Avi Asher-Schapiro asks the question at Lawfare: Did the Trump administration warn Jamal Khashoggi. Khashoggi was the Saudi insider and Washington Post columnist who disappeared after visiting the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October 2018. Khashoggi had been critical of Saudi Arab’s new and reckless Crown Prince Mohammed bin-Salman (MBS). The CIA, led by director...
Author: Jefferson Morley (Jefferson Morley)
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Thousands Protest in Iraq Demanding Ouster of U.S. Troops
Moqtada al-Sadr is among the most nationalistic of Iraqi political leaders. He is anti-American–and also anti-Iranian. The fact that Sadr is now calling for the ouster of the 5,200 U.S. soldiers in the country is more than a little significant. Sadr is throwing his support to the pro-Iranian forces in the Iraqi parliament. Unbeknownst to...
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emptywheel: NSA Is Probably Withholding Burisma Details
Marcy Wheeler, aka emptywheel, is among the most knowledgeable of intel watchers. She has this to say about Rep. Adam Schiff’s complaint that the National Security Agency has not been entirely forthcoming with records relevant to President Trump’s impeachment trial. It’s all about Burisma, the Ukrainian firm that hired Hunter Biden to serve on its...
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The Death of Mary Meyer, JFK’s Partner, Explained
In the Daily Beast ace reporter Christopher Dickey concisely explains the fascinating figure of Mary Meyer, aspiring painter, ex-CIA wife, and spiritual/romantic partner of President John F. Kennedy. Eleven months after her lover JFK was gunned down in Dallas, Meyer was killed on the deserted tow path of the C&O canal in Washington DC. There...
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9/11 Mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Meets the CIA Psychologist who Waterboarded Him
On Tuesday, the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, sat just yards from Dr. James Mitchell, who waterboarded him 183 times in a CIA black site in Poland in March 2003. The encounter took place in a courtroom in Guantanamo Bay, the U.S. enclave in Cuba where suspected terrorists are held. From The...