Sooo, Congress is bothered by a little corruption? Hah! Also, will there be war with North Korea and/or Iran?
Archive for July, 2010
Daily Briefing—28th-29th July 2010
Posted: 29 July 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Af-Pak War, Afghan War Diary, Afghanistan, Afghanistan War Logs, AFRICOM, Al Shabaab, AMISOM, austerity measures, BP, Bush Administration, Charles Davis, Citigroup, civil liberties, crack cocaine, Death Penalty, Democrats, DPRK, drug war, ethnic cleansing, Greece, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf oil spill, Gulf War, Hans Blix, internet gambling, Iran, Iraq War, Israel, Jamal Abdi, Japan, Jeremy Scahill, Joe Biden, Kuwait, L-3, limited liability, Lockheed MArtin, marijuana, Matt Yglesias, medical marijuana, NATO, Norman Finkelstein, North Korea, Oakland, Obama Administration, Pakistan, Peter Orszag, privacy rights, Ron Paul, SB1070, Scott Horton, Somalia, South Korea, unemployment, US, US Congress, War on Terror, war spending, West Bank, Wikileaks
News and views from around the web posted to the Wonderland Wire
Watered-Down ‘Regurgitated Pulitzer Campaign’ Called ‘Top Secret America’ and ‘Blowback’ in Somalia (mp3)
Posted: 27 July 2010 by Editors in International Affairs, National News, Political Science, SomaliaTags: 9/11, Al Shabaab, AMISOM, AntiWar radio, arms trading, blowback, CIA, corporatism, Costa Rica, domestic surveillance, drug war, extrajudicial assassination, Horn of Africa, human rights, humanitarian crisis, Islamic Courts Union, Israel, Jeremy Scahill, Latin America, libertarian, Mohammed Atta, National Surveillance State, Osama bin Laden, Palestine, Ramsey Yousef, Scott Horton, Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, Somalia, South America, TFG, think tanks, Top Secret America, Transitional Federal Government, Uganda, UN, UN food aid, US, WaPo, War, Washington Post
Jeremy Scahill, leading journalist on the Pentagon’s military contracting, discussed the “incredibly disappointing” Washington Post series on giant system of ‘top secret’ operations of the U.S. government with AntiWar Radio host Scott Horton at Pacifica. He discussed “preparing the battlefield” operations, the WaPo as a “dumping ground” for the C.I.A. and the ‘system intended to give cover to clandestine operators in the private sector acting on behalf of the government’.
Later, Mr. Horton discussed blowback in Somalia against foreign intervention in Somali society perpetuating the horror in the Horn of Africa, giving a great summary of the recent history that led to the current state of affairs in the territory from the Bush Administration’s invasion to the Obama Administration shipping in arms, but blocking food entry. He also discussed 9/11 as blowback for Washington’s enabling of Israel’s ‘war crimes’.
WikiLeaked ‘Afghanistan War Logs’ Include U.S. Military Whitewashing War Crimes
Posted: 27 July 2010 by Little Alex in Af-Pak War, Political ScienceTags: Abu Laith al-Libi, AEF, Afghan mujahideen, Afghan War Diary, Afghanistan Eradication Forces, Afghanistan War Logs, al-Qaeda, Amnesty International, Andrew Exum, Bradley Manning, Bush Administration, Carl Hulse, CIA, civilian casualties, COIN, COINdinistas, Cold War, counterinsurgency, Dana Milibank, Daniel Ellsburg, David Kilcullen, David Leigh, Declan Walsh, Dennis Kucinich, Der Spiegel, Gareth Porter, Germany, Greg Jaffe, Guardian, Gus Lubin, Haqqani Network, human rights, international law, IRGC, Isabelle Schafer, ISAF, Jackie Calmes, Julian Assange, Kevin Poulsen, Kim Zetter, Michael Hastings, NATO, Newspeak, NY Times, Obama, Obama Administration, Pentagon Papers, Peter Finn, Quetta Shura, Rahmat Gul, Reaper drones, Richard Norton-Taylor, Rick Rowley, Rob Evans, Robert Gibbs, Ron Paul, Shum Khan, Stanley McChrystal, Taliban, Task Force 373, TF 373, US, US military, War, war crimes, War on Terror, war spending, whistleblowers, Wikileaks
The massive dump of U.S. military records relating to the war in Afghanistan confirms prior knowledge in some areas and shines light to other grim realities of aggressive war and occupation.
