Category Archives: Current Issues
U.S. Promises Smooth Transfer of Quagmire from Afghanistan to Syria
“Harland Dorrinson, executive director of the National Quagmire Institute, a think tank dedicated to promoting the United States’ involvement in intractable conflicts around the globe, said . . .” POSTED BY ANDY BOROWITZ JUNE 19, 2013 The New Yorker DAMASCUS (The Borowitz Report)—Supporters of the United States’ twelve-year quagmire in Afghanistan cheered the news today that the […]
David Swanson> Drones for Jesus
Evangelist for Drone Warfare by DAVID SWANSON JUNE 18, 2013 counterpunch.org Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., was founded by televangelist Jerry Falwell. Its publications carry the slogan “Training Champions for Christ since 1971.” Some of those champions are now being trained to pilot armed drones, and others to pilot more traditional aircraft, in U.S. wars. […]
[Video] Carolyn Forche> “Ourselves or Nothing”
Editor’s comment: I find myself remembering and thinking more and more often of the words of poet Carolyn Forche as I watch the news: Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Yeman, Pakistan, Afghanistan: half a world away and almost unreal as I watch and hear of the suffering of others in war-torn parts of the world as the […]
[Video] Our Vanishing Civil Liberties panel with Daniel Ellsberg, Birgitta Jonsdottir, Nadia Kayyali, Norman Solomon
David Curtis Published June12, 2013 Subscribe or “Follow” us on WAMMToday.org. For the TC EVENTS calendar and the ACTIONS AND ACTION ALERTS click on the tab at the top of the page and click on the item of interest to view. WAMMToday is also on FACEBOOK! Check the WAMMToday page for posts from this blog and more! “Like” our page […]
Chase Madar> How Dystopian Secrecy Contributes to Clueless Wars
“Al-Qaeda remains a simmering menace, but as an organization hardly the greatest threat to the United States. In fact, if you measure national security in blood and money, as many of us still do, by far the greatest threat to the United States over the past dozen years has been our own clueless foreign policy.” […]
Glenn Greenwald> Edward Snowden’s worst fear has not been realised – thankfully
The NSA whistleblower’s only concern was that his disclosures would be met with apathy. Instead, they’re leading to real reform. Glenn Greenwald The Guardian, Friday 14 June 2013 14.00 EDT This column was written by Glenn Greenwald for the Guardian’s newspaper edition In my first substantive discussion with Edward Snowden, which took place via encrypted online chat, he […]
Bamford> Connecting the Dots on PRISM, Phone Surveillance, and the NSA’s Massive Spy Center
An aerial view of the NSA’s Utah Data Center in Bluffdale, Utah. The government is secretly collecting the telephone records of millions of Verizon customers and gathering data from tech companies including Apple, Microsoft and Google. The Obama Administration defends the National Security Agency’s need to collect such records, but critics call it a huge […]
Chris Hedges> The Judicial Lynching of Bradley Manning & Is Edward Snowden a Hero? A Debate With Journalist Chris Hedges & Law Scholar Geoffrey Stone [Video]
The Judicial Lynching of Bradley Manning by Chris Hedges June 9, 2013 truthdig.com Army Pfc. Bradley Manning is escorted out of a courthouse at Fort Meade, Md., on Wednesday after the third day of his court-martial. AP/Patrick Semansky FORT MEADE, Md.—The military trial of Bradley Manning is a judicial lynching. The government has effectively muzzled the defense team. […]
Fmr. FBI Special Agent Coleen Rowley was a whistleblower after 9/11 attacks. She talks about recent NSA leak.
Click here for Coleen Rowley video on Edward Snowden’s whistleblowing. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Coleen Rowley: Surveillance programs create huge profit for private contractors Rowley: More importantly, stopping terrorists through mass data collection doesn’t work She says just look at how the Bush administration failed on 9/11 despite early warnings Rowley: Secretive spying programs harm national security […]
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