“Most of the subsequent press coverage has shown nary a doubt about Mueller’s purity. But, during his 11 years as director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Mueller’s agency routinely violated federal law and the Bill of Rights.”
“What does the United States have to show for tens of billions of dollars of Homeland Security antiterrorism spending by local and state governments? Michael Sheehan, former New York City deputy commissioner for counterterrorism, observed, ‘I firmly believe that those huge budget increases have not significantly contributed to our post–9/11 security.’ But the war on terrorism has been an unmitigated victory for Leviathan and politicians at every level of government.”
Read more: https://www.fff.org/explore-freedom/article/homeland-securitys-multibillion-dollar-comedy-show/
“Alfred McCoy was a young rebel academic who waded into the war zone in Southeast Asia to investigate the relationship between the CIA, crime syndicates, and local drug lords. The result, which the Agency tried unsuccessfully to suppress, was his classic The Politics of Heroin: CIA Complicity in the Global Drug Trade. In the 45 years since, McCoy has consistently probed the underside of American global power, analyzing how the United States uses covert interventions, local proxies, torture, and worldwide surveillance to maintain its global empire.”
Read more: https://www.thenation.com/article/alfred-mccoy-the-future-of-the-american-empire/
“We are told that US foreign policy should reflect American values. So how can Washington support Saudi Arabia – a tyrannical state with one of the worst human rights record on earth – as it commits by what any measure is a genocide against the Yemeni people? US involvement in Saudi Arabia’s crimes against Yemen is a national disgrace. That the mainstream media fails to accurately cover this genocide is shameful. Let us join our voices now to demand that our US Representatives end US involvement in Yemen immediately!”
“Post 9/11 authorization to use military force has been used to intervene in 19 countries. Congress ought to reclaim its authority to declare war, explains Col. Larry Wilkerson.”
“It fixes the ‘backdoor search loophole,’ which now allows warrantless searches of the NSA-collected contents of Americans’ communications. It extends broad oversight powers to an independent agency. It guarantees the end of a controversial type of data search (called ‘about’ searches) that the NSA suspended earlier this year. It improves judicial oversight of the government’s surveillance regime. It provides better transparency and requires stricter reporting.”
Read more: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/10/usa-rights-act-protects-us-nsa-spying
“If you were surprised to learn the U.S. has nearly a thousand troops in Niger, you’re not alone. Senator Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican who serves on the Armed Forces Committee, told NBC he ‘had no idea.’ Neither did Chuck Schumer, the Senate’s top Democrat. Well, the surprises may keep coming.”
Read more: http://otherwords.org/u-s-soldier-died-niger-earth/
“We can pretend that the Constitution is still our governing document. However, the reality we must come to terms with is that in the America we live in today, the government does whatever it wants, freedom be damned. Here is what it means to live under the Constitution today.”
“The FBI has a long record of both deceit and incompetence. Five years ago, Americans learned that the FBI was teaching its agents that the bureau ‘has the ability to bend or suspend the law to impinge on the freedom of others.’ This has practically been the FBI’s motif since its creation.”
“This New York lawyer says he has found a link between Saudi officials and the hijackers. The U.S. government refuses to do anything about it.”
Read more: http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/04/saudi-arabia-911-lawyer-214996