Family Calls On Trump To Bback Jewish American From Iran
In his election campaign, US President Donald Trump vowed to return Iranian-held hostages to the US. Now the relatives of one of those men are asking the president to make good on his promise.
Italy Cancels Former CIA Agent’s Extradition
Italian president Sergio Mattarella has effectively pardoned a former CIA agent convicted of involvement in the kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric as part of a controversial US programme that kidnapped suspects for interrogation.
Trump Justice Department Delivers CIA ‘Torture Report’ To Federal Court
The Trump administration said on Friday it delivered to a federal court vault in Washington, D.C., a Justice Department copy of the so-called Senate Torture Report on the CIA’s secret prison network during the George W. Bush administration.
Media’s Contra-Cocaine Cover-Up
Amid the mainstream U.S. media’s current self-righteous frenzy against “fake news,” it’s worth recalling how the big newspapers destroyed Gary Webb, an honest journalist who exposed some hard truths about the Reagan administration’s collaboration with Nicaraguan Contra cocaine traffickers.
Ex-CIA officer Fights Conviction For Leaking Anti-Iran Operation
RICHMOND, Va. – Once an employee of the powerful CIA, Jeffrey Sterling now sits behind bars at a federal prison in Colorado. He bides his time by reading and writing and working at the facility’s recreational center.
International Criminal Court US Army and CIA ‘May Be Guilty of War Crimes In Afghanistan’
US armed forces and the CIA may have committed war crimes by torturing detainees in Afghanistan, the international criminal court’s chief prosecutor has said in a report, raising the possibility that American citizens could be indicted even though Washington has not joined the global court.
Army Special Forces Soldiers Killed In Jordan Were Working For The CIA
Three US soldiers who dies in Jordan on November 4 were working with the CIA to train militants fighting against the Syrian government, officials say.
Obama’s Deputies Drop Criminal Charges Against Hillary Clinton-Linked Arms Dealer In Libya
An arms dealer who had threatened to reveal potantially damaging information about Hillary Clinton’s alleged role in arming Islamist militants until federal prosecutors abruptly dropped their case against him Tuesday, told Fox News the case has cost him everything.
Son of Jewish Ex-FBI Agent Robert Levinson: Why Didn’t $400M Payment To Iran Free My Dad?
Hours after reports surfaced that the U.S. government discreetly airlifted $400 million to Iran in January just as long-held American hostages in the Islamic Republic were being released – a payment some have called a “ransom” – the son of a man still thought to be held in Iran is asking why his dad wasn’t…
US, Russia Expel Each Other’s Diplomats In Flare-Up Over Moscow Police Attack
Russia said Saturday that it had expelled two U.S. diplomats Moscow claimed were working undercover for the CIA in retaliation for Washington’s explusion of two Russians last month.