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Trump, Obama And The Future Of The Targeted Killing Program

Obama developed and expanded a defining policy architecture which his successor Donald Trump now inherits: the ability to kill suspected terrorists anywhere without US personnel having to leave their bases.

Jack Serle
بواسطة Jack Serle
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(ANALYSIS) --- Barack Obama’s foreign policy legacy is often discussed in terms of things he didn’t do: intervene in Syria, reset with Russia, get out of Afghanistan. In one area however, Obama developed and expanded a defining policy architecture which his successor Donald Trump now inherits: the ability to kill suspected terrorists anywhere

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CIA Docs Reveal Agency’s Longtime Obsession With UFOs, Magic

The documents also include substantial information about CIA obsession with UFO sightings, policies for using invisible ink, and their determined investigation into magicians.

Jason Ditz
بواسطة Jason Ditz
Israeli magician Uri Geller, right, holds a bent key belonging to a British journalist, during a demonstration of his powers of telepathy and psychokinesis. Geller worked with the CIA for years in an attempt to exploit his 'powers' for CIA purposes. Oct. 30, 1974. (AP Photo/Dave Caulkin)

(REPORT) --- The juicy bits of the CIA’s massive document dump may have centered on their overt use of torture against detainees and the internal debates underpinning that policy, but it’s far from the only thing in there that warrants a second look. The documents also include substantial information about CIA obsession with UFO sightings, policies

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Obama’s Legacy In Latin America: Militarization, Right-Wing Coups, & The Rule Of Wall St.

With just hours left for the Obama administration, independent geopolitical analyst Eric Draitser reviews the president’s legacy of destabilizing, militarizing, and exploiting Latin America.

Eric Draitser
بواسطة Eric Draitser
Magnets for sale decorate a tourist shop, one showing an image of U.S. President Barack Obama smelling a cigar, at a market in Havana, Cuba, Monday, March 16, 2015. (AP/Ramon Espinosa)

“Tis now the very witching time of night, When churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out Contagion to this world” - William Shakespeare, from “Hamlet” NEW YORK ---  (Opinion) It seems we have arrived at the witching hour of Obama’s presidency, when corporate media ghouls continue to breathe out the infectious contagion of liberal lies and

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Obama’s Bombing Legacy

President Obama has joked he still doesn’t know why he won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009, but his record of waging war was no joke to thousands at the receiving end of U.S. bombs, says Nicolas J S Davies.

Nicolas J.S. Davies
بواسطة Nicolas J.S. Davies
President Barack Obama, accompanied by, from left, Office of National Intelligence Director James Clapper, Vice President Joe Biden, and Secretary of State John Kerry, walks away from the podium after speaking at the National Counterterrorism Center in McLean, Va.,Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

As President Obama leaves office, much of his foreign policy record remains shrouded in the symbolism that has been the hallmark of his presidency. The persistence of Obama’s image as a reluctant war-maker and a Nobel Peace Prize winner has allowed Donald Trump and his cabinet nominees to claim that Obama has underfunded the military and been less

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Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard Visits Damascus On Unannounced Syria Trip

Gabbard’s office confirmed that the congresswoman met with several government leaders while in Damascus.

Jason Ditz
بواسطة Jason Ditz
Tulsi Gabbard

(REPORT) --- Long opposed to US attempts to impose regime change in Syria, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D – HI) has made a trip to Syria this week, an unannounced visit which saw Gabbard spending considerable time in the capital city of Damascus “to promote and work for peace.” Gabbard’s office, citing security, says a lot of the details of the trip are

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Facebook Blocks RT From Posting Until After Trump Inauguration

RT said the block came following a complaint by Current Time TV, a broadcasting organisation linked to the US government.

Telegraph
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Facebook's Secret Censorship Rules Protect White Men From Hate Speech But Not Black Children

(REPORT) ---  Facebook has blocked RT, the Kremlin-backed English news outlet formerly known as Russia Today, from posting videos, photos and news articles until the day after Donald Trump's inauguration. The ban was enacted after a copyright complaint about a video stream of Barack Obama's press conference on RT's Facebook page on

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