The Sordid Tale Of SEAL Team 6 In Afghanistan: Killing An MI6 Agent Was Just The Beginning

A recent investigative report exposes ‘a pattern of criminal violence that emerged soon after the Afghan war began and was tolerated and covered up by the command’s leadership.’

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British Prime Minister David Cameron (Centre R) meets General David Petraeus (Centre L), Commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan in Central London, Britian, 14 October 2010. following the death of British MI6 agent Linda Norgrove during an attempted rescue mission by US Navy SEAL team 6.. (AP/Daniel Deme)

WASHINGTON --- A recent investigation has revealed that someone thought to be an aid worker killed by Navy SEALs in Afghanistan was actually a spy working for MI6, the British intelligence agency. Linda Norgrove was employed at Development Alternatives Incorporated, a U.S. contractor working in Afghanistan, when she was captured by the Taliban

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Navy SEALs Carry Out Domestic War Games, U.S. Citizens Normalized As ‘The Enemy’

The war games suggest a future where many more military exercises run roughshod over public spaces and soldiers simulate how citizens could pose a danger to them.

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Missouri National Guard line up behind police officers monitoring protesters in front of the Ferguson Police Department Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo. Missouri's governor ordered hundreds more state militia into Ferguson on Tuesday, after a night of protests and rioting over a grand jury's decision not to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, a case that has inflamed racial tensions in the U.S.

Published in partnership with Shadowproof. United States Navy SEALs planned war games in the state of Washington for mid-January, where they would encroach upon residential areas, state parks, national parks, etc, without the consent of the public. The war games treat citizens as pawns because SEALs were trained to react to citizens as potential

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Governor Jesse Ventura Won’t See American Sniper Says Kyle Is No Hero

Ventura also dismissed American Sniper as propaganda because it conveys the false idea that Iraq had something to do with the 9/11 attacks.

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Chris Kyle Ventura

American Sniper is tops at the box office but don't expect to see former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura lining up at a theater for it. Ventura, a former Navy SEAL, won $1.8 million in a defamation lawsuit last year against the estate of the late Chris Kyle, the SEAL protagonist of the movie, which has sparked debate over whether snipers should be

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Iraq War Propaganda Film “American Sniper” Sets Twitter Ablaze

Dangerous propaganda, tense war flick, or both? When it comes to “American Sniper,” it seems like everyone has an opinion — especially on Twitter.

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Since “American Sniper,” Clint Eastwood’s latest directorial effort and war movie, was released in theaters across the nation on Jan. 16, it has broken box office records, pulling in $107 million over the Martin Luther King Jr. four-day holiday weekend. The film follows Chris Kyle, a former Navy SEAL, before, during and after his four tours of

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Navy Hobnobs With Hollywood But Keeps Journalists In The Dark

In recent years the Navy has begun to break it’s own vow of silence, helping create films such as “Act of Valor,” “Zero Dark Thirty,” and “Captain Phillips.”

Katie Rucke
بواسطة Katie Rucke

Why does Hollywood have more access to military secrets than journalists? It’s a question ABC News Chief Global Affairs Correspondent Martha Raddatz posed during a roundtable discussion on ABC’s Sunday news program “This Week,” while discussing a new Hollywood movie detailing the inside story of a special Navy SEAL military operation from

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