It’s Sunshine Week in Washington, a week to celebrate the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and other open government laws that enable the public to see what their government is doing. The FOIA, passed in 1966, is a powerful tool for the public interest. Even our most secret agency, the CIA, has provided online access to...
Author: Jefferson Morley (Jefferson Morley)
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Why Is the U.S. in Venezuela?
That’s the question we discussed March 11 on CGTN’s show “The Heat.” Its pleasure to go on a show where the host and all the guests are well-informed. My bottom line: the danger for Venezuela is that U.S.-sponsored “democratic transition” will lead, not to democracy, but to a failed state.
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Time for Dueling Democrats to Make a Truce Over Rep. Omar
Brad Lander, member of the New York City Council, wants to end the civil war in the Democratic Party over comments by Rep. Ilhan Omar that some find anti-semitic or insensitive. (Listen to the full context Omar’s remarks here.) “We Can’t Let Right Wing Hypocrites Weaponize Anti-Semitism,” Lander writes in Buzzfeed News. The basic terms...
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‘The Problem With Americans’: Q&A With War on the Rocks
War on the Rocks is a reliable source of independent news on the U.S. military. Ryan Evans, founder and editor, talked with Bloomberg about covering–and understanding–the United States world-wide military empire. Ryan who served in a civilian capacity in Afghanistan, has some smart and interesting things to say. RE: I think that the U.S. is...
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Endless War Recipe: Shroud the Toll of CIA Drone Strikes
Former CIA analyst Paul Pillar explains the cost of the Trump administration’s decision to discontinue reporting on civilian casualties of CIA drone strikes. The cost is not only humanitarian, Pillar writes in LobeLog. A report dedicated to civilian casualties outside war zones can help, marginally, make the public more conscious of this dimension of the...