VIDEO: Top Biden advisors Flournoy and Blinken promise smarter, more secretive permanent war policy
Biden’s likely pick for Secretary of Defense, Michele Flournoy, and his top foreign policy advisor, Tony Blinken, have... Read More
Afghanistan
Calling out NYT “unprofessional” reporting on ‘Bountygate’
Red Lines host Anya Parampil speaks with investigative journalist Gareth Porter about his latest report “How the Pentagon... Read More
How the Pentagon failed to sell Afghan government’s bunk ‘Bountygate’ story to US intelligence agencies
Another New York Times Russiagate bombshell turns out to be a dud, as dodgy stories spun out by... Read More
US claim of ‘Russian Bounty’ plot in Afghanistan is dubious and dangerous
Max Blumenthal breaks down the “Russian bounty” story’s flaws and how it aims to prolong the war in... Read More
Washington’s tall tale of Iranian-Al Qaeda alliance based on questionably sourced book ‘The Exile’
A disinformation campaign aimed to justify the assassination of Qassem Soleimani by painting him and Iran as willing... Read More
Ex UN anti-narcotics chief & mob expert says US Treasury running ‘mafia racket’ against Venezuela
Pino Arlacchi, the former Executive Director of the United Nations Office for Drug Control and Prevention, says US... Read More
US government threatens families of Int’l Criminal Court staff if they try Americans for war crimes
The International Criminal Court approved an investigation into US war crimes in Afghanistan. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo... Read More
Media darling Pete Buttigieg was in unit that worked with CIA in Afghanistan
While Buttigieg’s campaign denies allegations he was a CIA asset, military records reveal Mayor Pete was in a... Read More
Iraqi PM reveals Soleimani was on peace mission when assassinated, exploding Trump’s lie of ‘imminent attacks’
The Trump administration claimed Iranian general Qasem Soleimani was planning “imminent attacks” on US interests when it assassinated... Read More
The insider: How national security mandarins groomed Pete Buttigieg and managed his future
Pledging to “end endless wars,” Pete Buttigieg claims he has “never been part of the Washington establishment.” But... Read More
Pentagon-funded researcher smears ‘The Management of Savagery’ in error-filled Times Literary Supplement screed
Lydia Wilson, a researcher at a US Department of Defense-backed outfit, has taken to the Times Literary Supplement... Read More
Was the imprisonment of Iranian-American journalist Marzieh Hashemi spun into expanded US sanctions?
The relationship between former Air Force analyst-turned-Iranian spy Monica Witt and Hashemi – who was jailed by US... Read More