If only the CIA’s rogue operations had been consigned to history as a result of the crimes exposed by the Church Committee, or at the least had brought the CIA under the rule of law and public accountability. But that was not to be. There are three basic problems with the CIA: its objectives, methods,... Read More

At a National Press Club event in Washington DC yesterday, March 14, retired federal agent and whistleblower Karl Golovin asked Seymour Hersh pointed questions about Nordstream, 9/11, and WTC-7, and then handed Hersh a copy of Laurent Guyenot's book The Unspoken Kennedy Truth, which blames Israel for JFK's assassination. Golovin’s question referenced Tucker Carlson’s recent... Read More

It’s important to remember that Seymour Hersh has Jewish privilege, and that’s the only way he’s able to get away with reporting this stuff he reports. That’s useful maybe in some ways, but he also plays the role of gatekeeper. RT: Legendary investigative journalist Seymour Hersh on Sunday offered a theory for what he sees... Read More

What‘s been the most significant threat to journalism – the lifeblood of a free society – over the past decade? Maybe we can turn to George Monbiot, the doyen of the British liberal-left, for an answer. He has a weekly column at the Guardian newspaper in which he exposes the abuses of state and corporate... Read More

Corporate ownership of media outlets and consolidation have deteriorated the quality of reporting in numerous ways: accelerating access journalism, gutting local news and investigative reporting, a decreasing willingness to take chances or to invest in projects without a quick return on investment. Now there's a new problem, one so baked into the equation that we... Read More

I thought my analysis of Hersh's article was pretty good until I read the comments-section and realized the mistake I had made. True, there are inconsistencies in the text that I have problems with, but they pale in comparison to the contribution Hersh makes by identifying the people responsible for the destruction of Nord Stream.... Read More

Earlier this year, Seymour Hersh, America’s leading investigative journalist, published an intriguing article on U.S. policy towards the growing conflict in Syria and Iraq. “Military to Military,� which appeared in the London Review of Books, maintains that the Pentagon’s intelligence analysts have, since 2013, been advising against the White House policy of removing Syrian President... Read More

This is quite the bombshell delivered by two CHP deputies in the Turkish parliament and reported by Today's Zaman, one of the top dailies in Turkey. It supports Seymour Hersh's reporting that the notorious sarin gas attack at Ghouta was a false flag orchestrated by Turkish intelligence in order to cross President Obama's chemical weapons... Read More

Seymour Hersh has an important piece up at the London Review of Books implicating Turkey in the August 2013 sarin gas incident that almost triggered a US attack on Syria.� I wonder how much traction it will get.�� Specifically, will it get more traction than the recent clandestine Youtube release of the confab between the... Read More