John Kendall Hawkins (2021-09-21). Anguished Lyricism: the Poetry of the Tortured. counterpunch.org "If it works, why do we need to do it 183 times?" — Dianne Feinstein, Senate Intelligence Committee on Torture Last year, I filed a FOIA to obtain the poetry of Khalid Sheik Mohammed (KSM) and Abu Zubaydah (AZ). I was in earnest. The illustrious and toolishly necessary New York Times, along with London's equivalent

Staff (2021-09-21). "We Are Troy Davis": 10 Years After Georgia Execution That Galvanized Anti-Death Penalty Movement. democracynow.org Tuesday marks 10 years since the state of Georgia executed Troy Anthony Davis for a crime many believe he did not commit. He was put to death despite major doubts about evidence used to convict him of killing Savannah police officer Mark MacPhail, including the recantation of seven of the nine non-police witnesses at his trial. As the world watched to see whether Davis's final appeal for a stay of execution would be granted by the U.S. Supreme Court, Democracy Now! was the only news outlet to continuously broadcast live from the prison grounds in Jackson, Georgia. We revisit parts of our six-hour special report,…

_____ (2021-09-20). Supreme Court Announces Date for Case Directly Challenging Roe v. Wade. commondreams.org "The state of Minnesota simply cannot meet our carbon reduction targets if this pipeline goes through," said the Democratic congresswoman. "Our future is on the line."

Staff (2021-09-20). Justice Department Fights Back Against Texas Anti-Abortion Law. truthout.org The Supreme Court's greenlighting of the most draconian anti-abortion law in the country has had the right wing's "desired effect of deterring abortion providers from offering virtually any abortions" in Texas since September 1, S.B. 8 prohibits abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, before most people even know they're pregnant. S.B. 8 is thu…

Kevin Gosztola (2021-09-20). Twenty Years In A Security State: The CIA's Torture Business After 9/11. thedissenter.org (Image: Lance Page / t r u t h o u t; Adapted: public domain / Wikimedia)[Editor's Note: To mark the 20th anniversary of the rise of the American security state after the September 11th attacks, The Dissenter presents a retrospective on this transformation in policing and government. Each entry in the CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou was asked in July 2002 if he wanted to be trained in "enhanced interrogation techniques." He was on…

Kevin Gosztola (2021-09-20). Twenty Years In A Security State: CIA Goes Into The Torture Business. thedissenter.org (Image: Lance Page / t r u t h o u t; Adapted: public domain / Wikimedia)[Editor's Note: To mark the 20th anniversary of the rise of the American security state after the September 11th attacks, The Dissenter presents a retrospective on this transformation in policing and government. Each entry in the CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou was asked in July 2002 if he wanted to be trained in "enhanced interrogation techniques." He was on…

Brian Shilhavy (2021-09-20). Bombshell: FDA Allows Whistleblower Testimony that COVID-19 Vaccines Are Killing and Harming People! globalresearch.ca

Brian Shilhavy (2021-09-20). Bombshell: FDA Allows Whistleblower Testimony that COVID-19 Vaccines Are Killing and Harming People! globalresearch.ca

_____ (2021-09-19). On Contact: Undercurrents Of American Fascism. popularresistance.org On January 6, 2021, a mob, incited by outgoing US President Donald Trump, stormed the US Capitol building, in an attempt to halt the in-session congressional certification of the 2020 election results. Within the mob, as scholar Gabriel Rockhill points out, were many current members of the military and police. Some of the leaders of the organizations involved, such as Proud Boys' Enrique Tarrio and Joseph Biggs, had direct ties to US intelligence agencies, having served as FBI informants. Only one fifth of Capitol Police were on duty that day, both unprepared and underequipped, even though the US national securit…

Jeffrey St. Clair (2021-09-19). Hitchcock's Sabotage: Film as Terrorism. counterpunch.org Oscar Homolka in Alfred Hitchock's Sabotage. | As compulsively watchable as it is, Hitchcock's Sabotage makes a real hash out of Conrad's The Secret Agent—that prescient novel which so accurately predicted the ways in which radical underground groups could be penetrated and manipulated by intelligence agencies into doing the repressive work of the state. | To read this article, In order to read CP+ articles, your web browser m…

_____ (2021-09-19). Likely Assassination Of United Nations Chief Happened 60 Years Ago. popularresistance.org United Nations -The United Nations is considering reopening its investigation into the mysterious 1961 plane crash that killed then-U.N. chief Dag Hammarskjà∂ld after new evidence of possible foul play emerged. | The U.N. General Assembly put the case back on its agenda in March at the recommendation of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon after more than half a century of speculation that the Swedish diplomat's plane was either sabotaged or shot down. | Mr. Ban's recommendation came after a report by the independent Hammarskjà∂ld commission, formed in 2012 with the participation of South African jurist Richar…

_____ (2021-09-19). Jail Killer Drone Operators Instead Of Drone Whistleblowers. popularresistance.org For decades the U.S. has been murdering innocent civilians, including U.S. citizens, in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Yemen, Somalia, Libya, Mali and who knows where else. Not one person in the military has been held accountable for these criminal acts. Instead, drone whistleblower Daniel Hale is sitting in prison with a 45 month sentence. | The August 29, 2021 deaths of ten innocent civilians, including seven children, in a family compound in downtown Kabul, Afghanistan by a hellfire missile fired from a U.S. military drone has brought the U.S. assassination program into massive public view. The photos of the blo…