U.K. Prime Minister: Israel and Egypt Turned Gaza Into ‘Prison Camp’ (Video)
Posted: 27 July 2010 by Little Alex in International Affairs, Palestine-Israel, Political ScienceTags: Angela Merkel, Brazil, Britain, Buah Administration, David Cameron, David Friedman, Egypt, EU, France, Freedom Flotilla, Gaza, Germany, human rights, international law, Iran, Iraq, Iraq War, Mavi Marmara, Middle East, Newspeak, Nick Clegg, Nicolas Sarkozy, Obama Administration, Palestine, Rafah, Recep Erdgoan, Turkey, UK, US, War on Terror, Zionism
David Cameron, British prime minister and leader of the national Conservative Party, said Tuesday, “Gaza cannot and must not be allowed to remain a prison camp.” He also called out governments on double standards against the Turkish State.
Daily Briefing—27th July 2010
Posted: 27 July 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, Afghanistan War Logs, Al Shabaab, AMISOM, Andy Worthington, AU, BP, BP Gulf oil spill, Bradley Manning, capitalism, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dana Milibank, David Cameron, Dian Chu, DPRK, drug war, free association, Gareth Porter, Gaza blockade, GE, global trade, globalism, Goldman Sachs, Google, Guantanamo Bay, Gulf oil spill, habeas corpus, Honduras, illegal immigration, India, internet media, Iraq, Iraq War, Israel, Julian Assange, Jum Lobe, Kevin Carson, Kevin Poulsen, Kim Zetter, Latin America, libertarian, Lockheed MArtin, military industrial complex, Nike, North Korea, Obama, Obama Administration, oil, Pakistan, Palestine-Israel, parenting, Pentagon, Philip Giraldi, religion, Russia, SEC, settlements, Shahram Amiri, shame parades, Sheldon Richman, Somalia, South Korea, Thad Allen, Top Secret America, UK, Venezuela, war spending, West Bank, Wikileaks, women's rights
News and views from around the web posted to the Wonderland Wire:
Counter-Narco Ops Pretext for U.S. ‘Invasion’ of Costa Rica (mp3)
Posted: 26 July 2010 by Editors in International Affairs, Political ScienceTags: AntiWar radio, Central America, CIA, Colombia, Costa Rica, DEA, drug war, Honduras, human rights, IMF, Joseph Shansky, Latin America, Manuel Zelaya, Nicaragua, OAS, odious debt, Panama, Scott Horton, South America, US, US Marine Corps, US military, US Navy, Venezuela
Last week, Joseph Shansky discussed the July 26 mobilization of 46 U.S. Navy and Marine warships to Costa Rica under the guise of the drug war and the coup in Honduras at AntiWar Radio with Scott Horton.
WikiLeaks Counters Government’s ‘Religion of Secrecy’ (Video)
Posted: 26 July 2010 by Editors in Af-Pak War, International Affairs, Political ScienceTags: Afghanistan War Logs, Albania, Bradley Manning, Chris Anderson, Collateral Murder, ecrecy, Glenn Greenwald, human rights, Iceland, journalism, journalist-source privileges, Julian Assange, Kenya, libertarian, media, multinationals, oil spills, state secrets, US, War, War on Terror, Wikileaks
Earlier this month, the site’s heroic founder, Julian Assange, spoke with TED.com’s Chris Anderson about the vital role his site has to play in society, the organization’s methods, the line between legitimate and illegitimate secrecy.
No Substitute for Economic Justice
Posted: 26 July 2010 by Kevin Carson in Political ScienceTags: AEI, capitalism, conservatives, corporatism, dystopia, economic justice, Frank Crane, Great Depression, Heritage Foundation, Kevin Carson, Keynesianism, libertarian, liberty, market-anarchism, monopoly, Newspeak, Republicans, state capitalism, Third Way, US, war spending, WWII
Kevin Carson on how a financial system’s economic injustice breeds desperate classes.
