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U.K. Pressured Over Secret Base’s Role in Trump’s Drone Strikes

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“The U.K. Government is facing fresh calls to clarify its role in U.S. drone strikes after acknowledging that there are potentially hundreds of British spy agency personnel working inside a U.S.-controlled surveillance base that has played a key role in so-called targeted killings.”

Read more: https://theintercept.com/2017/11/30/drone-strikes-gchq-trump-menwith-hill-uk/

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The Pentagon, CIA, and NSA Are in Charge

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“Surrounding himself with generals and giving the national-security establishment carte blanche to do anything it wants to protect ‘national security,’ Trump, for all practical purposes, has been absorbed by the national-security establishment, even permitting the CIA to continue keeping its long-secret, 50-year-old JFK-assassination records secret from the American people.  It is safe to say that for the balance of Trump’s term in office, his actions in foreign affairs will be no different than anything that Hillary Clinton, who undoubtedly would have been a loyal servant of the national-security establishment, would have done with respect to foreign affairs.  What gives? Why the dramatic shift in Trump?”

Read more: https://www.fff.org/2017/11/30/pentagon-cia-nsa-charge/

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At Guantánamo, a Death Penalty Case Without a Death Penalty Lawyer

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“The judge’s departure from the rules, which require learned counsel at every part of a capital prosecution, is inexplicable. Even beyond the binding military commission rules, the American Bar Association’s guidelines for capital cases have long explained that the unique and complex labyrinth of capital trial preparation and investigation requires qualified death penalty counsel represent the defendant at every stage of the proceedings.  Nonetheless, Judge Spath suggested that the junior defense counsel should, alone, stand in the place of learned counsel and a team with deep knowledge of the voluminous issues that the case raises.”

Read more: https://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/detention/guantanamo-death-penalty-case-without-death-penalty-lawyer

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Pentagon tried to block report on child sex among Afghan forces

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“The Pentagon tried to block an independent assessment of child sex abuse crimes committed by Afghan soldiers and police, instead insisting on the creation of its own report offering a far less authoritative review of human rights violations perpetrated by U.S. allies, according to an aide to Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.).  Afghan security personnel have been known to recruit young boys as servants, sometimes to use for sex. There is a broader practice in Afghan society to dress some boys as women and have them dance at gatherings. Known as bacha bazi, it was banned under the Taliban but revived after the U.S. invasion in 2001.”

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2017/11/26/pentagon-tried-to-block-independent-report-on-child-sex-among-afghan-forces-senate-office-says/

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Why Didn’t “60 Minutes” Mention The U.S. Is Fueling the Yemen Conflict?

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“The program featured imagery of starving children and interviews with displaced people, all obtained after Saudi Arabia blocked ’60 Minutes’ from entering the country.  The program did not once mention that Saudi Arabia is a U.S. ally, and that U.S. support is essential for the Saudi campaign to continue.  For two-and-a-half years, the U.S. government has backed Saudi Arabia’s intervention in Yemen every step of the way. The United States has dispatched warships to reinforce the blockade. It has refueled Saudi planes, sent the Saudi military targeting intelligence, and resupplied them with tens of billions of dollars worth of bombs.”

Read more: https://theintercept.com/2017/11/20/60-minutes-yemen-war-us-involvement/

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US-led war against ISIS is killing 31 times more civilians than claimed

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“Thanks to Khan and Gopal, we now have statistics showing just how poor a job the military has done — and just how many civilians are paying the price.”

Read more: https://www.vox.com/world/2017/11/16/16666628/iraq-nyt-casualties-civilian

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‘We the People’: The New Permanent Underclass in America

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“It’s not just the government’s endless wars that are bleeding us dry.  We’re also being forced to shell out money for surveillance systems to track our movements, money to further militarize our already militarized police, money to allow the government to raid our homes and bank accounts, money to fund schools where our kids learn nothing about freedom and everything about how to comply, and on and on.  Are you getting the picture yet?  The government isn’t taking our money to make our lives better.”

Read more: https://rutherford.org/publications_resources/john_whiteheads_commentary/financial_tyranny_we_the_people_are_the_new_permanent_underclass_in_am

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The Pentagon Has Avoided Audit For 27 Years

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“Congress mandated in 1990 that it be audited, but not surprisingly, the leviathan agency never complied, with no consequences to speak of.”

Read more: http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-pentagon-has-avoided-audit-for-27-years/

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US Weapon Stockpile Used by ISIS Found in Syria

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“A major stockpile of US weapons used by ISIS was reportedly found in Syria, a discovery which indicates the Obama administration and the Deep State were arming jihadis to topple the Syrian government.  Weapons found include US-made TOW missiles, American artillery and M16s, all of which would be difficult to procure in mass quantities unless the US was directly sending munitions to the Middle East.”

Read more: https://www.infowars.com/bombshell-report-us-weapon-stockpile-used-by-isis-found-in-syria/

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Can Congress stop Trump from supporting Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen?

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“In 2015, President Barack Obama supported Saudi Arabia’s war effort in Yemen, and President Donald Trump has continued the mission. The fight for control of Yemen shows no sign of stopping. The war has killed thousands of civilians, caused widespread food shortages and triggered a cholera epidemic. Yemenis have been plunged into the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. In its drive to destroy rebel targets, the Saudi-led coalition has struck hospitals, schools and marketplaces in scores of well-documented attacks.”

Read more: https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-10-09/us-lawmakers-want-stop-trump-supporting-saudi-arabias-war-yemen

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