Melvin Goodman (2023-11-22). Biden and the Washington Post Combine to Argue for War. counterpunch.org David Ignatius, the Washington Post's national security columnist, has been an apologist for the Pentagon and the Central Intelligence Agency for the past several decades. In the past, he has defended the CIA's political assassination program as well as its torture and abuse program. He never condemned the CIA training of death squads in Central America and never deplored the Phoenix program during the Vietnam War, when the CIA ran a paramilitary campaign of interrogation, torture, and assassination that targeted many innocent victims. Now, he has a new client—the Israeli Defense Forces—and the IDF co…

Staff (2023-11-22). UP: Hindu extremists abduct and torture Muslim man in Hapur. muslimmirror.com On October 17, 2023, in Mauja Nidhooli, Tehsil Dhaolana, Hapur district, Uttar Pradesh, Muhammad Nadim bin Babu fell victim to the heinous acts of some Hindu extremist goons from the neighbouring village of Hay. The perpetrators, identified as Bini Sharma, Deepanshu Sharma, Prince Sharma, and several others, abducted Nadim from Nidhooli during the night and …

Binoy Kampmark (2023-11-22). A Duty to Obey: David McBride, Whistleblowing and Following Orders. counterpunch.org The unpardonable, outrageous trial of Australian whistleblower David McBride was a brief affair. On November 13, it did not take long for the brutal power of the Commonwealth to become evident. McBride, having disclosed material that informed the Australian public about alleged war crimes by special forces in Afghanistan, was going to be made an example of.

Kevin Gosztola (2023-11-22). JFK Assassination: What US Government Is Still Hiding Sixty Years Later. thedissenter.org

Kevin Gosztola, The Dissenter. (2023-11-21). Update On Lawsuit Against Alleged CIA Spying On Assange Visitors. popularresistance.org A United States court held an extraordinary hearing on November 16, where a judge carefully considered a lawsuit against the CIA and former CIA director Mike Pompeo for their alleged role in spying on American attorneys and journalists who visited WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. | Judge John Koeltl of the Southern District of New York pushed back when Assistant U.S. Attorney Jean-David Barnea refused to confirm or deny that the CIA had targeted Americans without obtaining a warrant. He also invited attorneys for the Americans to update the lawsuit so that claims of privacy violations explicitly dealt with the g…

Michael Leonardi (2023-11-20). Naples, Italy becomes the First Major City in the World to Grant Honorary Citizenship to Julian Assange. counterpunch.org On Friday November 10th after a determined, extremely well organized and hard-fought citizens-led campaign that began on November 27th, 2022, the seaside city of Naples, Italy became the first major city in the world to formally confer honorary citizenship to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, who awaits extradition to the United States from the confines Belmarsh

WSWS (2023-11-20). Australian government gives David McBride no choice but to plead guilty after exposing war crimes. wsws.org Three chilling steps by the Albanese Labor government, clearly acting in concert with the US and other allies, demonstrate its determination to make McBride's fate a warning to all whistleblowers.