(2023-03-10). John Pilger: The Betrayers of Julian Assange. mintpressnews.com I have known Julian Assange since I first interviewed him in London in 2010. I immediately liked his dry, dark sense of humour, often dispensed with an infectious giggle. He is a proud outsider: sharp and thoughtful. We have become friends, and I have sat in many courtrooms listening to the tribunes of the state …
(2023-03-10). DNI Haines Says China Should Know the US Is Willing to Defend Taiwan. news.antiwar.com Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines said Thursday that China should know the US is willing to go to war over Taiwan, pointing to comments made by President Biden that he would defend the island in the event of a Chinese attack. Haines made the remarks at a House Intelligence Committee hearing when asked by …
(2023-03-10). As Bakhmut Falls, US May Turn From Ukraine. popularresistance.org On its face, The New York Times article yesterday, "Intelligence Suggests Pro-Ukrainian Group Sabotaged Pipelines, U.S. Officials Say," appears intended to exonerate both the U.S. and Ukrainian governments from any involvement in the destruction last September of the Nord Stream gas pipelines between Russia and Germany. | The thrust of the Times article is that Ukrainians unaffiliated with the Kiev government were the ones who did it, according to the newspapers often cited, unnamed "U.S. officials." | But a closer examination of the piece reveals layers of nuance that do not dismiss that the Ukrainian government…
(2023-03-10). Historian Alfred McCoy: As Tensions Rise over Taiwan, U.S. & China "Edging Ever Closer" to War. democracynow.org 
U.S. Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines is calling China the "most consequential threat" to U.S. national security. Meanwhile, the Chinese parliament has unanimously voted to give Xi Jinping a third five-year term as president. On Monday, Xi directly accused the United States of suppressing China's development, stating, "Western countries — led by the U.S. — have implemented all-round containment, encirclement and suppression against us." Both countries are beefing up their military presence along China's naval borders, and President Biden has made repea…
(2023-03-09). The Havana Syndrome Case Cracked. strategic-culture.org The Havana Syndrome was first reported in Cuba in 2016. The mysterious malady initially afflicted US embassy staff in Havana, especially those attached to intelligence missions. It then spread to Canadian embassy officials. The sudden headaches, debilitating dizziness, and hearing excruciatingly painful sounds struck both at work and at home. Oddly, the Cubans themselves appeared immune to the pathology.
(2023-03-09). Many Things You Did Not Know About Iran-CIA. dissidentvoice.org Most people,who are interested in world politics have some knowledge of the 1953 coup in Iran by the CIA and the British Intelligence Service that ended up overthrowing the democratic Prime Minister, Mohammad Mossadeq, restoring the Shah, the dictator, who had escaped to Europe, back to power. Well, the bad blood between the US and …
(2023-03-10). John Pilger: The Betrayers of Julian Assange. mintpressnews.com I have known Julian Assange since I first interviewed him in London in 2010. I immediately liked his dry, dark sense of humour, often dispensed with an infectious giggle. He is a proud outsider: sharp and thoughtful. We have become friends, and I have sat in many courtrooms listening to the tribunes of the state …
(2023-03-10). DNI Haines Says China Should Know the US Is Willing to Defend Taiwan. news.antiwar.com Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines said Thursday that China should know the US is willing to go to war over Taiwan, pointing to comments made by President Biden that he would defend the island in the event of a Chinese attack. Haines made the remarks at a House Intelligence Committee hearing when asked by …
(2023-03-10). As Bakhmut Falls, US May Turn From Ukraine. popularresistance.org On its face, The New York Times article yesterday, "Intelligence Suggests Pro-Ukrainian Group Sabotaged Pipelines, U.S. Officials Say," appears intended to exonerate both the U.S. and Ukrainian governments from any involvement in the destruction last September of the Nord Stream gas pipelines between Russia and Germany. | The thrust of the Times article is that Ukrainians unaffiliated with the Kiev government were the ones who did it, according to the newspapers often cited, unnamed "U.S. officials." | But a closer examination of the piece reveals layers of nuance that do not dismiss that the Ukrainian government…
(2023-03-10). Historian Alfred McCoy: As Tensions Rise over Taiwan, U.S. & China "Edging Ever Closer" to War. democracynow.org U.S. Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines is calling China the "most consequential threat" to U.S. national security. Meanwhile, the Chinese parliament has unanimously voted to give Xi Jinping a third five-year term as president. On Monday, Xi directly accused the United States of suppressing China's development, stating, "Western countries — led by the U.S. — have implemented all-round containment, encirclement and suppression against us." Both countries are beefing up their military presence along China's naval borders, and President Biden has made repea…
(2023-03-09). The Havana Syndrome Case Cracked. strategic-culture.org The Havana Syndrome was first reported in Cuba in 2016. The mysterious malady initially afflicted US embassy staff in Havana, especially those attached to intelligence missions. It then spread to Canadian embassy officials. The sudden headaches, debilitating dizziness, and hearing excruciatingly painful sounds struck both at work and at home. Oddly, the Cubans themselves appeared immune to the pathology.
