Pompeo pushes for end to Gulf dispute during Qatar visit
aljazeera | aljazeera.com | 2019-01-13
US secretary of state on Qatar visit urges an end to a diplomatic rift between Washington's Gulf allies.
aljazeera.com/news/2019/01/pompeo-pushing-gulf-dispute-qatar-visit-190113101859269.html
Venezuela opposition leader Juan Guaido briefly detained
aljazeera | aljazeera.com | 2019-01-13
Leader of National Assembly briefly detained by Venezuelan intelligence agents, before being released.
aljazeera.com/news/2019/01/venezuela-opposition-leader-juan-guaido-briefly-detained-190113161258333.html
Peru Former Top Attorney Steals Docs, Forced To Stay In Country
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-01-13
Peru's former Attorney General Pedro Chavarry has been prohibited from leaving the country by the nation's Supreme Court of Investigation for allegedly directing the removal of state documents which could potentially provide evidence on the Odebrecht case. | RELATED: | Peru's Interim Attorney General Declares State of Emergency | Security cameras from the ninth floor of Chavarry's Lima offices show that he met Jan. 5 with a former advisor and three security officers. The advisor and…
telesurenglish.net/news/Peru-Former-Top-Attorney-Steals-Docs-Forced-To-Stay-In-Country-20190113-0016.html
Israel to Deport Human Rights Watch Director for Supporting BDS
Middle East Monitor | theantimedia.com | 2019-01-13
(MEMO) — Israel will deport the Director of Human Rights Watch (HRW)'s regional office, Omar Shakir, refusing a Supreme Court petition. On Thursday the Israeli government submitted its response to a Supreme Court petition previously filed by Shakir in a bid to fight the deportation order against him. The response stated that: "[Shakir] promoted the boycott of …
Israel to Deport Human Rights Watch Director for Supporting BDS
Durbin Calls for Senate Hearings to Probe 'Serious Questions' About Why Trump Is 'So Chummy' With Putin
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-01-13
The senator's remarks follow a series of recent reports that sparked alarm over the relationship as Mueller's investigation continues | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/screen_shot_2018-07-31_at_3.33.06_pm_0.png…
commondreams.org/news/2019/01/13/durbin-calls-senate-hearings-probe-serious-questions-about-why-trump-so-chummy-putin?cd-origin=rss
Pompeo's US Jingoism and Anti-Iran Warmongering Rejected by Mideast Public
Juan Cole | commondreams.org | 2019-01-12
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Mrs. Susan Pompeo speak to staff and family members of U.S. Embassy Cairo in Egypt, on Jan. 10, 2019. (Photo: U.S. State Department) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/pompeo_1.jpg…
commondreams.org/views/2019/01/12/pompeos-us-jingoism-and-anti-iran-warmongering-rejected-mideast-public?cd-origin=rss
Pompeo in Cairo: The ugly face of US imperialism
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-01-12
Reflecting US imperialism's priorities in the region, Pompeo mentioned Iran 25 times in his speech, compared to a mere dozen references to "terrorism."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/01/12/pomp-j12.html
Watch the 12th Vigil for Julian Assange Here
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2019-01-11
Consortium News broadcast the 12th Unity4J online vigil for WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange on Friday, hosted by Consortium News Editor Joe Lauria. Julian Assange is a wanted man because he published classified information that revealed the crimes and corruption of… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/01/11/watch-the-12th-vigil-for-assange-here-live-at-4-pm-today/
Mideast Fact Meets Fiction: Mike Pompeo Touts US Goodness and Threatens More of It
Whitney Webb | mintpressnews.com | 2019-01-11
Pompeo's speech seems to have been a not-so-subtle means of putting the entire Mideast region and world on notice that the U.S. is poised to initiate a new era of military intervention in the Middle East in order to "liberate" nations that continue to resist U.S. influence and regional hegemony. | The post Mideast Fact Meets Fiction: Mike Pompeo Touts US Goodness and Threatens More of It appeared first on MintPress News.
mintpressnews.com/mideast-fact-meets-fiction-mike-pompeo-touts-us-goodness-and-threatens-more-of-it/253803/
William Barr's Unsolicited Memo to Trump About Obstruction of Justice
ACLU | aclu.org | 2019-01-11
Barr's critique of the Mueller investigation raises serious questions about his views of presidential power. Senators should demand answers. | Last month, news broke that in June 2018, President Trump's current nominee for attorney general, William P. Barr, sent an unsolicited 20-page memo to the Justice Department critiquing special counsel Robert Mueller's current investigation into Russian election interference. | Barr, who previously served as attorney general under Preside…
aclu.org/blog/executive-branch/william-barrs-unsolicited-memo-trump-about-obstruction-justice
Who or What Brought Down Dag Hammarskjà∂ld?
