Monthly Archives: October 2022

2022-10-17: News Headlines

Dee Knight (2022-10-17). Two New Books Explore Pernicious Impact of U.S. Intelligence Agencies. covertactionmagazine.com Show how ideologies of American exceptionalism and innocence have inoculated public from human suffering meted out in their name Credibility is low these days for the U.S. government, politicians and the mainstream media. Sorting through news reports for reliable fact and analysis would make George Orwell weep. Jeffrey Sachs, director of the UN Sustainable Development …

Brenda Norrell (2022-10-17). Mexican Military Targets Zapatistas and Yaqui in Deadly Spying, Hacktivists Reveal. indybay.org

Jessica Buxbaum (2022-10-17). Marvel heads revealed to be closely connected to Israeli intelligence. greenleft.org.au Cloaked in mesmerising cinematography and flashy special effects, the American production company Marvel has been instrumental in promoting militarism, writes Jessica Buxbaum.

_____ (2022-10-16). Iran: The Revolution That Never Was. popularresistance.org Iran has been in Western media headlines a lot recently — and as usual, it's for all the wrong reasons. | Despite the media hype about a "revolution" coming to Iran, events over the last month have a distinctly counter-revolutionary whiff about them. This is clearly the case, despite the fact that there are no doubt legitimate grievances with the Iranian government to be had. | But the Western media, almost without exception, always follows the line of Western governments and intelligence agencies. | The very same agencies that have been working to overthrow the Iranian government for decades (and which car…

John Kiriakou (2022-10-15). John Rizzo Was Supposed To Be Constitution's Last Line of Defense Inside CIA. covertactionmagazine.com But instead, he pandered to the CIA's leadership and to the politicians who put them there. A friend from Covert Action Magazine recently sent me a video of former CIA Acting General Counsel John Rizzo giving an interview upon his retirement from the CIA. The interview is seven years old. But it is as current—and …

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2022-10-16: News Headlines

_____ (2022-10-16). Iran: the revolution that never was. popularresistance.org Iran has been in Western media headlines a lot recently — and as usual, it's for all the wrong reasons. | Despite the media hype about a "revolution" coming to Iran, events over the last month have a distinctly counter-revolutionary whiff about them. This is clearly the case, despite the fact that there are no doubt legitimate grievances with the Iranian government to be had. | But the Western media, almost without exception, always follows the line of Western governments and intelligence agencies.

Brenda Norrell (2022-10-16). Mexican Military Targets Zapatistas and Yaqui in Deadly Spying, Hacktivists Reveal. indybay.org

Editor (2022-10-15). VIDEO: Kevin Gosztola and the State of Support for Julian Assange. scheerpost.com By Max Jones and Diego Ramos / Original to ScheerPost | Last week's Hands Off Assange! Each event saw thousands of concerned citizens, journalists and free press advocates join together to bring awareness to Assange's case, one considered by many as the biggest threat to freedom of the press. | The Washington event saw an all-star lineup…

John Kiriakou (2022-10-15). John Rizzo Was Supposed To Be Constitution's Last Line of Defense Inside CIA. covertactionmagazine.com But instead, he pandered to the CIA's leadership and to the politicians who put them there. A friend from Covert Action Magazine recently sent me a video of former CIA Acting General Counsel John Rizzo giving an interview upon his retirement from the CIA. The interview is seven years old. But it is as current—and …

Anonymous669 (2022-10-15). Syrian Army, Intelligence & Local Fighters Continue Anti-ISIS Operation In Daraa's Jasim. southfront.org FILE IMAGE:/ Iliya Pitalev. | On October 15, the Syrian military, intelligence and several groups of local fighters continued their The operation was launched a day earlier with the aim of ending ISIS presence in the town, which is located in the western countryside of Daraa. | An intelligence official told the Syrian Arab N…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2022-10-15). Biden Administration Wants Kidnapped Venezuelan Diplomat Alex Saab to 'Suffer Like Julian Assange,' According to UN Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur. orinocotribune.com By Ed Rampell Oct 12, 2022 | New documentary by Alex Smith explores travails of Saab who faces U.S. wrath because he tried to circumvent Washington's onerous illegal sanctions levied against Venezuela | The U.S. imperialists "want Alex Saab like they want Julian Assange to suffer," charges human rights and international law expert Alfred-Maurice de Zayas, who the United Nations' Human Rights Council appointed to serve as a special rapporteur. | What is the great "crime" Alex Saab is accused of committing, that caused this South American diplomat to be physically pulled off of a jet while refueling at a remo…

Infobrics (2022-10-14). Israel giving intelligence support to Ukraine. infobrics.org The objective is to react against Iran-Russia drone cooperation.

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