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Words fail. As last week ended, the vice president, we learned (in papers filed in federal court by Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald in the Plame-Niger-uranium, sixteen-fateful-words, disagree-with-us-and-we’ll-whack-you case), told his chief of staff, “Scooter” Libby, that the president “specifically had authorized defendant to disclose certain information in the NIE” – in other words that George … Continue reading “The President’s ‘Final Jeopardy!‘ Question”

Editor’s note: Justin Raimondo is traveling. His column will return Friday. Israel’s once-powerful lobby in the U.S. is running scared. The American Israel Political Affairs Committee (AIPAC) is facing a burgeoning scandal with the upcoming trial of Steve Rosen their longtime chief lobbyist, and Iran policy expert Keith Weissman, who are accused of spying on … Continue reading “Smear and Fear”

Efforts by the United States to split the Shi’ite United Iraqi Alliance (UIA) and deny interim Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari his claim to head the next government could well prove counter-productive to long-term U.S. objectives in both Iraq and the larger region, according to some specialists here. Not only has heavy-handed U.S. intervention in negotiations … Continue reading “US Efforts to Oust Jaafari May Backfire”

NEW DELHI – As the United States Senate foreign relations committee (SFRC) began hearing on Washington’s controversial nuclear technology and supplies agreement with India, starting with the testimony of secretary of state Condoleezza Rice, the deal appeared to be in deep trouble. A special legislation introduced in the U.S. Congress to implement the deal by … Continue reading “Indo-US Nuclear Deal Takes Flak, No Eject Option”

Covert action is much talked about and little understood. At its most basic level, covert action is a set of intelligence operations undertaken by a specific state’s intelligence agencies to advance its national interests. They are executed in a manner that limits the visibility of that state’s hand in whatever is done. Ideally, covert actions … Continue reading “Does Israel Conduct Covert Action in America?”

Bonkers Bolton told State Department reporters in Washington this week that if Iran’s government doesn’t halt enrichment work and somehow prove its nuclear effort is peaceful, the "likely next step" would be a "Chapter VII resolution under the UN Charter." Article 39 of Chapter VII says – "The Security Council shall determine the existence of … Continue reading “Why We’re at War”

One week after the Palestinian Authority (PA) swore in its new Hamas-led government, the United States Friday announced that it will suspend all direct aid to the PA while sharply increasing humanitarian assistance to the people under its control. The move, which followed a similar announcement by the European Commission (EC) Thursday, comes as the … Continue reading “Washington Cuts All Aid to Palestinian Authority”

As U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her team continue to face increasingly harsh criticism from Muslim communities, Amnesty International has issued a new report on one of the practices they condemn the most: rendition. The new report, "Below the Radar: Secret Flights to Torture and Disappearance," describes a U.S. covert operation in which … Continue reading “Report Details CIA’s Covert Rendition Fleet”

When even the pro-war London Telegraph starts having second thoughts about the wisdom of staying in Iraq, you know the War Party’s goose is cooked: “Three years after the original invasion, supporters of the war should assess the situation with pitiless clarity. Three years is more than enough time to have trained a new generation … Continue reading “The People Speak”