Check in with me here next Monday, January 21, Martin Luther King Day. I’m proud to be joining with lots of other people in the unveiling a major petition effort signed by more than 50 prominent American citizens. The joint statement is aimed at moving Congress to investigate deeply troubling, long-buried chapters in American history. After reading...
Author: Jefferson Morley (Jefferson Morley)
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No Intelligence Supports Bolton’s Iran Charges, Analyst Says
“We have little doubt that Iran’s leadership is still strategically committed to achieving deliverable nuclear weapons.” So said national security adviser John Bolton in Israel last week. The problem is, says Joe Cirincione, president of Ploughshares Fund, a global security foundation, U.S. intelligence does not agree. In a piece for Defense One, he writes Director of...
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Saudi Official Witnessed Torture of Activist, Sister Says
A top Saudi official, implicated in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, presided over the torture of Loujain al-Houthal, a Saudi human rights activist, according to Houthal’s sister. From Alia al-Houthal’s piece in The New York Times Saud al-Qahtani, a top royal adviser, was present several times when Loujain was tortured, she said. Sometimes Mr....
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Leaked FBI Testimony Doesn’t Bolster Trump’s ‘Deep State’ Theories
With Democrats now in control of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, new details are emerging about the Republican investigation of the FBI’s handling of the investigation of presidential candidate Donald Trump. Two transcripts, leaked to the New York Times and the Epoch Times respectively, show how senior FBI officials viewed Donald Trump’s rise...
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Richmond Times-Dispatch: Covert Action Museum Is Not So Smart
Last month I reported that the planned Museum of Intelligence and Special Operations had received $10 million grant for a showcase building in northern Virginia. Given the CIA”s lengthy record of unsuccessful operations that harmed U.S. interests and values, I questioned whether the museum was a good idea. Now Richmond Times Dispatch is asking the...