(This story first appeared in Counterpunch.) “There is no ‘deep state’—not in the conspiratorial way that Donald Trump uses the term,” writes David Rohde, a Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign correspondent, in his new book, In Deep: The FBI, the CIA and the Truth about America’s “Deep State.” “In dozens of interviews, no current or former government officials...
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The Undercover Mission of the New International Spy Museum
The new International Spy Museum in Washington D.C. is, not surprisingly, an institution in disguise, an undercover operation executed in plain sight. The museum’s beveled glassy front is more stylish than its neighbors–the bland façade of the Post Office to the west, the neo-expressionist face of the General Services Administration to the north. Yet the...
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Failed Coup in Venezuela Evokes Iran-Contra and the Bay of Pigs
Another attempt to overthrow the elected government of Venezuela, originating in the United States has failed, even before it began. And the trail leads back to President Trump and to the history of the CIA in Latin America. On Monday, Venezuelan security forces captured a force of 60 armed men, employed of Silvercorp USA, a...
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The Secret Military Task Force Tasked With Securing the Capital
This from Bill Arkin, highly reliable military affairs correspondent and co-author (with Dana Priest) of the one the best books about the secret sector of the U.S. government. Activated on March 16, Joint Task Force National Capital Region (JTF-NCR) is chartered to “defend” Washington on land, in the air, and even on its waterfronts. The...
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Gender Security: More Women Targeted for Political Violence
In Washington, the New America Foundation sponsors something called the New Models of Policy Change initiative. In studying gender and security issues, NMPC highlighted four emerging data trends/ Political violence targeting women is on the rise. ACLED found that there were twice as many violent events targeting women worldwide in the first quarter of 2019...