Wikileaks founder Julian Assange: more revelations to come The Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange, said today that the organisation is working through a "backlog" of further secret material and was expecting a "substantial increase in submissions" from whistleblowers after one of the biggest leaks in US military history.
Wikileaks condemned by White House over war documents The White House today condemned whistleblower Wikileaks, accusing the website of putting the lives of US, UK and coalition troops in danger and threatening America's national security of the US after it posted more than 90,000 leaked US military documents about the war in Afghanistan.
The Death of Paper Money As they prepare for holiday reading in Tuscany, City bankers are buying up rare copies of an obscure book on the mechanics of Weimar inflation published in 1974.
WORLD NEWS
Iran condemns new EU sanctions on energy sector Iran has condemned a new set of tough European Union sanctions aimed at pressuring Tehran to resume talks on its controversial nuclear programme. A foreign ministry spokesman said the move would not help in advancing talks.
Massive 'War Log' Leak Wasn't Done Alone, Whistleblower Says The Army specialist allegedly behind one of the most massive intelligence breaches in U.S. history likely did not act alone, according to the man the soldier approached to publicize the more than 90,000 reports of classified information.
In Leaked Documents, a Spotlight on the ISI WikiLeaks documents released Sunday shine a spotlight on Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence, a spy agency that has been accused for years of having links to terrorist groups. Pakistan has always vigorously denied such claims, and a former ISI chief named in the leaked military documents continued to do so Monday.
Afghan Bombshell: WikiLeaks 'War Diary' exposes US cover-up
One of the biggest leaks in U.S. military history has exposed several cover-ups over the war in Afghanistan, including the deaths of hundreds of civilians. The whistle-blowing website, Wikileaks, handed over 90-thousand classified documents to British, American and German newspapers.
WikiLeaks report fictitious, says Pakistan's ex-spy chief Hamid Gul WikiLeaks' release of classified US documents include claims that Pakistan's former spy chief Hamid Gul ordered attacks against NATO troops. Mr. Gul speaks with the Monitor about the WikiLeaks reports.
US admits ISI-Taliban links, assures India role in Afghanistan not diminished Days after India-Pakistan talks broke down on the issue of terror, the US pointed out links between the Taliban and Pakistani spy agency ISI and assured India that its role in Afghanistan was "not being diminished" to the advantage of Islamabad.
Nato probes reports raid killed 45 Afghan civilians International forces in Afghanistan say they are urgently investigating reports as many as 45 civilians died in an air strike in Helmand province on Friday.
Jail Guards 'Let Gang Inmates Out To Kill' Mexican prison guards allowed inmates to walk out of jail with borrowed guns and drive away in official cars so they could carry out drug-related killings, according to authorities.
Chavez threatens to cut off US oil in Colombia crisis Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has threatened to cut off oil supplies to the United States if it were to back a Colombian military attack on Venezuela, warning Washington to stay out of the fray.
Israeli warplanes strike Gaza tunnels, no casualties Palestinian Territories, July 26, 2010 (AFP) - Israeli planes fired missiles at two smuggling tunnels near the Gaza Strip border with Egypt early Monday, causing damage but no casualties, officials from the Hamas-run security forces said.
U.S. strike on Iran likelier than ever, former CIA chief says Michael Hayden says Iran intends to reach the point where it's just below having a nuclear weapon, adding that such a step would be as destabilizing to the region as the 'real thing.'
UN names flotilla inquiry panel The United Nations Human Rights Council has appointed a team to investigate Israel's deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla in May.
Top U.S. officer warns Afghan war will get worse More NATO troops will die in Afghanistan as violence mounts over the summer, but Washington's goal of turning the tide against the insurgency by year's end is within reach, the top U.S. military officer said on Sunday.
US condemns Afghan war leaks The United States has denounced the release of documents that allegedly show Pakistan's military spy service is guiding the Afghan insurgency, a White House official says.
