentally Vindicates China’s Strict Domestic Policies
Britain’s Hidden Hand in Brazil’s 1964 Coup
By JOHN MCEVOY The UK played a covert role in the landmark US-backed coup in Brazil that ushered in a brutal 21-year military dictatorship, newly released files show. On 31 March 1964, a military coup was launched against Brazilian president João Goulart. Brazil’s democracy was already fragile, and Goulart’s attempt at an ambitious program of land reform while extending the … [Read more...] about Britain’s Hidden Hand in Brazil’s 1964 Coup
A New Memoir Reveals How Brzezinski’s Chessboard Led to U.S. Checkmate in Afghanistan
Nearly as suspenseful as the Taliban’s meteoric return to power after the final withdrawal of American armed forces from Afghanistan is the uncertainty over what will come next amid the fallout. Many have predicted that Russia and China will step in to fill the power vacuum and convince the facelift Taliban to negotiate a power-sharing agreement in exchange for political and … [Read more...] about A New Memoir Reveals How Brzezinski’s Chessboard Led to U.S. Checkmate in Afghanistan
The Facebook Team that Tried to Swing Nicaragua’s Election is Full of U.S. Spies
MANAGUA, NICARAGUA — Less than a week before Nicaragua’s presidential election, social media giant Facebook deleted the accounts of hundreds of the country’s top news outlets, journalists and activists, all of whom supported the ruling left-wing Sandinista government, a top Washington target for regime change. Facebook claims that these accounts were bots engaged in … [Read more...] about The Facebook Team that Tried to Swing Nicaragua’s Election is Full of U.S. Spies
The United States is Organizing a Color Revolution in Cuba for November 15
HAVANA — The United States government is playing a key role in organizing, promoting and amplifying upcoming nationwide protests in Cuba planned for November 15. When directly challenged at a press conference as to whether the United States is directly involved in the planning of the overthrow of the Cuban government, State Department spokesperson Ned Price refused to deny … [Read more...] about The United States is Organizing a Color Revolution in Cuba for November 15
‘Beyond the pale’: Americans horrified by report that CIA under Trump discussed assassinating Julian Assange
Journalists, political analysts, and press organizations expressed shock on Sunday over a report that claimed members of former president Donald Trump’s administration had plotted to assassinate WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Yahoo News interviewed more than 30 former Trump administration officials for its article revealing that the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) … [Read more...] about ‘Beyond the pale’: Americans horrified by report that CIA under Trump discussed assassinating Julian Assange
New Evidence Implicates CIA, LAPD, FBI and Mafia as Plotters in Elaborate “Hit” Plan to Prevent RFK From Ever Reaching White House
Yet even after over 50 years, high government officials like Vice President Kamala Harris are still trying to cover up the truth about his murder. [California parole commissioners recommended on August 27th, 2021 that Sirhan Sirhan should be freed after spending more than 50 years in prison for assassinating Robert Kennedy. Governor Gavin Newsom (D), however, rejected parole … [Read more...] about New Evidence Implicates CIA, LAPD, FBI and Mafia as Plotters in Elaborate “Hit” Plan to Prevent RFK From Ever Reaching White House
US Plans to Support and Finance the Afghan Mujahideen from Early 1979
It was surely no coincidence, as the Jimmy Carter administration was looking on in horror at “the loss of Iran” in early 1979, that Washington rapidly moved to increase its presence in the Middle East and surrounding regions. A principal area of focus for the Americans was Afghanistan, which shares a 570 mile border with resource rich Iran to the west. The exit of Iran from US … [Read more...] about US Plans to Support and Finance the Afghan Mujahideen from Early 1979
Revealed: Mercer Street’s Parent Shipping Company a Front for Israeli Intelligence
GULF OF OMAN — Earlier this summer, the Israeli-operated oil tanker Mercer Street was attacked by drones, allegedly emanating from Iran, disabling the ship and killing two people on board. The incident, portrayed as an unprovoked attack on a civilian vessel, caused worldwide outrage, and marked a new low in Iranian relations with Israel and its Western allies. But a MintPress … [Read more...] about Revealed: Mercer Street’s Parent Shipping Company a Front for Israeli Intelligence
How the US Trained the Afghan Mujahideen To Produce War Propaganda
By now, everyone knows about the White Helmets – the State Department’s propaganda operation to manufacture consent for the U.S.’s dirty war on Syria. But long before the White Helmets were the Afghan mujahideen. Quick review: The White Helmets were presented as laudable rescue teams who operated in opposition-held territory in Syria. They also embedded with jihadist … [Read more...] about How the US Trained the Afghan Mujahideen To Produce War Propaganda
Want Regime Change with Plausible Deniability? Call Creative Associates International
After organizing coups, overthrowing democratically-elected heads of state, and arming death squads all around the world in the 1960s and 1970s, it was clear that the CIA had an image problem. The Reagan administration, therefore, began constructing a network of outsourced private organizations that would do the dirty work of the U.S. empire, shielding the U.S. government from … [Read more...] about Want Regime Change with Plausible Deniability? Call Creative Associates International
