(Second of two articles) A recent two-part series in The New York Times laid out in detail the pivotal role that then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton played in President Obama’s decision to join in France and Britain’s 2011 military campaign against longtime Libyan...
As in Libya, Avaaz Campaigns for Syria No-Fly Zone That Even Top Generals Oppose
“I worry sometimes that, when people say ‘impose a no-fly zone,’ there is this almost antiseptic view that this is an easily accomplished military task. It’s extraordinarily difficult. Having overseen imposing a no-fly zone in Libya, a force that is vastly...
Obama Keeps Pre-Judging Classified Docs Cases
There he goes again. In recently proclaiming Hillary Clinton free of any national security breach – even as the FBI was continuing its investigation of her use of a potentially risky private email server for official business while she was Secretary of State –...
NY Times Buries Intercept Whistleblower’s Shocking Drone War Disclosures
For that slice of the American public that still depends heavily on major daily newspapers as their main source of news, they might not even know that the on-line publication The Intercept has published a package of alarming drone-assassination articles based on...
Obama’s Whistleblower War Leaves Dangerous Legacy for Future Presidents
Here’s the thing about President Obama’s war on whistleblowers: In bringing espionage charges in nine cases involving disclosures or alleged misuse of classified information, the current administration has set a floor, rather than a ceiling, on the number and types of...
Sterling Prosecution Long on Rhetoric, Short on Evidence
To hear the prosecution side tell it in the ongoing trial of Jeffrey Sterling, the former CIA officer who is accused of a national security leak involving Iran, Sterling has potentially (emphasis on potentially): placed a CIA “asset” at risk; hurt recruitment of other...