One of two captive US soldiers killed One of the two US soldiers who went missing in Afghanistan was a captive of the Taliban and other had been killed, according to a spokesman for the insurgents.
Automated Debt-Collection Lawsuits Engulf Courts As millions of Americans have fallen behind on paying their bills, debt collection law firms have been clogging courtrooms with lawsuits seeking repayment.
Obama slams GOP on Disclose Act President Obama called out Senate Republicans on Monday for holding up a vote on a contentious piece of campaign finance legislation.
Tennessee Lt. Gov: Religious Freedom May Not Count For Muslims (VIDEO) Tennessee Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey, currently running third in the state's Republican gubernatorial primary race, says he's not sure if Constitutional guarantees of freedom of religion apply to the followers of the world's second-largest faith, Islam.
Rangel: 'Trauma,' 'more alleged violations' After sounding defiant in his first round with reporters just now, embattled Rep. Charles Rangel sounded sad and seemed downcast and somewhat gaslit as he talked about how "traumatic" he had found the experience.
Senator Barbara Boxer: serving in the military is like being a member of Congress At a campaign event over the weekend in Inglewood, California, Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer seemingly equated being a politician to serving in the military –- and an Iraq War veteran supporting Boxer’s November opponent is calling on her to apologize.
The American Spectator's Mistaken History As if there already wasen't enough self-inflicted damage from last week's Shirley Sherrod affair to go around, The American Spectator manages yet more this morning, posting a shameless, ignorant column by Jeffrey Lord.
High finance and corporate pot, California style The U.S. state that first allowed sales of medicinal marijuana, in 1996, may take away all restrictions on adult use of the drug in a November vote, giving local governments the option to regulate sales and growing of marijuana.
The Pentagon's New Disservice to Soldiers Recently, the Pentagon was called out by me and by others for failing to get its new brain trauma facility in Bethesda fully up and running. Now they've responded to our criticisms—with typical Byzantine bureaucracy and towering ineptitude.
No Proof in New Black Panther Case: Official A Bush appointee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights denounced allegations by some pundits that the Justice Department is refusing to pursue a voting rights case against members of the New Black Panther Party because of race, and suggested that the charges being made by right-wing figures are politically motivated.
If Obama Doesn't Nominate Elizabeth Warren, He's Going To Infuriate His Base There's been some chatter that perhaps President Obama might not nominate Elizabeth Warren to head the Consumer Financial Protection Agency (her brainchild, basically), especially since Tim Geithner was said to oppose the nomination.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
EFF Wins New Legal Protections for Video Artists, Cell Phone Jailbreakers, and Unlockers The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) won three critical exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) anticircumvention provisions today, carving out new legal protections for consumers who modify their cell phones and artists who remix videos — people who, until now, could have been sued for their non-infringing or fair use activities.
Dumbing-Down Society Part 3: How to Reverse its Effects The first two parts of this series describes the negative effects that some commonly consumed chemicals have on the body and brain. This third and final part looks at some natural ways to keep the brain healthy and provides tips to rid the body of dangerous substances. In other words, how to fight back against the dumbing down of society!
Desperate days for the warmists Ever more risibly desperate become the efforts of the believers in global warming to hold the line for their religion, after the battering it was given last winter by all those scandals surrounding the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Faster than everyplace else Tom Nelson runs a great aggregator blog. he’s got his pulse on climate news all over the globe. He’s also got a keen eye for news detail and offers some interesting insights. I had to chuckle then when he pointed out this hilarious media paradox.
Obama signs a bill that lets banks have US over a barrel once more For despite some marginal regulatory improvements, this is no Rooseveltian legislative milestone. Amid the hype and back-slapping of last week's launch, the sad reality is that Dodd-Frank fails to address the fundamental problems that resulted in the sub-prime fiasco and the related damage to not just America, but the entire global economy. (It won't end bailouts)
Jim Rogers: Stress Test Is a PR Exercise The stress test in which only seven of 91 European Union banks failed is just a public relations exercise and wasn't tough enough, famous investor Jim Rogers told CNBC.com Monday.
