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The first paragraph of the section entitled ‘Extremist Ideologies’ opens with a statement that has drawn heated criticism: “In US history, there are many examples of extremist ideologies and movements. The colonists who sought to free themselves from British rule and the Confederate states who sought to secede from the Northern states are just two examples.”
The partnership was sealed when the UK’s GCHQ intelligence agency threatened The Guardian with legal action if they did not agree to destroy the leaked material provided by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.
GCHQ attempted to intimidate The Guardian weeks ago, an announcement earlier this week revealed, while the agreement with The New York Times was made public Friday. “In a climate of intense pressure from the UK government, The Guardian decided to bring in a US partner to work on the GCHQ documents provided by Edward Snowden. We are working in partnership with The New York Times and others to continue reporting these stories,” The Guardian said in a statement.
Hours before dying in a fiery car crash, Rolling Stone journalist Michael Hastings told his neighbor he believed his Mercedes had been tampered with, according to a report. Hastings, a swashbuckling war correspondent known for taking on powerful figures, had told several friends he believed the government was watching him in the weeks before his death on June 18 in Los Angeles.
But in a lengthy profile by LA Weekly, Hastings’ neighbor Jordanna Thigpen says he knocked on her door after midnight and asked to borrow her Volvo because he was afraid to drive his own car. "He was scared, and he wanted to leave town," she told the weekly newspaper. She declined, saying her car was in need of repairs.
Manning introduced the world to more than 700 Guantanamo detainee files, the absolute majority making it clear they should not even be in Guantanamo in the first place.
He leaked no fewer than 250,000 State Department cables – many unbelievably silly, but many detailing Mafia-style pressure on an array of countries to brush off the CIA’s totally lawless ‘extraordinary renditions’.
As Birgitta Jonsdottir, the parliamentarian from Iceland who worked with WikiLeaks, succinctly put it, “a fair trial…has never been part of the picture. Despite being a professor in constitutional law, the president as commander-in-chief of the US military - and Manning has been tried in a court-martial – declared Manning’s guilt pre-emptively.”
Despite President Obama cautioning against intervention in Syria, the Pentagon is making “initial preparations” for a cruise missile attack on Syrian government forces, according to a new report. Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey is expected to present options for such a strike at a White House meeting on Saturday, CBS News reported on Friday.
US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel suggested Friday naval forces are moving in position closer to Syria in case Obama chooses action.
Washington is not satisfied with the agreement, saying that Syria’s offer to allow UN inspectors access to the attack site was “too late to be credible”.
"If the Syrian government had nothing to hide and wanted to prove to the world that it had not used chemical weapons in this incident, it would have ceased its attacks on the area and granted immediate access to the UN— five days ago," a senior administration official said.
Syrian rebels have used chemical weapons against regime forces in the Damascus suburb of Jobar, where soldiers discovered stockpiles of toxic poisoning antidotes, state media reports. According to SANA citing “an official source” suffocation cases among army soldiers have been reported.
The source told the agency that army unit pushed into the area, where soldiers were attacked, and seized a warehouse containing material labeled 'Made in KSA' as well as a large number of protective masks. In addition, the army discovered a stockpile of chemical poisoning antidotes with 'The Qatari-German Company for Pharmaceutical Industries' label on them.
We are closer to WW3 than we think, just tonight at 10 PM UK time I am hearing of none esential hospital beds being made ready in the whole of Europe for civil emergency incase people riot when World War breaks out.
Originally posted by darkbake
reply to post by wrabbit2000
Thanks for the information, I'm not sure Obama is in charge here, from what I can tell, he is calling for restraint while the C.I.A. is running military operations directly.
As far as senators go, I honestly am not sure they are entirely in the loop. I think they may start paying attention pretty soon, although I think a lot of the policies are made in intelligence agencies and were outside of any kind of oversight that would be part of our constitutional Republic.edit on 25-8-2013 by darkbake because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by wrabbit2000
reply to post by Alternative4u
We are closer to WW3 than we think, just tonight at 10 PM UK time I am hearing of none esential hospital beds being made ready in the whole of Europe for civil emergency incase people riot when World War breaks out.
Anyone have a credible source for that? It would be interesting ...and I've missed it if it's out there?
Hmm..
Originally posted by darkbake
I'm not sure Obama is in charge here,
from what I can tell, he is calling for restraint while the C.I.A.
is running military operations directly.