The New Arab, an independent London-based news site, has a vivid slideshow illustrated the targeted assassination policy of Mossad, the Israeli secret service. This is not a conspiracy theory but well-documented fact. Research by Ronen Bergman, an Israeli investigative journalist, reveals Israel is estimated to have carried out more than 2,700 assassination operations since the state’s founding in...
Author: Jefferson Morley (Jefferson Morley)
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Ignatius’ Tale: Has the CIA Turned on MBS?
Washington Post columnist David Ignatius gets a hard time for his CIA sources. In January 2017 he broke the story that Trump’s National Security Adviser Michael Flynn lied about his pre-inauguration contacts with the Russian ambassador. The story, attributed to a “senior U.S. government official,” proved to be accurate. Flynn lost his job. Glenn Greenwald...
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The Guardian’s Assange-Manafort Story: Bombshell or Bust?
The Guardian’s sensational story that Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort met with Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is still unconfirmed by other news organizations. It is a tantalizing story but is it true? The fact that other news organizations have not been able to confirm it quickly makes the question more urgent as time passes. If...
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Ecuadoran Intelligence Monitored Manafort’s Meetings with Assange, Says The Guardian.
If true, the UK Guardian’s story about former Trump campaign manager Julian Assange is very damaging to the Wikileaks founder. Wikileaks denies it. The Guardian’s sourcing is vague in places. Sources have said Manafort went to see Assange in 2013, 2015 and in spring 2016 – during the period when he was made a key figure...
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David Sanger’s Problematic North Korea Story for the New York Times
Another South Koreans chafe at the American media’s misunderstanding of North Korea. A column from Korea Times From journalism’s perspective, the obvious problem with Sanger’s article was its characterization of Pyongyang’s activities as a “great deception.” This has been pointed out, already, by many commentators, is false.