The cover-up
By Robert Booth
Ministry of Defence told US that UK had 'put measures in place' to protect American interests during Chilcot inquiry. Continue
By Gareth Porter
In fact, the Russians challenged the very existence of the mystery missile the U.S. claims Iran acquired from North Korea. But readers of the two leading U.S. newspapers never learned those key facts about the document. Continue
By John Pomfret and Walter Pincus
The snapshot provided by the cable illustrates how such documents - based on one meeting or a single source - can muddy an issue as much as it can clarify it. In this case, experts said, the inference that Iran can strike Western Europe with a new missile is unjustified. Continue
By Mike Whitney
Bottom line: The reason there is no peace in Korea is because Washington doesn't want peace. It's that simple. Continue
By Paul Craig Roberts
Not a single “Iranian expert” was capable of pointing out that the tyrants who rule Egypt and Saudi Arabia fear Iran because the Iranian government represents the interests of Muslims, and the Saudi and Egyptian governments represent the interests of the Americans. Continue
By Karen Kwiatkowski
The great US stumbles over itself to be inoffensive, seeking simultaneously to be both submissive and warlike when speaking to Israelis. Pathetic little weasels, the lot of them. But their pathetic weaselness cannot be blamed on Julian Assange. Continue
WikiLeaks vs. the Political Class
By Justin Raimondo
A revolution is indeed possible. That’s why the Establishment of both parties, and pundits on the neocon right and the Obama-ite left, are out to knife Assange and bring down WikiLeaks. Continue
The Peace Movement Responds
By Cindy Sheehan
Secrecy, spying, and hostility have infected our entire government, turning the diplomatic corps into an arm of the CIA and the military. Continue
The Federal Government Is Keeping Your Family Safe?
2 Minute Video
Mainstream US media pushing propaganda on an unsuspecting public. Continue
US Ready to Back Bigger EU Stability Fund: Official: The United States would be ready to support the extension of the European Financial Stability Facility via an extra commitment of money from the International Monetary Fund, a U.S. official told Reuters on Wednesday.
Fed Names Recipients of $3.3 Trillion in Aid During Crisis: The Federal Reserve, under orders from Congress, today named the counterparties of about 21,000 transactions from $3.3 trillion in aid provided to stem the worst financial panic since the Great Depression.
Congress dithers as unemployment benefits run out: A federal extension of unemployment-insurance benefits expires Tuesday, and a Congress split along party lines hasn’t approved new funding for payments that help support the long-term unemployed.
Wikileaks’ next target: A major US bank: He's been relentlessly revealing some of the US government's most deeply held secrets, but for his next act, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange says he will expose the corruption of a major American bank.
Ireland's Debt Servitude: The €85bn package imposed on Ireland by the Eurogroup and the European Central Bank is a bail-out for improvident British, German, Dutch, and Belgian bankers and creditors. The Irish taxpayers carry the full burden, and deplete what remains of their reserve pension fund to cover a quarter of the cost.
Banks Resisting Fannie, Freddie Demands to Buy Back Mortgages: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are facing growing resistance as they attempt to push failed home loans off their books and onto the balance sheets of banks including Bank of America Corp. and JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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