(2023-03-09). Many Things You Did Not Know About Iran-CIA. dissidentvoice.org Most people,who are interested in world politics have some knowledge of the 1953 coup in Iran by the CIA and the British Intelligence Service that ended up overthrowing the democratic Prime Minister, Mohammad Mossadeq, restoring the Shah, the dictator, who had escaped to Europe, back to power. Well, the bad blood between the US and …
(2023-03-09). Iraqi Airstrikes Kill Three ISIS Terrorists In Saladin (Video, Photos). southfront.org 
Iraqi Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons conduct a training mission over Iraq May 26, 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Russ Scalf) | On March 7, F-16 of the Iraqi Air Force carried out three airstrikes on a group of ISIS terrorists that was moving on Bilkanah mount in the central Iraqi province of Saladin. | In a statement, the Iraqi Security Media Cell said that the airstrikes were carried out based on information provided by the Iraqi National Intelligence Service. | A day after the airstrikes, a force from…
(2023-03-09). Mayo Clinic Healthcare expert: Artificial intelligence improves colonoscopy accuracy. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org LONDON —‚ÄØJames East, M.D., spends his days skillfully examining people's colons, searching for and snaring away suspicious polyps that might one day turn into cancer. A gastroenterologist at Mayo Clinic Healthcare in London, he says the ability to identify cancer risks and eliminate them on the spot during a colonoscopy is one of the most satisfying parts of his chosen profession. Colonoscopy remains the gold standard in detecting and preventing colorectal cancer. But the procedure…
(2023-03-09). Investigation Ongoing, Arrests Made in Iranian Schoolgirls Poisoning. orinocotribune.com Iranian Deputy Interior Minister announces that several suspects were arrested following an investigation into the poisoning of schoolgirls across Iran. | The Deputy Interior Minister of Iran Seyyed Majid Mirahmadi announced, on Tuesday, there are developments in the poisoning case of schoolgirls across Iran. | Mirahmadi said the Iranian intelligence agencies arrested people in six Iranian provinces and that an investigation into the case is being conducted. | Three of the detainees had participated in the recent riots, and their relationship with hostile foreign media was proven, the Iranian Interior Ministry re…
(2023-03-09). NATO's Growing Military Presence In Latin America And The Caribbean. popularresistance.org At present, it has become customary to speak of NATO's expansion "towards Eastern Europe", which, while effective, is a reductionist concept. The truth is that since the end of the bipolar world, the United States, believing itself to be the master of the world, has used NATO to expand throughout the planet. Proof of this is the signing of the AUKUS Treaty (Australia, United Kingdom and United States), the creation of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD) formed by Australia, India, Japan and the United States and the Five Eyes Intelligence Alliance (United States, United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand and Aus…
(2023-03-09). Judge Napolitano and I Talk Nordstream, Sy Hersh and the CIA. sonar21.com I helped the Judge in March of 2017 when he came under attack (and was briefly suspended by Fox News) for repeating information I provided about Britain's GCHQ spying on…
(2023-03-09). Murder of Anti-Vietnam War Monk Thomas Merton in 1968 Was a CIA Hit Linked with Assassinations of JFK, RFK and MLK, New Book Argues. covertactionmagazine.com Famous Black Like Me author John Howard Griffin, who was recruited under CIA's Operation Mockingbird, appears to have played an important role in the cover-up For five decades, the circumstances of the sudden death of the famed anti-Vietnam War monk Thomas Merton have remained cloaked in the confusion of assorted stories having very little commonality, …
(2023-03-10). Torture, Murder and Security Clearances at the Defense Security Cooperation Agency. indybay.org The news out of the democratic republic of Chile this week is that the conviction of Jaime Garcia Covarrubias—the former National Defense University / Defense Security Cooperation Agency professor who was since 2008 the target of the Petitioner's disclosures through the NDU/DSCA chain of command—for the torture and murder of an unarmed detainee was upheld by that country's Supreme Court. | Garcia Covarrubias has been sentenced to seven years in prison for his authorship of that crime, one of two involving the torture and clandestine murder of unarmed detainees for which he has already been convicted a…