(2022-06-06). A New Generation Of US-Trained Extremists Is Fighting Russia. popularresistance.org From 1978 (not '79 as many believe), the administration of Jimmy Carter decided to "draw the Russians into the Afghan trap," in the words of the President's National Security Advisor, Zbigniew Brzezinski. US intelligence called on its British counterparts to activate networks of Afghan fighters. New generations of extremists joined the fight. Aid, arms, and training poured into Afghanistan. Support increased following the Soviet invasion in December 1979. | Throughout the 1980s, tens of thousands of jihadis from dozens of Muslim-majority countries were flown into the US, Britain, and Pakistan to receive training…
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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…
(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…