BP Is Stalling Payments to Oil-Spill Victims: Feinberg British energy giant BP is holding up payments to economic victims of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, Kenneth Feinberg, administrator of a $20 billion compensation fund, said Saturday.
Goldman Sachs Names European Banks It Paid Amid AIG's U.S.-Funded Bailout Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said it made payments to banks including Germany’s DZ Bank AG and Banco Santander SA of Spain for mortgage-related losses as it received U.S. taxpayer funds through the American International Group Inc. bailout in 2008.
Afghan War Leaks Expose Costly Folly
By Ray McGovern The brutality and fecklessness of the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan have been laid bare in an undisputable way just days before the House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on whether to throw $33.5 billion more into the Afghan quagmire, when that money is badly needed at home.
John McCain: 'We Already Won That One'
By Marjorie Cohn On July 15, I attended a reception in Washington DC to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the normalization of relations between the United States and Vietnam. Geoff Millard and I spoke to Sen. John McCain. When Geoff introduced himself as chairman of the board of Iraq Veterans against the War, McCain retorted, "You're too late. We already won that one."
Israel Gets Brutal With Media
By Mel Frykberg Palestinian activists are being jailed, Israeli activists are under surveillance, and the Israeli military is increasingly targeting journalists who cover West Bank protests.
First Review of the Goldman Sachs Documentary Is Out The Goldman Sachs documentary isn't completed yet, but Bess Levin has already come out with a review: "The very serious odds are the thing is going to suck..."
Know Your History: Colonial Scrip We know that the banksters have enslaved society in a perpetual cycle of debt servitude...but what is to be done? Join us this week as we delve into history for an example of a people taking the power of money creation into their own hands.
Anger Rises Over U.S. Tax Dollars for Settlements
By Mel Frykberg Anger has arisen in Palestinian areas over reports that millions of tax-exempt dollars from the U.S. are being funneled towards Israel's illegal settlement building in the Palestinian West Bank -- in flagrant violation of international law.
Will the Party of No Foil the Half-Baked Greenhouse Machiavellis?
By Marlo Lewis Many have already written the obituary for the Kerry-Lieberman bill and other cap-and-trade legislation in the current Congress. In today’s Politico, however, columnist Darren Samuelsohn quotes Sen. John Kerry’s rejection of that assessment: ”No, it’s not dead because we’re going to have a lame duck session and we have weeks ahead of us.”
Outline of Evidence for the JFK Assassination (Part 1 of 3) My interest in the death of President Kennedy derives from my belief that his presidency and his death were pivotal points in American history. At the time of his assassination, President Kennedy was in the midst of intense efforts to end the Cold War. Had he lived to run for a second term, it seems likely that the Cold War would have ended some 25 years earlier than it did.
All in the "Family." Global Drug Trade Fueled by Capitalist Elites
By Tom Burghardt Meanwhile as the bodies pile up, there's no jail time for executives and the assets of firms that could charitably be described as part of a "continuing criminal enterprise" haven't been seized; only a slap on the wrist and a promise to "do better next time."
Shadow Banking Makes a Comeback
By Mike Whitney Credit conditions are improving for speculators and bubblemakers, but they continue to worsen for households, consumers and small businesses.
Judge Rules CIA Can Withhold Info about Illegal Methods A federal judge has backed CIA efforts to conceal information about treatment of detainees, even if the suppressed records contain details about illegal activity on the part of the intelligence agency.
Raw-food raid highlights a hunger Some people balk at restrictions on selling unprocessed milk and other foods. 'How can we not have the freedom to choose what we eat?' one says. Regulators say the rules exist for safety and fairness.
Britons to be spied on by foreign police Britons face being spied on and pursued by foreign police officers even for the most minor offences in an European agreement the Home Office will sign up to tomorrow.
