Category Archives: CIA
More chickens coming home to roost…
Truth Dig’s Barry Lando about the Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia and what I might call the next round of chickens coming home to roost. With Friends like these, who needs Democracy? The US are in a bit of a jam … Continue reading
Filed under CIA, Demokratie, ignance in power, Law and Ordure, [andbehold]
Torture in America, as upheld by Obama
Yesterday saw the release of the 2004 CIA’s Inspector General Report on the use of torture by the US. Salon’s Glenn Greenwald highlights the important points. In spite of everything that has come to light over the last years this … Continue reading
Filed under CIA, Demokratie
The end of hope, Obama disappoints
Here’s a good piece of how Obama manages to fuck up royalle on civil liberties. The title just about sums it up: “Obama fails his first test on civil liberties and accountability — resoundingly and disgracefully”. The truly sad thing … Continue reading
Filed under CIA, Law and Ordure
UBS ist Schuld an Terror im Nahen Osten…
… behauptet eine Sammelklage, die kürzlich in den USA eingereicht worden ist. Die Logik ist genauso faszinierend wie an den Haaren herbei gezogen. Es ist ja eigentlich interessant zu sehen, dass die Finanzströme im Hintergrund, die nicht ganz koscher sind … Continue reading
Filed under but seriously..., CIA, Demokratie, Law and Ordure, [andbehold]
A Short History of Psychological Terror
A short lecture on the history of psychological terror by Alfred McCoy, Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin, as developed by the US. Short meaning in this case about an hour, but you get a pretty good overview … Continue reading
Litmus test: Is Guatemala ready NOW?
I recently stumbled over the news of Álvaro Colom taking office as the sixth civilian president of Guatemala since 1986, which marked the end of 30 years of military rule. After winning the November elections with 52% of the votes, … Continue reading
Filed under CIA, Guatemala, [andbehold]
