The targets are journalists, activists, opposition party leaders, human rights lawyers, 11 unnamed U.S. officials in Uganda, Palestinian activists. The Israeli-made Pegasus spyware, sold by the cyberoffense firm NSO to state intelligence agencies around the world, has become infamous in recent years. Exploiting unknown loopholes in WhatsApp, iMessage and Android has allowed the group’s clients to potentially infect any smartphone and gain full access to it – in some cases without the owner even clicking or opening a file. Digital forensics groups such as Amnesty International and the...
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Salafis Throwing Bombs: How American and British Planners Partnered With Al-Qaeda Affiliated Groups At the Start of the Syrian Civil War
Introduction In the mainstream view, al-Qaeda did not play a role in the Syria conflict until Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi dispatched his deputy, Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, to Syria in August 2011 to establish a wing of the group there, called Jabhat al-Nusra, or the Nusra Front. Additionally, al-Qaeda allegedly did not carry out any military operations until December 2011 and did not announce its establishment until January 2012. However, there is evidence that al-Qaeda affiliated militants were involved in the Syrian conflict much earlier. Saudi intelligence...
For One Day, Protestors Stopped the War Machine
I’ve attended most of the major antiwar protests in Washington since 9/11. At a 2005 protest, a cop tried to whack me on the head with a wooden pole. At a 2007 protest, I snapped a picture showing George W. Bush hanging next to the U.S. Capitol. But my favorite protest was a potent little ruckus that I almost missed. On a sunny late summer day in 2013, I ambled to downtown Washington to hike with a bunch of folks who enjoyed bantering as much as I did. The route for the jaunt started on the National Mall, passing by the Smithsonian, heading toward the World War II Memorial and points...
12/22/21 Gareth Porter on Iran and Afghanistan
Scott celebrates eleven years on the radio by interviewing Gareth Porter about Biden’s first year in office. They discuss the negotiations between the Administration and Iran over a return to the JCPOA. Despite many crossovers with the team that reached an agreement with Iran back in the Obama years, Biden’s people appear set on squeezing more concessions out of the Iranians. But Porter points out that, as he had predicted, the U.S. reluctance to return to the deal led to hardliner victories in Iran’s last elections. But even with a more anti-American regime, Porter sees no evidence...
The Afghan War: A Photographer’s Journal
The Times photographer Tyler Hicks, who chronicled the 20-year war, captured American troops in battle, the deaths of civilians, schoolgirls in class and the struggles of ordinary Afghans to survive. One of the first things the New York Times photographer Tyler Hicks witnessed after arriving in Afghanistan in late 2001, soon after U.S. airstrikes on Oct. 7 opened the invasion, was the execution of a wounded Taliban fighter. The scene shocked him, upending everything he thought he knew about war and about the Afghan Northern Alliance — the U.S.-aligned fighters who had been his guides and...
Episode 623: How the New York Times Manipulates History To Their Agenda w/ Ashley Rindsberg
34 Minutes Safe for Work Ashley Rindsberg is an American novelist, media commentator, essayist and journalist. Ashley joins Pete to talk about his new book, "The Gray Lady Winked," which is an investigation into the manipulating of information performed the New York Times to slant history to their agenda. The Gray Lady Winked Website Get Autonomy 19 Skills PDF Download The Monopoly On Violence Pete's Patreon Pete's Substack Pete's Paypal Pete's Books on Amazon Pete on Facebook Pete on...
Three BRILLIANT Professors Explain What They Learned From Each Other
https://youtu.be/upjLndKbdY4 Bryan Caplan is a professor of Economics at George Mason University and New York Times Bestselling author. Website: http://bcaplan.com/ Myth of the Rational Voter: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0691138737/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_MVN4R4ZQ39G2BKMB0EGQ Jason Brennan (Ph.D., 2007, University of Arizona) is Robert J. and Elizabeth Flanagan Family Professor of Strategy, Economics, Ethics, and Public Policy at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University. Website: https://gufaculty360.georgetown.edu/s/faculty-publications?id=00336000014RXIUAA4 When All Else...
Episode 555: Finding Hope While The CV19 Madness Continues w/ Tom Woods
36 Minutes PG-13 Tom Woods is a New York Times best-selling author and the host of The Tom Woods Show. Tom joins Pete to talk about some of his travels and to provide hope that individuals are becoming fed up with CV19 hysteria. ChartsTheyForgot.com TomWoods.com Get Autonomy 19 Skills PDF Download The Monopoly On Violence Pete's Patreon Pete's Substack Pete's Paypal Pete's Books on Amazon Pete on...
Russian Bounties Hoax Remains Unproved Because It’s Obvious Bullshit
NBC (CIA asset Ken Dilanian): Gen. Frank McKenzie, commander of US CENTCOM, spoke with NBC News about the matter. “It just has not been proved to a level of certainty that satisfies me,” McKenzie said. “We continue to look for that evidence. I just haven’t seen it yet.” An unnamed military intelligence official also told NBC News that after reviewing the intelligence of attacks on US forces in Afghanistan over the past several years, none had been linked to any Russian bounty payments. In other news, anonymous sources say there is a report that says that Charlie Savage may have retired...
Episode 465: New York Times Lies About CV19 Exposed w/ Jeremy R Hammond
57 Minutes Safe for Work Independent journalist Jeremy R. Hammond returns to the show to talk about his series of articles revealing the lies the New York Times has peddled in their reporting of the CV19 virus. He also comments on the CDC's August 26th report revealing that 94% of the people who reported to have died from CV19 had just under three comorbidities on average. Jeremy's Website Jeremy's Newsletter How the New York Times Lies about SARS-CoV-2 Transmission: Part 4 Obstacle to Peace: The US Role in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Renegade University 25% Off Discount Code Get...