Joseph Majerle III — Matthew Stevenson | counterpunch.org | 2019-01-11
If you believe that Dag Hammarskjà∂ld was the victim of a plot, it can be concluded that the truth about his death has been covered up to shift the blame away from the usual suspects, including the CIA and various mercenary organizations that were then arming themselves across southern Africa. Hammarskjà∂ld and his liberal internationalism were getting in the way of corporate profits, if not Cold War politics, and it was decided–somewhere, somehow–to cut him down to size. Maybe the plotters did not intend to kill him? Maybe they simply wanted to scare him away? But the facts about the Hammar…
counterpunch.org/2019/01/11/who-or-what-brought-down-dag-hammarskjold/
Corporate media smears WikiLeaks and Julian Assange
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-01-11
A host of articles attacking Julian Assange this week are representative of what the world-renowned investigative journalist John Pilger aptly described as "Vichy journalism."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/01/11/assa-j11.html
Pompeo Calls for Continued US Military Intervention in Middle East
Jason Ditz | theantimedia.com | 2019-01-11
(ANTIWAR.COM) — Some ten years after President Obama's Cairo speech, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was in the city at American University presenting his own speech trying to contrast President Obama's policies to the Trump Administration's more heavily interventionist intentions in the Middle East. Pompeo argued that every instance in which President Obama ended a US …
Pompeo Calls for Continued US Military Intervention in Middle East
"We Don't Take Orders From Bolton": US Withdrawal From Syria Begins
Tyler Durden | theantimedia.com | 2019-01-11
(ZH) — Contrary to assurances from Trump's National Security Advisor, neocon John Bolton, and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who suggested earlier this week that US troops would remain in Syria for at least a little while longer, the Associated Press reported on Friday that the US has begun the process of removing the 2,000 soldiers based in northeastern …
"We Don't Take Orders From Bolton": US Withdrawal From Syria Begins
CIA Director Gina Haspel may have run 'black site' at Guantánamo Bay, court docs reveal
RT | rt.com | 2019-01-11
CIA Director Gina Haspel, confirmed by the Senate last year amid accusations of involvement in torture, may have run a so-called 'black site' at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Haspel did not mention this role in her confirmation hearing. | …
rt.com/usa/448618-gina-haspel-black-site/
'Just fire him!': Ron Paul blasts Bolton, Pompeo for undermining Trump
RT | rt.com | 2019-01-11
Former Congressman Ron Paul has come out swinging against neoconservative voices in President Trump's cabinet. John Bolton and Mike Pompeo, he said, should be punished for insubordination. | …
rt.com/usa/448602-ron-paul-fire-bolton/
Mike Pompeo Lied About the U.S. and the Middle East. Here's the Truth
Mehdi Hasan | theintercept.com | 2019-01-11
Trump's secretary of state gave a speech in Cairo that obscured the U.S. role in the Middle East. America has not been a force for good. | The post Mike Pompeo Lied About the U.S. and the Middle East. Here's the Truth. appeared first on The Intercept.
theintercept.com/2019/01/11/mike-pompeo-speech-cairo/
An Agenda Unveiled: How Reuters Joined the US Government's Offensive Against Iran
Ivan Kesic | mintpressnews.com | 2019-01-10
A 2013 Reuters report on Iran's Setad has been cited in four books and was recently used to justify more sanctions on Iran by Mike Pompeo, but a look into the report's sources and accuracy reveal questionable journalism and a clear agenda. | The post An Agenda Unveiled: How Reuters Joined the US Government's Offensive Against Iran appeared first on MintPress News.
mintpressnews.com/reuters-joined-us-governments-offensive-against-iran/253681/
Pompeo Claims the US Destroyed 99% of the ISIS Caliphate — These Maps Show Otherwise
SouthFront | mintpressnews.com | 2019-01-10
While there are little doubts that ISIS was largely defeated in both Syria and Iraq, Pompeo's "99%" is probably based on some false data or he just forgot to take a look at some maps which could be easily found online. | The post Pompeo Claims the US Destroyed 99% of the ISIS Caliphate — These Maps Show Otherwise appeared first on MintPress News.
mintpressnews.com/pompeo-claims-us-destroyed-99-isis-caliphate-syria-maps-show-otherwise/253733/
Farewell to bblum6
Dave Markland | zcomm.org | 2019-01-10
Bill Blum passed away early last month in Virginia. Many Z Net readers will know his canonical book, Killing Hope: US Military and CIA Interventions Since WWII, or remember his regular newsletter Anti-Empire Report. My first contact with Bill came in 1995 when I wrote him about something he had written on the Cold War. Read…
zcomm.org/zblogs/farewell-to-bblum6/
What Are Federal Employees' Rights to Protest the Government Shutdown?
