Top Secret America

‘Top Secret America’: A Look At The Military’s Joint Special Operations Command

The Washington Post | DANA PRIEST and WILLIAM M. ARKIN | Posted 11.02.2011

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The CIA’s armed drones and paramilitary forces have killed dozens of al-Qaeda leaders and thousands of its foot soldiers. But there is another myste...

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The Hangover: Questions for a Post-Bin Laden America

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 07.03.2011

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Richard (RJ) Eskow

It's been a hell of a binge, hasn't it? Now it's hangover time. When the hangover ends, that's when the questions usually begin: Will we finally honor those "everyday heroes" we keep hearing about?

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Minnesota and Chicago FBI Victims Get Worldwide Support

Coleen Rowley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Top Secret America, FBI Cheating, FBI Investigation of Anti-War Activists, Counter-Intelligence, Counter-Intelligence Program, FBI Hoax, Cointelpro, Fbi, William G. Hillar, Chicago News
Coleen Rowley

Maybe the FBI ought to be spending less resources going after anti-war activists and more time investigating their own "counter-terrorism" lecturers.

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How Top Secret America Misfires

Coleen Rowley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Coleen Rowley

Why has Congress not yet awoken to the fact that since 9-11 we have been sailing into a perfect storm? Here are just some of the turbulent winds blowing and pushing officials in the wrong direction.

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OMB Orders Government Agencies to Monitor Disgruntled Employees -- What's Next?

Coleen Rowley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Coleen Rowley

The White House and its paranoid Barney Fife bureaucrats have set their gun sights on the "insider threat" lurking within top secret America itself.

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Dana Priest's Expose On 'Top Secret America'

washingtonpost.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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The top-secret world the government created in response to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, has become so large, so unwieldy and so secretive ...

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Secrecy and Censorship: Book Burning in the Era of E-Books

Frederick Reuss | Posted 05.25.2011

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Frederick Reuss

It's an odd form of censorship being practiced by the Pentagon these days. That 10,000 copies of Anthony Schaffer's book are sitting in a warehouse in Virginia awaiting incineration seems almost quaint.

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If Only Journalism Could Be Franchised

Faisal J. Abbas | Posted 05.25.2011

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Faisal J. Abbas

Given recent events in the Arab World, I seriously doubt we will be seeing a Washington Post style "Top Secret Middle East" project coming out any time soon.

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The F Word: Top Secret: Privatizing Fails

Laura Flanders | Posted 05.25.2011

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Laura Flanders

While deficit hawks obsess over spending, private security companies, private spies, and private armies rule the tax dollar roost.

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