Daily Archives: June 6, 2022

2022-06-06: News Headlines

WSWS (2022-06-06). Spanish court summons Mike Pompeo to testify on CIA plot to kidnap or assassinate Assange. wsws.org The summons again exposes the imprisonment and planned extradition of Assange as the pseudo-legal cover for a criminal rendition operation.

Brett Wilkins (2022-06-06). Spain's High Court Demands Pompeo Testify on Alleged Plot to Kidnap or Kill Assange. commondreams.org The former U.S. secretary of state and CIA director was summoned to give testimony related to alleged spying on the jailed WikiLeaks founder by a Spanish security firm.

Miles Mogulescu (2022-06-06). It's Time for Democrats to Stop Agreeing That the Second Amendment Protects an Individual's Right to Bear Arms. commondreams.org It has now been turned into the rationale for a Republican Supreme Court majority to enact an extreme right-wing political agenda, often opposed by a majority of the American people.

WSWS (2022-06-06). Secret Service warned by Pence's chief of staff that Trump attack would incite violence against VP. wsws.org The fact that Pence's own chief of staff warned the secret service of potential violence explodes any claims that US intelligence was unaware of Trump's coup plotting.

Staff (2022-06-06). 14 ISIL terrorists arrested in Iraq's Baghdad. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 06 (MNA) — The Iraqi Intelligence Service reported that it had succeeded in arresting fourteen ISIL terrorists, including several senior leaders.

Alexander Rubinstein (2022-06-05). DHS 'Concerned' over Nazis Returning to US after Fighting in Ukraine, Why Isn't the Media? orinocotribune.com By Alexander Rubinstein — | US corporate media has provided glowing coverage to Paul Gray, a notorious American white nationalist fighting in Ukraine. A DHS document warns he's not the only US fascist drawn to Kiev. | As the United States undergoes a national mourning process over a spate of mass shootings, American white nationalists with documented histories of violence are attaining combat experience with advanced US-made weapons in a foreign proxy war. | That's according to the Department of Homeland Security, which has been gathering intelligence on Americans who have joined the ranks of t…

_____ (2022-06-05). US Attempt to Stage an Armed Conflict in GBAR has Failed. journal-neo.org Since the Russian armed forces' special operation to denazify Ukraine was launched on February 24, the US and Britain have been actively trying to create a "second front" against Russia in Central Asia (CA). To this end, the United States has taken active steps to foment, through controlled NGOs, media and US intelligence capabilities, zones …

_____ (2022-06-05). Gina Haspel Watched Waterboarding At CIA 'Black Site'. popularresistance.org It was very difficult to watch some of my former colleagues file into the front rows in full support of the nomination of a torturer to head the CIA. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-California), who had published a damning report on CIA torture in Dec. 2014, lost her nerve and let Haspel off the hook when she asked her if she had overseen the interrogation of al-Nashiri. Haspel: it's classified. And, in fact, the answer was successfully kept out of the media until now, with Mitchell's testimony. | Intelligence Committee Chair, Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) waxed eloquent, telling Haspel: | "You are without a doubt the most q…

Andy Kroll (2022-06-05). Blowback for the Twenty-First Century. tomdispatch.com Once upon a time, long, long ago — actually, it was early in the year 2000 — I was involved in publishing Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire. It had been written by the eminent scholar of Asia, former CIA consultant, and cold warrior Chalmers Johnson. I was his editor at Metropolitan Books. In its introduction, using a word Americans were then (as now) all too uncomfortable with, he bluntly summed up his professional life by labeling himself "a spear-carrier for empire." And he described the origins of his book's title this way: Ominously enough, he added, "All around the world to…

Dave DeCamp (2022-06-04). Spanish Court Orders Mike Pompeo to Testify on CIA Plot to Kill Julian Assange. news.antiwar.com Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has been summoned to appear in a Spanish court to testify on whether the CIA planned to assassinate WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange while he was the head of the agency, the Spanish newspaper ABC reported. Yahoo News reported last year that in 2017, the CIA plotted to kidnap Assange, …

Editor (2022-06-04). Supreme Court deals blow to prisoners seeking to overturn wrongful convictions. mronline.org The decision will leave thousands of people barred from challenging their sentences in federal court in situations where they have exonerating evidence that their lawyers failed to submit at trial.

Firoz Azizi (2022-06-04). Protesters gather in Livermore, California to protest leaked Supreme Court draft. liberationnews.org Student activists, protestors, and organizers gathered at Stockmen's Park in Livermore, California, on May 22 for a rally against the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion that threats to overturn Roe v. Wade.

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