US Covert Operations in Afghanistan, Support for Extremists
The retired American General Stanley McChrystal, who previously oversaw US-NATO military operations in Afghanistan, said a decade ago that Washington had a “frighteningly simplistic view” of Afghanistan. McChrystal admitted, “We didn’t know enough and we still don’t know enough. Most of us, me included, had a very superficial understanding of the situation and history”. It … [Read more...] about US Covert Operations in Afghanistan, Support for Extremists
“I Was Living Like Scarface”: The Ludicrous Costs of the War in Afghanistan Revealed in New Documents, Testimonies
WASHINGTON — The conflict in Afghanistan — for the U.S. at least — appears to be over. Essentially admitting defeat, American planes are beating a hasty and ignominious retreat from Kabul, with images of the withdrawal bearing a striking resemblance to those from the fall of Saigon 46 years previously. As the Taliban complete their takeover, many Americans are wondering what … [Read more...] about “I Was Living Like Scarface”: The Ludicrous Costs of the War in Afghanistan Revealed in New Documents, Testimonies
John Pilger: Afghanistan, The Great Game of Smashing Countries
As a tsunami of crocodile tears engulfs Western politicians, history is suppressed. More than a generation ago, Afghanistan won its freedom, which the United States, Britain and their “allies” destroyed. In 1978, a liberation movement led by the People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) overthrew the dictatorship of Mohammad Dawd, the cousin of King Zahir Shar. It was … [Read more...] about John Pilger: Afghanistan, The Great Game of Smashing Countries
Afghanistan: Media Gives Cover to US Troops’ Slaughter of Civilians Fleeing Taliban
WASHINGTON (Substack // Alex Rubinstein) — As the United States departs from the country it occupied for 20 years it leaves on a note just as savage as some of the worst moments of the war. The United States and its fallen puppet government in Kabul have committed crimes on par with anything the Taliban has ever done. The US has bombed hospitals, dropped the biggest bomb … [Read more...] about Afghanistan: Media Gives Cover to US Troops’ Slaughter of Civilians Fleeing Taliban
History: The Dark Side of Eisenhower’s Foreign Policy
On January 17, 1961, at the end of his second term in office, President Dwight Eisenhower tried to pull back the reins on U.S. military intervention in other countries with his warning about the military industrial complex. But he did not apply that same restraint to covert CIA interventions in other countries — covert interventions that he worked very hard to protect and keep … [Read more...] about History: The Dark Side of Eisenhower’s Foreign Policy
Creative Associates International (CAI): It’s Not Exactly the CIA, But Close Enough
CHEVY CHASE, MARYLAND — You have likely not heard of them, but Creative Associates International (CAI) is one of the largest and most powerful non-governmental organizations operating anywhere in the world. A pillar of soft U.S. power, the group has been an architect in privatizing the Iraqi education system, designed messenger apps meant to overthrow the government of Cuba, … [Read more...] about Creative Associates International (CAI): It’s Not Exactly the CIA, But Close Enough
The Finders: Harmless Cult or CIA-Linked Child Traffickers? A Discussion with Elizabeth Vos
It’s a story that has captivated many for over three decades. In 1987, locals in Tallahassee, Florida alerted police to a strange incident in a local park. Six dirty, hungry and poorly clothed kids — almost resembling feral children — were in the custody of two extremely sharply dressed men. Both men were questioned but later released by police, although when it transpired … [Read more...] about The Finders: Harmless Cult or CIA-Linked Child Traffickers? A Discussion with Elizabeth Vos
Brazil’s US-Backed Military Regime Casts Shadow Over Hopes for 2022 Election
Without acknowledgement of Brazil’s government for what it is – effectively a US-backed military regime – no sense can be made of its recent past nor useful analysis of its coming elections. With attempts to force changes to the voting system, backed by threats that the 2022 elections will not take place at all, Brazil is entering phase three of its slow coup, and the … [Read more...] about Brazil’s US-Backed Military Regime Casts Shadow Over Hopes for 2022 Election
The Bay of Tweets: Documents Point to US Hand in Cuba Protests
HAVANA — Cuba was rocked by a series of anti-government street protests earlier this week. The U.S. establishment immediately hailed the events, putting its full weight behind the protestors. Yet documents suggest that Washington might be more involved in the events than it cares to publicly divulge. As many have reported, the protests, which started on Sunday in the town of … [Read more...] about The Bay of Tweets: Documents Point to US Hand in Cuba Protests
Losing Finders: How the US Government Worked to the Keep CIA Connection Secret
WASHINGTON — The Finders Scandal — events that took place several decades ago, which I have explored in the two previous parts of this series — might be perceived as very much in the rear-view mirror. It is of great contemporary relevance, however, because it raises questions of ongoing significance — particularly in an era where American-style kompromat is seen by many to have … [Read more...] about Losing Finders: How the US Government Worked to the Keep CIA Connection Secret
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