(2024-11-18). We the People: The United Nations Whistleblowers. transcend.org 'We the People: The United Nations Whistleblowers ⚪ Whistleblowing & Retaliation in the UN,' edited by Caroline Hunt-Matthes – The authors peel back international diplomacy to reveal a truth in a code of silence.
(2024-11-18). John Kiriakou: Gabbard Could Help Change US Foreign Policy. scheerpost.com 
By John Kiriakou / Consortium News President-elect Donald Trump this week stirred up the intelligence community with his picks of former Hawaii Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence (DNI) and former DNI and Texas Republican Rep. John Ratcliffe as C.I.A. director. Ratcliff, a fierce partisan, is nonetheless the more traditional pick of the two. …
(2024-11-18). From Guantanamo To Abu Ghraib: Female Participation In Prisoner Abuses. popularresistance.org As a retired U.S. Army Reserve Colonel with 13 years on active duty and 16 in the Reserves, I became interested in the topic of women involved in prisoner abuses when so many U.S. women at all levels were linked to the prisons or prisoners in Afghanistan, Guantanamo, Cuba, and Iraq. In reading press articles about detentions, incarcerations, and the abuse and torture of prisoners identified as threats to national security, I was struck by the number of women who had some role in the detentions ⚪ women in the U.S. military, civilian women in various U.S. government agencies and civilian women contractors.
(2024-11-18). BBC ignores account of Israel's torture and murder of leading doctor from Gaza. thecanary.co CONTENT WARNING: this article includes accounts of torture and sexual violence that readers may find distressing Dr Adnan Al-Bursh was among the best-trained medical professionals in occupied Gaza. He was well-known and well-loved. But Israel's occupation forces (IOF) detained him, without charging him for any crimes. And within months, they had tortured him to death. …
(2024-11-18). Jury awards $42 million to 3 Iraqis tortured in Abu Ghraib prison 20 years ago. indybay.org On November 12, a federal jury in Alexandria, Virginia, returned a unanimous verdict for Abu Ghraib torture victims Salah Al-Ejaili, Suhail Al Shimari and Asa'ad Al-Zuba'e, awarding each $3 million in compensation and another $11 million for punitive damages against CACI Premier Technology, Inc., a publicly traded defense contractor with annual revenues approaching $3 billion.