Daily Briefing—26th July 2010
Posted: 26 July 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: ACLU, Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, African Union, AFRICOM, AIG, airstrikes, Al Shabaab, Amira Hass, AMISOM, Amnesty International, AU, Boeing, BP, Bradley Manning, Bronwyn Bruton, Charlie Rangel, China, Citigroup, civilian casualties, COIN, Conn Halliman, counterinsurgency, David Goldman, David Kramer, Dennis Kucinich, DHS, drones, Duch, economic sanctions, Egypt, EU, Ezra Klein, Fallujah, Fatah, FinReg, Gaza, Goldman Sachs, Hamas, Horn of Africa, Human Rights Watch, ICC, ICE, ICJ, illegal immigration, India, Iran, ISI, Japan, Johann Hari, Julian Assange, Kashmir, Khmer Rouge, Lehman Brothers, Libya, Lockerbie bomber, Lockheed MArtin, Mike mUlleen, military industrial complex, NATO, Northop Gruman, nuclear weapons, Obama Administration, Pakistan, Patrick Cockburn, payday loans, Rafah, renminbi, Ron Paul, Somalia, TFG, The Hague, Tony Blair, UK, USD, West Bank, Wikileaks, yuan
News and views from around the web posted to the Wonderland Wire
Afghanistan War Logs via WikiLeaks: Massive Leak of Secret Files Exposes Truth of Afghanistan Occupation
Posted: 25 July 2010 by Editors in Af-Pak War, Political ScienceTags: Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, airstrikes, Bush Administration, Centtral Asia, COIN, Collateral Murder, counterinsurgency, counterterrorism, David Leigh, Declan Walsh, Der Spiegel, drones, fascism, France, Guardian, Helmand Province, HRW, human rights, Human Rights Watch, international law, Iran, ISAF, ISI, Julian Assange, liberty, Middle East, NATO, Newspeak, Nick Davies, NY Times, Obama, Obama Administration, Pakistan, Predator drones, Reaper drones, Taliban, UK, US, US military, War, War on Terror, whistleblowers, Wikileaks
WikiLeaks, in coordination with The New York Times and Der Spiegel, released over 90,000 records relating to the U.S.-led forced occupation of Afghanistan detailing civilian deaths, extrajudicial assassination, covert murder-or-kidnap operations and blowback. The London Guardian has been granted access to the documents and posted an exclusive interview with the founder of the whistleblower website Julian Assange, who told them why he published the documents.
Weekend Briefing—23rd-25th July 2010
Posted: 25 July 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Abkhazia, Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, airstrikes, AMISOM, AU, Ben Bernanke, BP, CIA, Colombia, Der Spiegel, DPRK, drones, Federal Reserve, Gaza blockade, Ground Zero Mosque, Guardian, Gulf oil spill, Hillary Clinton, Hugo Chavez, illegal immigration, India, inflation, Iran, Israel, Justin Raimondo, Lebanon, Michael Hayden, Myanmar, North Korea, nuclear weapons, NY Times, Pakistan, prison labor, Ron Paul, Sarah Irving, Somalia, South Korea, South Ossetia, Transocean, unemployment, Venezuela, War on Terror, war spending, Wikileaks
News and views from around the web posted to the Wonderland Wire
Manufacturing Consent for the National Security Surveillance State
Posted: 22 July 2010 by Sayyid in International Affairs, National News, Political ScienceTags: anarchism, anti-Statism, Bush Administration, civil liberties, Cold War, corporatism, Dana Priest, David Ignatius, fascism, Justin Raimondo, libertarian, liberty, military industrial complex, National Surveillance State, Newspeak, Obama Administration, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, privacy rights, Top Secret America, US, War on Terror, Washington Post, William Arkin
WaPo’s “Top Secret America” investigation is crafted to form Orwellian conclusions. The political and intellectual classes are biting the bait to reel us in.
