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Archives: Espionage
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Trump hands Putin gift, cancels Support for Syrian Rebels
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Greg Jaffe and Adam Entous at WaPo report that Trump cancelled the CIA program to support the remnants of the Free Syrian Army…![Is Trump Sign or Cause of US Imperial Meltdown?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921180851im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/07/is-trump-sign-or-cause-of-us-imp-187x137.jpg)
Is Trump Sign or Cause of US Imperial Meltdown?
By Alfred W. McCoy | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | - - The superhighway to disaster is already being paved. From Donald Trump’s first days in office, news of the damage to America’s…![Was Chelsea Manning trying to stop the Endless War? Whistleblowing and Morality](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921180851im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/was-chelsea-manning-trying-to-st-187x137.jpg)
Was Chelsea Manning trying to stop the Endless War? Whistleblowing and Morality
By Peter Van Buren | (Tomdispatch.com) | <p>“My guilt will never go away,” former Marine Matthew Hoh explained to me. “There is a significant portion of me that doesn't believe it should…![GOP not the party of ‘Security’ as Intel Allies Flee Trump](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921180851im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/gop-not-the-party-of-security-as-187x137.jpg)
GOP not the party of ‘Security’ as Intel Allies Flee Trump
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Globally, US security partners are beginning to rethink sharing sensitive intelligence with the United States. That decisio should worry all Americans, since it…![Clapper Lied & Spied, now charges Trump w/ assault on Gov’t Institutions](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921180851im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/clapper-lied-spied-now-charges-t-187x137.jpg)
Clapper Lied & Spied, now charges Trump w/ assault on Gov’t Institutions
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - During the past week we've been subjected to hours of testimony by or interviews with James Clapper, former Director of National Intelligence. On…![Dems Should be Careful about using Deep State to get at Trump](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921180851im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/dems-should-be-careful-about-usi-187x137.jpg)
Dems Should be Careful about using Deep State to get at Trump
By Ian Berman | (Informed Comment) | - - Ever since the November election, Democrats have been looking for a reason to take down President Trump and vindicate Clinton’s loss. Refusing to…![Trump to CIA: We now have 2nd Chance to take Iraq’s Oil](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921180851im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/trump-to-cia-we-now-have-2nd-cha-187x137.jpg)
Trump to CIA: We now have 2nd Chance to take Iraq’s Oil
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Donald Trump has had a contentious relationship with the US intelligence community, in part over their conviction that the Russian Federation attempted to…![Those Times the NSA Hacked America’s Allies](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921180851im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/those-times-the-nsa-hacked-ameri-187x137.jpg)
Those Times the NSA Hacked America’s Allies
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The hysteria about Russian hacking of the Democratic National Committee and the Republican National Committee servers and the phishing scam run on Hillary…![Bruited Trump pick for Nat’l Intel shreds 4th Amendment, wants Total Surveillance](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921180851im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/bruited-trump-pick-for-natl-inte-187x137.jpg)
Bruited Trump pick for Nat’l Intel shreds 4th Amendment, wants Total Surveillance
TeleSur | - - On Thursday multiple mainstream media outlets reported that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has picked former Republican Senator Dan Coats, an outspoken advocate of illegal domestic surveillance programs, to…![Circus of Liars: How Trump & GOP are Twisted into Pretzels over Putin Hack](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921180851im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/circus-of-liars-how-trump-gop-ar-187x137.jpg)
Circus of Liars: How Trump & GOP are Twisted into Pretzels over Putin Hack
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Donald J. Trump has picked another fight with the elders of his own Republican Party, over whether Russia engaged in hacking aimed at…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921180851im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/splinterlandspbk-180x137.jpg)
Some Animals are Better: An American Version of the One-Party State
By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | - - Know thyself. It was what came to mind in the wake of Donald Trump’s victory and my own puzzling reaction to it.…![Iraq: Bush DoD paid PR Firm millions to Plant fake I.S. Videos, False Stories](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921180851im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/10/iraq-bush-dod-paid-pr-firm-milli-187x137.jpg)
Iraq: Bush DoD paid PR Firm millions to Plant fake I.S. Videos, False Stories
By Crofton Black and Abigail Fielding-Smith | ( The Bureau of Investigative Journalism ) | - - The Pentagon gave a controversial UK PR firm over half a billion dollars to run…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921180851im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/meant-187x137.jpg)
Dear Generation Z: So sorry for bequeathing to you terrorism hysteria and all those Wars
By Peter Van Buren | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - I recently sent my last kid off for her senior year of college. There are rituals to such moments, and because dad-confessions…![15 Years after 9/11, can we Recover our Republic?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921180851im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/15-years-after-911-can-we-recove-187x137.jpg)
15 Years after 9/11, can we Recover our Republic?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Founding Fathers thought keeping a standing army was a danger to democracy. The great wars of the twentieth century appear to have…![H. Clinton and Ed Snowden: Some Animals are more Equal than others](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921180851im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/07/h-clinton-and-ed-snowden-some-an-187x137.jpg)
H. Clinton and Ed Snowden: Some Animals are more Equal than others
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Hillary Clinton has repeatedly attacked Ed Snowden for being careless with government information. So it is ironic that she has been found guilty…![The Palmer Raid: When Trump’s Grandfather and Wives could have been Profiled](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921180851im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/06/the-palmer-raid-when-trumps-gran-187x137.jpg)
The Palmer Raids: When Trump’s Grandfather and Wives could have been Profiled
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Marx said that every great event in history happens twice, the first time as tragedy and the second time as farce. In this…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921180851im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/05/6a00d83451b54369e20154352bfcbd970c-800wi-187x137.jpg)
Dear Mr. Holder: Why Ed Snowden can’t get a Fair Trial in your National Security State
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Former US Attorney General Eric Holder said in an interview that what NSA whistle blower Edward Snowden did was illegal but added ""We…![Snowden on Torture Report: “When the CIA destroys s.th., it’s never a Mistake”](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921180851im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/05/snowden-on-torture-report-when-t-187x137.jpg)
Snowden on Torture Report: “When the CIA destroys s.th., it’s never a Mistake”
TeleSur | -- After the CIA inspector general admitted it destroyed a 6,700 page report on torture, the famed whistleblower said the CIA does not destroy by "accident." Edward Snowden commented this…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921180851im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/jonessoldiers-2-140x137.jpg)