For better and worse, “The Report” is a Washington movie, right down to its sanitized title. The credits hint it was originally called “The Torture Report.” A bureaucratic thriller starring Adam Driver as Dan Jones, an obsessed Senate investigator, the movie deploys the iconography of the capital—the looming Capitol dome, the expansive Mall, a cushy...
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VIDEO: A Quick History of the Military-Industrial Complex
In this 2011 video, Gareth Porter, independent scholar, explains how the national security sector of the U.S. government has burgeoned over the past 50 years. Worth watching.
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VIDEO: Making Sense of JFK’s Assassination
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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The Republicans’ Ukraine Conspiracy Theory Explained
Trump’s Ukraine story is a constellation of factoids that amount to a fantasy. Which isn’t to say it won’t be politically effective. One important reason Democrats must be better prepared to fend off Ukraine-related conspiracy mongering is that Attorney General Barr is preparing some kind of ginned-up report that will line up neatly with Republican...
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Manafort, the Kingmaker, Brokered a Deal With the EU
One fact that gets lost in the U.S. domestic politics of impeachment is just how large Americans loomed in Ukraine. During the Maidan revolution of 2014. Paul Manafort, President Trump’s convicted campaign manager, wasn’t just a political consultant. he was a geopolitical kingmaker with a soft touch. He brought together the pro-Russian government and the...