by Scott Shane July 8, 2009 WASHINGTON — The director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Leon E. Panetta, has told the House Intelligence Committee in closed-door testimony that the C.I.A. concealed “significant actions” from Congress from 2001 until late last month, seven Democratic committee members said.

por Andy Worthington 1 de julio, 2009 En estos últimos días se ha estado discutiendo mucho acerca de la publicación, largamente esperada (y dos veces retrasada), del Informe de 2004 del Inspector General de la CIA, que, como Glenn Greenwald explicó el martes [30 de junio], “cuestiona con toda firmeza la eficacia y la legalidad” de las [...]

by Andrew Mack July 6, 2009 Behind the modest progress in arms-reduction agreed by Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev is a larger trend towards a world without nuclear weapons, says Andrew Mack.

When the current crisis is over, the reputation of American-style capitalism will have taken a beating—not least because of the gap between what Washington practices and what it preaches. Disillusioned developing nations may well turn their backs on the free market, warns Nobel laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz, posing new threats to global stability and U.S. [...]

by Gideon Levy July 6, 2009 Combat is the best, my brother, as the famous bumper sticker reads. It’s a good thing we have Shayetet 13. Operating at the crack of dawn – or was it before nightfall? – the daring naval commandos fearlessly took control of a rusty, rickety, unarmed boat bobbing in the middle of [...]

Nota del editor: Sin sustento, no hay libertad, no hay vida, no hay forma de resistir las injusticias diarias que vienen a oprimirlo a uno cada vez más. No hay libertad. El hambre es una de las injusticias más grandes de nuestros tiempos porque el alimento es un derecho humano que se le esta negando [...]

Quieren tenernos bajo control, vigilados y oprimidos para que no presentemos ningun acto de desafio o resistencia

As US troops and private contractors surge in Afghanistan, a new report reveals a system rife with abuse. Also, why is an executive of a major war contractor on the commission investigating contractors?

The Iraqi authorities are holding five American contractors on suspicion of “murder,” but the US is spinning a different story. This could be a major test for Obama on contractor accountability. By Jeremy Scahill June 9, 2009 Over the past few days, there has been quite a buzz on listserves frequented by private security contractors and industry representatives [...]

Newly released Pentagon statistics show that in both Iraq and Afghanistan the number of armed contractors is rising. The DoD says it sees “similar dependence on contractors in future.” By Jeremy Scahill June 1, 2009 A couple of years ago, Blackwater executive Joseph Schmitz seemed to see a silver lining for mercenary companies with the prospect of US [...]