With all the threats to civil liberties sprouting in America, the extradition trial of Julian Assange in London may seem...
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Inside the Discord Leak: U.S. Air Force Loves War Gamers Like Teixeira
British Intelligence Privately Says Israel Has Nuclear Weapons But Won’t Admit it Publicly
Mexican President Accuses Pentagon of Spying, Vows to Restrict Military Information
Daniel Ellsberg Week Honors Pentagon Whistleblower
How Twitter Became a Propaganda Tool of U.S. Central Command
Interview With the Father of a Palestinian Fighter Assassinated by Israeli Special Forces
Chinese Police Station in New York Is Part of a Vast Influence Operation
Catch-22 at Guantanamo, or How Due Process Got Undone
Wagner Group Leader Calls for End to Russia’s ‘Special Military Operation’
Once Ridiculed, the ‘October Surprise’ Deal Between Reagan and Iran Is Now Confirmed
Two Senators Allege ‘Secret’ CIA spying on Unwitting Americans
UK Spy Agency Says AI Chatbots Pose a Security Threat
How Aerial Surveillance Has Evolved Over the Past 200 Years
Wagner Mercenary Chief Says He Ran Russian Information War
Iranians Outraged After Shah-Era Secret-Police Official Attends U.S. Rally
Israeli-led Disinformation Team Meddled in Dozens of Elections
Director of National Intelligence Barred From Reporting on Domestic Extremists in U.S. Armed Forces
Iranian Intelligence Official Says China in Line to Buy Tehran’s Drones
Former Mossad Chief Urges Compromise on Judicial Shakeup
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Peace Data and Prigozhin’s Service to Putin
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DHS Report: White Supremacists Are the Biggest Terror Threat
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RIP: Kevin Zeese, Upbeat Progressive Activist
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SpyTalk: How Chinese Intelligence Penetrated the CIA
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Intelligence Findings on COVID19 Origins: Not Man-Made or Genetically Modified
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The Origins of the Ukraine Conspiracy Theory
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DHS Analysts: Trump Defeat May Trigger Right-Wing Terror
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DARPA, Imagineer of War, Names a New Director
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Did Trump Just Kill a $122 Billion Company?
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Another Scientist Who Says COVID19 Was Not Man-Made
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A Right-Wing Bubble Bursts: Durham Talks and Brennan Walks
The soft sobbing sounds you hear come right-wing media scribes who are crying in their beer. For months, the faithful...
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