Can the CIA make someone disappear? Former officer and whistleblower says ‘Yes’ and explains how |

[ad_1] Kiriakou said the CIA ran secret prisons that made detainees disappear/ Image: Screengrab Ladbible Youtube Before John Kiriakou ever became a whistleblower, he was the kind of CIA officer Hollywood turns into a franchise. Between 1990 and 2004, he moved through the agency’s ranks and across the world, working in 72 countries and, after […]

‘Death squad’: DC shooter Rahmanullah Lakanwal is linked to Afghanistan’s elite ‘Zero Unit’ – What is it

[ad_1] Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, has been arrested in connection with a brazen daylight shooting in Washington, DC, just blocks away from the White House. In response to the shooting, the Trump administration announced a pause on all asylum decisions and a suspension of visa issuance for Afghan nationals.Lakanwal, who previously served with the […]

National Guard troop shot near White House dies; second victim critical, Trump says

[ad_1] US president Donald Trump said on Thursday that Sarah Beckstrom, one of the two National Guard soldiers shot near the White House a day earlier, had died of her injuries. The second soldier, he said, was “fighting for his life”. Trump called Beckstrom a “highly respected, young, magnificent person” and said he learned of […]

‘2 reasons’: Trump confirms he authorised CIA ‘covert operation’ in Venezuela; Maduro calls it ‘regime change’ push

[ad_1] US President Donald Trump US President Donald Trump on Wednesday (local time) confirmed that he has authorised the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to conduct a “covert operation” in Venezuela, amid escalating tensions between the two countries. Trump made the rare admission during a Q&A session at the Oval Office after being asked about a […]

Inside Iran’s Museum of American Espionage

[ad_1] So we’re here outside the U.S. embassy compound in Tehran. Here we have an apple with the CNN logo. The Twin Towers interspersed with the dollar sign. The Statue of Liberty. This is one of the most photographed walls, probably in all of Tehran. Americans know this as the former U.S. compound. But to […]

Donald Trump’s flip-flops on Pakistan: Take the cake or the rare earth

[ad_1] Long before he said he would stop the Ukraine war within a day of becoming president, Trump said he would get Dr Shakil Afridi out of prison in two minutes: “I would tell them, ‘let him out,’ and I’m sure they would let him out.” But nine years and some months after Trump’s boast, […]

Killing a Mockingbird? What is Operation Mockingbird and how it was used to manipulate the press and spread propaganda | World News

[ad_1] Former congresswoman and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is making waves by claiming that Operation Mockingbird, a once-secret CIA media infiltration program, is still being used today to manipulate public perception and attack political figures like Donald Trump. Her explosive remarks have reignited interest in this decades-old Cold War program that allegedly turned […]

‘Propaganda media’: Tulsi Gabbard slams media over reports undermining Iran strike; CIA confirms severe damage

[ad_1] Tulsi Gabbard (left) and John Ratclif (AP) Top US intelligence officials on Wednesday issued a strong rebuttal to leaked media reports suggesting limited damage from recent US airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear sites, asserting that the targeted facilities were in fact severely hit and would take years to rebuild.Director of national intelligence Tulsi Gabbard accused […]

‘Kennedy must fall’: CIA releases 1,450 pages on Robert F Kennedy assassination; includes chilling note saying he ‘must be disposed of’

[ad_1] The CIA has declassified and released 1,450 additional pages tied to the 1968 assassination of Robert F Kennedy, including 54 documents that were previously classified. Among the new material is a psychological profile of Sirhan Sirhan, the Palestinian-born Jordanian convicted of Kennedy’s murder, as well as his handwritten notes, one ominously reading, “Kennedy must […]

CIA boss John Ratcliff grilled in Senate hearing after he confirms involvement in Signal chat

[ad_1] CIA director John Ratcliffe accepted that he was part of the controversial Signal group. CIA director John Ratcliffe acknowledged that he was part of the Signal group chats from which have been leaked in a major security breach that the Donald Trump administration played down. Ratcliffe faced intense grilling as he, Tulsi Gabbard and […]