ACLU | aclu.org | 2019-01-10
People don't lose their First Amendment rights if they work for the government. | Standing up for your First Amendment right to protest can be challenging — especially if you're a government employee. | Since Dec. 22, nearly 800,000 government employees nationwide have been affected by the partial federal government shutdown, putting a stop to work and paychecks. Despite President Trump's claim that federal workers " agree 100 percent with what I'm doing," many have wond…
aclu.org/blog/free-speech/employee-speech-and-whistleblowers/what-are-federal-employees-rights-protest
Pennsylvanians Should Know How the State Police Is Monitoring Social Media
ACLU | aclu.org | 2019-01-10
The Pennsylvania State Police is blocking access to its social-media-monitoring policy by claiming it could harm "public safety." | "Sunshine is the best disinfectant.", , That's a line that is used so much that it's become almost trite. But it's oft-repeated because it is so true. And here in the Keystone State, the Pennsylvania State Police is doing everything in its power to block access to its policy on monitoring social media. So we're headed to the state Supreme Court to get it. | The ACLU of Pennsylvania's attempt to obtain the st…
aclu.org/blog/privacy-technology/surveillance-technologies/pennsylvanians-should-know-how-state-police
William Arkin on Homeland Security's Creeping Fascism and Why the CIA & FBI Won't Save Us from Trump
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-01-09
Longtime NBC reporter and analyst William Arkin announced he was leaving the network last week in a blistering letter that took aim at the mainstream media for encouraging perpetual warfare and bolstering the national security state. In his letter, Arkin writes of Trump,…
www.democracynow.org/2019/1/9/william_arkin_on_homeland_securitys_creeping
New Documents Reveal a Covert British Military-Intelligence Smear Machine Meddling In American Politics
Max Blumenthal | grayzoneproject.com | 2019-01-09
The Integrity Initiative has mobilized an international disinformation campaign across Europe. Now, with government and right-wing foundation money, this massive… | The post New Documents Reveal a Covert British Military-Intelligence Smear Machine Meddling In American Politics appeared first on Grayzone Project.
grayzoneproject.com/2019/01/08/new-documents-reveal-a-covert-british-military-intelligence-smear-machine-meddling-in-american-politics/
William Barr Helped Build America's Surveillance State
ACLU | aclu.org | 2019-01-09
Senators should ask Barr about his support for unconstitutional spying that endangers our rights. | William Barr, President Trump's nominee for attorney general, has a history of getting it wrong. From designing warrantless surveillance programs to justifying the president's power to disregard acts of Congress, Barr has advanced dubious legal theories that have been rejected by the courts, Congress, and the public. | As Barr begins the confirmation process, senators must question Barr on his record regarding the right to privacy and the Fourth Amendment — which raises serious concerns about his suitability…
aclu.org/blog/national-security/privacy-and-surveillance/william-barr-helped-build-americas-surveillance
Venezuela: Suspected Plotters Tortured
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2019-01-09
| (Washington, DC) — Venezuelan intelligence and security forces have detained a…
hrw.org/news/2019/01/09/venezuela-suspected-plotters-tortured
Venezuelan Ex-Magistrate Flees to Miami, Pledges to 'Collaborate' with US Authorities
Paul Dobson | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-01-07
Venezuela's Supreme Court claims Christian Zerpa fled a sexual harassment investigation.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14208
A Tough Time to Be a Spy, NPR Reports – Current and former CIA officials are only sources for story on espionage getting harder
Belen Fernandez | fair.org | 2019-01-06
NPR ( 1/3/19) reports on the CIA finding it harder to sneak into other countries to commit espionage. | Imagine, for a moment, that a prominent media outlet in Iran decided to produce a story about the trials of being an Iranian spy in this technological day and age–in which the all-pervasiveness of surveillance mechanisms and social media complicates slightly the process of entering other countries under false identities. | It's safe to assume that the United States would find this…
fair.org/home/a-tough-time-to-be-a-spy-npr-reports/
US Secretary of State Pompeo Enlists Allies to 'Return Democracy' to Venezuela
Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-01-03
US allies Brazil and Colombia have repeatedly voiced support for regime change efforts.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14202
SPLC statement on Supreme Court's denial of Trump administration's request to immediately enforce asylum ban
Melissa Crow, Senior Supervising Attorney of the SPLC's Immigrant Justice Project | splcenter.org | 2018-12-21
splcenter.org/news/2018/12/21/splc-statement-supreme-court-denial-asylum-ban