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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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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TED Fellow Allegedly Led Attack on the North Korean Embassy in Madrid
Six years ago, human rights activist Adrian Hong commanded the stage at a TEDGlobal event in Scotland. As a guest host, the 27-year-old Yale graduate moderated a group discussion on “Forces of Change” highlighting what he called “the strong movements, energies and people that are driving major shifts in the world, particularly in Africa and...