In 1998, President Jimmy Carter's National Security Advisor Zbiegnew Brzezinski told Le Nouvel Observateur that the CIA "knowingly increased the probability" that the Russians would invade Afghanistan by covertly supporting the Mujahideen before the Soviet invasion. Later in that same interview, Brzezinski claims that this covert intervention caused the end of the Soviet Union: B: Regret what? That secret operation was an excellent idea. It had the effect of drawing the Russians into the Afghan trap and you want me to regret it? The day that the Soviets officially crossed the border, I...
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Supreme Court Upholds ‘State Secrets’ Privilege to Protect CIA Torture Program
The Supreme Court ruled in March that Americans have no right to learn the grisly details of CIA torture because the CIA has never formally confessed its crimes. The case symbolizes how the rule of law has become little more than legal mumbo-jumbo to shroud official crimes. And it is another grim reminder that Americans cannot rely on politically approved lawyers wearing bat suits to save their freedoms. In 2002, the CIA captured Abu Zubaydah, a Palestinian radical, in Pakistan and falsely believed he was a kingpin with al Qaeda. The CIA tortured him for years in Thailand and Poland. As...
Minimizing Risk and Maximizing Lethality: This Is Your Security Force
On May 24, 2022, eighteen-year-old Salvador Rolando Ramos murdered twenty-one people, including nineteen young children, at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. The horror of what unfolded over the course of seventy-five minutes is blamed by activists on the fact that guns are readily available to miscreants. But the guns held by the local police were not used to stop the killer until he had already committed mass murder. Parents at the scene of the crime have reported that when they rallied for the police to storm the building, they were accused of interfering with a security...
Russia Sets Conditions to Ease Black Sea Blockade
Russia has offered to relax its blockade of Ukraine’s Black Sea ports, but only in exchange for sanctions relief from the West, amid fears that the war raging in Eastern Europe is driving a major international food crisis.
5/16/22 Ted Snider: Did the CIA Oust Imran Khan?
Download Episode. Scott is joined by Ted Snider to discuss the removal of Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan. Khan’s government announced in June of 2021 that Pakistan would no longer host any American military bases. Then, earlier this year, Khan was forced out by a vote of no confidence. He immediately turned around and blamed the United States, claiming his removal was a U.S. orchestrated coup. His claims garnered popularity in Pakistan. Snider decided to look into Khan’s theories. He shares what he’s found with Scott. Discussed on the show: “Why Imran Khan’s coup theory is so...
News Roundup 5/15/2022
US News The VA purchased 10,000 iPhones and 85% were wasted sitting in storage. [Link] Russia Belarus says Western sanctions will block between $16-$18 billion in exports. [Link] Rand Paul is blocking the Senate from passing the $40 billion Ukrainian aid bill. Paul is seeking the creation of an inspector general post to oversee the aid. [Link] The Senate is expected to vote on the bill Wednesday. [Link] Several Senators visit Kiev. [Link] Zelensky says French President Macron urged him to cede Ukrainian territory to end the war. [Link] Finland plans to join NATO without delay. [Link]...
Support Ukraine’s Independence? Then Support Secession Everywhere
By now, it should be abundantly clear to all that the official U.S. regime narrative on Ukraine is that one is supposed to be in favor of Ukrainian political independence. That is, we’re supposed to support the idea that Ukraine is a separate state that is politically independent from the Russian state. By extension, of course, the idea that Ukraine is a sovereign state also implies it is separate from all other states as well. But how did Ukraine get that way? States, of course, don’t appear out of nowhere. They generally come into being through one of two ways, or a combination of both....
News Roundup 4/27/2022
US News Minneapolis police used social media to surveil black residents unrelated to crimes. [Link] Increasing fuel prices will cost the Pentagon an additional $3 billion in 2022. [Link] The Army will spend at least $8 billion over the next five years to develop a replacement for the Patriot interceptor system. [Link] The US will exclude representatives from Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela from the Summit of the Americas. [Link] The UK plans to buy 74 F-35s. [Link] Russia The White House will ask Congress for a massive aid package to Ukraine. [Link] Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin says...
Neoconservatives are the Flat-Earthers of Foreign Policy
Douglas Murray, the author of Neoconservatism: Why We Need It, claims: Neoconservatism is not a cabal or a party, but rather a sense, an instinct, a way of looking at the world. That way of looking at the world is, in my definition, a blend of idealism and realism. We look at the world as it is, but act in the world to make it as we would like it to be. This makes our instincts different from traditional conservatives who often distrust social engineering projects or any form of alteration of a status quo they perpetually see as being an irreversible if often quietly enjoyable decline....
News Roundup 4/19/2022
US News Vice President Harris announces a self-imposed ban on testing anti-satellite weapons. [Link] NATO begins its annual cyberwar games. [Link] Russia-Ukraine The Czech Republic will repair damaged Ukrainian military equipment. [Link] Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will push US allies to add more sanctions on Russia. [Link] Senator Coons calls on the US to send troops to Ukraine. [Link] Russia’s Ambassador to the US says he is being denied meetings with Biden administration officials. [Link] British soldiers are training Ukrainian troops in Kiev. [Link] The White House is planning...