The Secret Government Bill Moyers 1987

I guess he didn’t know about Operation Northwoods at the time and he didn’t mention Kennedy’s decision to dismantle the CIA or his firing of Dulles… Moyers was also vague about the Gulf on Tonkin incident (because he was working for Johnson at the time?) but overall it’s a good video clip detailing the rise [...]

The Stupid Propaganda of Umar Fizzlepants Just Dropped a Couple More IQ Points

by Scott Creighton Ok. This is just getting silly now. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab leapt out of the ranks of anonymity on Christmas eve with a sparkling display of pyrotechnic undies. As it just so happened, his “diaper of doom” show gave all kinds of political cover for the White House authorized attempted assassination of a U.S. citizen, Anwar al-Awlaki. They [...]

Pentagon seeks billions of new dollars to battle terrorism, cyber threats in US and abroad

Just a quick update to an earlier article I wrote. Earlier this week I wrote “Much is being made about the “imminent al Qaeda attack” that is supposedly going to happen between now and Aug. I wouldn’t worry too much about it if I were you.” I offered up two reasons that I could as to why the intel industry would want [...]

Protests erupt across Pakistan over torture victim’s frame-up

by Bill Van Auken, WSWS Pakistanis took to the streets in angry protests Thursday after a New York jury convicted Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, an American-educated neuroscientist who was subjected to rendition and torture, on frame-up charges of shooting at US soldiers.