- Investigating intelligence takes real intelligence
- How to show dedication to Israel the “liberal” way
- Comparing Murdoch to the tobacco business
- US food store begins BDS against Israel
- Why didn’t these people slam the Iraq war before it happened?
- Can we please have a grown-up conversation about Afghanistan?
Investigating intelligence takes real intelligence Posted: 20 Jul 2010
This week’s Washington Post story on the outsourcing of intelligence continues to reverberate. One of the co-writers of the series, Bill Arkin, is interviewed on Democracy Now! A shadowy world of massive privatised madness since 9/11. More than half a trillion dollars is being spent annually on services that even many elements within government don’t know about.
But key questions are emerging, not least the fact that alternative media outlets and reporters have been writing about these issues for years but received no credit or acknowledgment. Take Tim Shorrock, investigative journalist and author of Spies for Hire: The Secret World of Intelligence Outsourcing. His latest, exclusive report is here. The Nation’s Jeremy Scahill is also skeptical. His headline perhaps gives away the game: “Corporate Media Discover Private Spies. In Other News, No WMD in Iraq”:
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How to show dedication to Israel the “liberal” way Posted: 20 Jul 2010
New neo-con group Emergency Committee for Israel recently produced a TV ad slamming the supposedly suspect politician Joe Sestak. Now, more liberal Zionist lobby J Street has released a counter attack that shows how much Sestak in fact loves Israel.
Seriously, if this is the way to move the debate forward in the US, we’re in deep trouble: |
Comparing Murdoch to the tobacco business Posted: 20 Jul 2010
Murdoch’s News Limited is a multinational, bullying monster that routinely escapes serious scrutiny. Its size convinces too many to remain silent.
But there are brave exceptions:
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US food store begins BDS against Israel Posted: 20 Jul 2010
US grocery store Olympia Food Co-op has become the first shop of its kind in America to institute a boycott of Israeli goods:
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Why didn’t these people slam the Iraq war before it happened? Posted: 20 Jul 2010
A litany of voices are now pouring out to claim the Iraq war was a mistake and a disaster. Would these same establishment figures be so honest if Iraq hadn’t become such a basket-case?
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Can we please have a grown-up conversation about Afghanistan? Posted: 20 Jul 2010
So let me get this straight. Years of futile fighting, tens of thousands dead and now a realisation that the “enemy” must be engaged?
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