Toxic legacy of US assault on Fallujah ‘worse than Hiroshima’ Dramatic increases in infant mortality, cancer and leukaemia in the Iraqi city of Fallujah, which was bombarded by US Marines in 2004, exceed those reported by survivors of the atomic bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, according to a new study.
Researchers confirm subsea Gulf oil plumes are from BP well Through a chemical fingerprinting process, University of South Florida researchers have definitively linked clouds of underwater oil in the northern Gulf of Mexico to BP's runaway Deepwater Horizon well — the first direct scientific link between the subsurface oil clouds commonly known as "plumes" and the BP oil spill, USF officials said Friday.
BP accused of trying to silence science on spill The head of the American Association of Professors accused BP Friday of trying to buy the silence of scientists and academics to protect itself after the Gulf oil spill, in a BBC interview.
White House Emails Show More Extensive Improper Contact With Google Recent email communication between White House Deputy Chief Technology Officer Andrew McLaughlin, who is Google’s former head of Global Public Policy, and multiple outside individuals raise new questions about the official’s alleged circumvention of federal ethics and recordkeeping rules.
Deficit Estimate to $1.47 Trillion President Barack Obama’s budget office forecast this year’s federal deficit will be a record $1.47 trillion, about $84 billion less than forecast in February because of lower spending for unemployment and some government programs.
Michigan Says Enough To Fed: Takes Matters Into Own Hands As It Starts Using Own Currency…And Gold Either in anticipation of QE2 which will cut the value of the dollar by another 50% once another $2 trillion in toxic crap becomes the “assets” backing the viability of the dollar, or just because they are sick of Fed policies, mid-Michigan has taken monetary matters into their own hands, and in one simple act, completely bypassed the destabilizing influence of the domestic currency printers.
Google's Wi-Spying and Intelligence Ties Prompt Call for Congressional Hearing Citing new information about Google's classified government contracts and the Internet giant's admitted Wi-Spying activity, Consumer Watchdog today said it is more imperative than ever for the Energy and Commerce Committee to conduct hearings into possible privacy violations by Google.
U.S. Government to America’s Vets: Drop Dead From 1991 to 2003, hundreds of thousands of our bravest men and women sought help from the Veterans Administration, from the Defense Department, from the White House, all to no avail.
Growing Number of Prosecutions for Videotaping the Police That Anthony Graber broke the law in early March is indisputable. He raced his Honda motorcycle down Interstate 95 in Maryland at 80 mph, popping a wheelie, roaring past cars and swerving across traffic lanes.
BP Moves the Goalpost for the Oil Well Integrity Test As Coast Guard admiral Thad Allen has explained, sustained pressure readings above 8,000 pounds per square inch (psi) would show that the wellbore is more or less intact, while pressures of 6,000 psi or less would mean there could be major problems
Top Secret America - A hidden world, growing beyond control The top-secret world the government created in response to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, has become so large, so unwieldy and so secretive that no one knows how much money it costs, how many people it employs, how many programs exist within it or exactly how many agencies do the same work.
Tim Shorrock Asks Why It Took the Washington Post So Long to Investigate the US Intelligence System "With all due respect to the Washington Post—and Dana Priest and Bill Arkin are very good reporters—we have to ask, why did it take them seven years to do this story?" says Tim Shorrock, an investigative journalist and author of Spies for Hire: The Secret World of Intelligence Outsourcing. "Anyone who’s been covering intelligence or national security in Washington knows that intelligence has been privatized to an incredible extent."
Can the Financial Reform Bill Fix the Economy? If you’ve been too busy to pay attention to the details, and if you’re hoping that the financial reform bill which has just been passed will fix the economy, this essay will bring you up to date.
Senators Knew Gulf of Tonkin Attack Was a False Flag What do the Viet Nam War and the Iraq War have in common? The U.S. was dragged into both conflicts on the basis of lies, and thousands of Americans died as a result. Here, the Newspaper of Record comes out and admits that the Gulf of Tonkin incident, which persuaded Congress to commit the U.S. to the Viet Nam War, “never happened.”
