If anybody is surprised that key letters between Tony Blair and George Bush on launching the invasion of Iraq have gone missing, they have not been paying attention. On both sides of the Atlantic, the Obama and Cameron regimes have consistently and continually covered up the crimes of their predecessors, from launch illegal wars of […]
Todd Pierce knows a lot about the Guantanamo Detention Camp. As a Major with the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General Corp his job was to defend three of the detainees at Guantanamo Bay and he considers indefinite detention a form of torture. (More)
Former US intelligence agents are urging president Obama to take action and defuse the crisis in Ukraine. These are some of their recommendations: Obama should publicly disavow any wish to incorporate Ukraine into NATO, Recognize the legitimate interests of the various parties in the conflict and listen to advisers other than the likes of John […]
As the death toll mounts in an incipient civil war between east and west Ukraine, a group of retired U.S. intelligence professionals urges President Obama to hold a summit with Russia’s President Putin to defuse the crisis. May 4, 2014 MEMORANDUM FOR: The President FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) SUBJECT: Urgent Action on […]
(by Ann Wright) The Senate has re-infected itself with a case of the CLAP, again bending to the pleas of James Clapper, the Director of National Intelligence, and President Obama’s intelligence agencies, to keep secret the number of assassin drone strikes and the number of innocent civilians killed by those drones. (Read more)
Across Official Washington and the mainstream U.S. media, there is a rush to restart the Cold War with all its black-and-white propaganda, ignoring Russia’s understandable concerns and portraying the “U.S. side” as always right. But some U.S. intelligence veterans urge a more adult response. MEMORANDUM TO: The President FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) […]
National security whistleblowers explained the challenges they faced when trying to expose wrongdoing or violations of the law and discussed the critical balance between civil liberties and national security. Speakers included Daniel Ellsberg, the military analyst who leaked the Pentagon Papers, and Edward Snowden’s attorney, Jesselyn Radack. Authors Sancy Tolan and Narda Zacchino participated from the audience. […]