I gave this speech six years ago this week in Dallas. I’ll be in Dallas again today to do more reporting on the JFK story, particularly on the very interesting analysis of former CIA officer Rolf Mowatt-Larssen.
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VIDEO: Chris Hedges and Stephen Kinzer Talk About the Legacy of MKULTRA
I thought Kinzer’s recent book, Poisoner in Chief: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control, was terrific. Here he talks with Chris Hedges about the implication of what he found.
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We Still Don’t Know What Gina Haspel Really Knew About the CIA’s Torture Program
From VICE, which produced The Report, the new movie about the CIA’s torture program. “I was not even read into the interrogation program until it had been up and running for a year,” Haspell told the Committee. But Haspel’s claims raised more than a few eyebrows. For one, the CIA began its torture program in...
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CIA-Backed Afghan Paramilitaries Behind Unlawful Killing Surge
From Just Security In these night raids, the forces involved are Afghan strike force units trained and equipped by the CIA, and often accompanied by CIA operatives or U.S. Special Forces. They operate outside normal U.S. and Afghan military command structures, and target suspected Taliban or Islamic State fighters mainly in rural areas where the...
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Spies Urge CIA Director Gina Haspel to Protect Whistleblower from Trump
From the Washington Examiner. “It will be incumbent on her to protect the whistleblower — and by extension, the organization — moving forward,” said Marc Polymeropoulos, a senior CIA operations officer who recently retired. “This is a seminal moment for her leadership, and I’m confident she will do the right thing.” Source: Spies urge CIA...