In May, Pentagon spokesman evaded questions about the reputation of forces being trained and equipped by U.S government, despite his comments coming just days after U.S to Cameroon stated that he believed military personnel were carrying out targeted killings in English-speaking regions.. ..…
Government-pump priming operations therefore occurred largely through spending on wars and war preparations in the service of empire. The Pentagon naturally made sure that bases and armaments industries were spread around the United States and that numerous corporations profited from..…
In early January, CIA Deputy Director John McLaughlin gave the phony “slam dunk” briefing at the White House. . The Pentagon’s Office of Special Plans distributed the unsubstantiated and flawed intelligence that not even the CIA would vouch for. ..…
484 civilians killed US-led strikes Iraq and Syria Pentagon. member of Syrian government forces stands on the rubble of destroyed buildings on the outskirts of Damascus, May 13, 2017 The Pentagon says that US-led military campaign against purported Daesh targets Syria and Iraq has..…
Syrian government has denied responsibility for that attack.. The Pentagon claimed the airfield was used to store chemical weapons and Syrian aircraft.. ..…
But that revolt would have been unthinkable without the massive civilian antiwar movement, which helped to expose the doublespeak of the American government and military. . The movement also built GI coffeehouses and an entire counter-narrative to the lies regularly emanating from the..…
For the neocons, the next stop for the war on terror after Afghanistan and Iraq was to be Iran--but Pentagon was forced to rely on Iranian government to prop up Shia-dominated Iraq. ..…
His finger on the nuclear switch: While government spending for social programs went into free fall, spending on the military headed in the opposite direction. Pentagon spending would reach an estimated $34 million an hour during the Reagan administration. . ..…
US Army soldier leads group of Iraqi troops July 2011 Carter also told House Armed Services Committee on Tuesday that Pentagon is deploying specialized troops Iraq to help fight Daesh terrorists... In full coordination with the Government of Iraq, we're deploying expeditionary targeting..…
The case of Miller and Cooper could represent the most between the press and the government since Pentagon Papers, secret study on the government's decisions about Vietnam War that was leaked in 1971 to Times and Washington Post. ..…
Pentagon's plan to develop surveillance system to gather information on individuals government and commercial databases around the world caused particular alarm last week among civil liberties groups.. ..…
The proposals detailed by Ashcroft have been expected since last week's attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. . ... Many congressional leaders have talked openly about the need to expand the government's investigative powers, and polls show that most Americans believe some..…
One thing has not changed from the days of the Pentagon Papers. There is still no good systematic way to regulate government secrecy. ..…
On Aug. 30, 2013, 13 former officials of the U.S. government, including Pentagon Papers whistleblower Dan Ellsberg, retired CIA analyst Ray McGovern and retired U.S. ..…
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