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Archives for July 2012

US Sees Israel, Tight Mideast Ally, As Spy Threat

The CIA station chief opened the locked box containing the sensitive equipment he used from his home in Tel Aviv, Israel, to communicate with CIA headquarters in Virginia, only to find that someone had tampered with it. He sent word to his superiors about the break-in. The incident, described by three former senior U.S. intelligence […]

Associated Press
By Associated Press
Aide Charlie Pearce examines an Israeli flag on the charter plane of Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney before he boards at London Stansted Airport, Saturday, July 28, 2012, as he travels to Israel. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

The CIA station chief opened the locked box containing the sensitive equipment he used from his home in Tel Aviv, Israel, to communicate with CIA headquarters in Virginia, only to find that someone had tampered with it. He sent word to his superiors about the break-in. The incident, described by three former senior U.S. intelligence officials,

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Emergency Central Bank Intervention Coming?

(CHICAGO) — Greece is a corpse. It’s waiting for its obituary to be written. Spain is on life support. Portugal and Ireland are wheezing. Italy is breathing hard. Britannia is sinking. America isn’t far behind. Progressive Radio News Hour regular Jack Rasmus said significant private sector job creation, housing recovery and state and local government […]

Stephen Lendman
By Stephen Lendman
In this July 4, 2012 file picture German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, talks with Italian Premier Mario Monti during a bilateral meeting at Villa Madama in Rome. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca, File)

(CHICAGO) -- Greece is a corpse. It's waiting for its obituary to be written. Spain is on life support. Portugal and Ireland are wheezing. Italy is breathing hard. Britannia is sinking. America isn't far behind. Progressive Radio News Hour regular Jack Rasmus said significant private sector job creation, housing recovery and state and local

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Military Ready To Backup Secret Service At Republican And Democratic National Conventions

By Joey LeMay and Katie Rucke (MintPress) – Perhaps it’s a sign of the times. Or maybe it’s a slight overreaction if history serves as an indicator. At any rate, largely peaceful demonstrations or political uprisings in the United States have a history of being quashed by police officials. But the 2012 Republican National Convention […]

Joey LeMay
By Joey LeMay
Protesters are arrested by New York Police officers Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2004 at the intersection of Broadway and 40th St. in New York. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

By Joey LeMay and Katie Rucke (MintPress) – Perhaps it’s a sign of the times. Or maybe it’s a slight overreaction if history serves as an indicator. At any rate, largely peaceful demonstrations or political uprisings in the United States have a history of being quashed by police officials. But the 2012 Republican National Convention (RNC) and

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Romney Disses 70 Million U.S. Voters In Favor Of Super Minority

Today, U.S. Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney is in Israel working to shore up his foreign policy credentials and ties; so he says.  According to his campaign, he wanted to make his first trip overseas to demonstrate to U.S. voters at home that he cares for the ancestral interests of American citizens.  So first he went […]

Johnny Punish
By Johnny Punish
Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is presented with a booklet as he visits the Western Wall, in Jerusalem, Sunday, July 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)

Today, U.S. Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney is in Israel working to shore up his foreign policy credentials and ties; so he says.  According to his campaign, he wanted to make his first trip overseas to demonstrate to U.S. voters at home that he cares for the ancestral interests of American citizens.  So first he went off to England to have a

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US Audit: $200M Wasted On Iraqi Police Training

U.S. auditors have concluded that more than $200 million was wasted on a program to train Iraqi police that Baghdad says is neither needed nor wanted. The Police Development Program— which was drawn up to be the single largest State Department program in the world — was envisioned as a five-year, multibillion-dollar push to train […]

Associated Press
By Associated Press
In this Nov. 22, 2011 file photo, the Iraqi flag waves while federal police parade in Baghdad. A report by the U.S. Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, to be released Monday, July 30, 2012, found that the American Embassy in Baghdad never got a written commitment for Iraq to participate in what initially was envisioned as a five-year, multibillion-dollar effort to train security forces after the U.S. military left last December. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)

U.S. auditors have concluded that more than $200 million was wasted on a program to train Iraqi police that Baghdad says is neither needed nor wanted. The Police Development Program— which was drawn up to be the single largest State Department program in the world — was envisioned as a five-year, multibillion-dollar push to train security forces

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Israel, US Stirring Up Iran Crisis By Planning Attacks

A report published on Sunday in Ha’aretz reveals that US National Security Adviser Tom Donilon has presented Washington’s contingency plans for a possible attack on Iran to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu once the nuclear negotiations reach an impasse. However, the report was immediately denied by a topIsraeli official who spoke on condition of anonymity. He said, “Nothing […]

Ismail Salami
By Ismail Salami
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu opens the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem, Sunday, July 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Gali Tbbon, Pool)

A report published on Sunday in Ha’aretz reveals that US National Security Adviser Tom Donilon has presented Washington’s contingency plans for a possible attack on Iran to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu once the nuclear negotiations reach an impasse. However, the report was immediately denied by a topIsraeli official who spoke on

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