Tag: United States
CovertAction Bulletin Podcast: Eyewitness of LA’s Secret Police Spy Network
Rachel Hu and Chris Garaffa - 4
On this week’s episode, we speak with Mike Rothmiller, former Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officer with the infamous Office of Criminal Intelligence Division (OCID). Mike is a historian and New York Times best-selling author of many different books including the LA Secret Police: Inside the LAPD’s Elite Spy Network and Bombshell: The Night Bobby Kennedy Killed Marilyn Monroe.
Geoff Young: Peace Candidate Who Wants to Abolish CIA Wins Democratic Primary in Kentucky
Jeremy Kuzmarov - 5
Geoff Young came of age politically as a student at MIT in the mid 1970s where he took political science courses with Noam Chomsky and Louis Kampf that opened his eyes to the evils of U.S. imperialism and to the U.S. government’s contempt for international law.
Now, decades later, Young...
Former Virginia State Senator and Purple Heart Winner Warns: “We’re at a 1914 Moment”
Jeremy Kuzmarov - 6
Says sinking of Russian warship by Ukraine with aid of U.S. intelligence is tantamount to an act of war
Colonel Richard Black has been one of the few former high-ranking military officers or government officials to speak out against U.S. military intervention in places like Syria and Ukraine. He...
U.S. Congress Holds First UFO Hearings in Fifty Years Just as Biden Administration Budgets Record $27.6 Billion For Space Weapons
Jeremy Kuzmarov - 9
Coincidence? I Don’t Think So
On May 17, the U.S. Congress held its first hearings on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP)—the new official name for Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs)—in more than 50 years.
Less then two months earlier, President Joe Biden’s $773 billion budget request for the Defense Department for fiscal...
Bombshell: Sixty Years After Her Death, New Evidence Suggests Marilyn Monroe Was Murdered and LAPD Covered Up Murder
Jeremy Kuzmarov - 34
Loose-lipped pillow talk may have sealed the fate of the sex goddess who had affairs with both Bobby and John.
Mafia Godfather Sam Giancana Claims to Have ordered the Hit and Tried to Frame Bobby Kennedy Who Had Been at Marilyn's House The Day of Her Killing Trying to...
Calls By Western Socialists For A Russian Retreat From Ukraine Amount To De Facto Support For NATO Aggression
Roger Annis - 1
On May 11, the online news journal Mediapart in France interviewed Olivier Besancenot following his recent return from a fact-finding mission to Ukraine. The interview was translated into English and published in a French Trotskyist journal that publishes in English and French.
Besancenot was the presidential candidate of France for...
The History They Don’t Teach You in School: U.S. and Russia Have a Long History of Collaboration
Nancy Spannaus - 14
Relationship Can Be Rekindled Today, Even in These Darkest of Times
There was a time in the intelligence and diplomatic communities of the United States, when “intelligence” required study of the history and culture of other nations, and their historical relationship with our own country. The current conflict between the...
International Court of Justice Ruled that Uganda Must Pay $325 Million in Reparations to the Democratic Republic of Congo—But What About U.S. and UK?
Jeremy Kuzmarov - 5
In February, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that Uganda must pay $325 million in reparations to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for its role in conflicts in Congo’s resource-rich Ituri province from 1998 to 2003.
The amount includes $225 million to be paid for “loss of life and other...
FAA Pays General Atomics $1.5 Million to Fly Newest Military Killer/Surveillance Drone in U.S. Domestic Airspace
Barry Summers - 3
April 1st was a good news/bad news kind of day for U.S. military drone-maker General Atomics. First, it was reported that the government of Australia had revealed that they were canceling the planned purchase of 12 MQ-9B SkyGuardian drones, made by General Atomics (GA). Since the deal would have...
Yellow Journalism of the Hearst Era Is Alive and Well in the 21st Century
There is a wise old maxim that says, “The first step on the road to wisdom is to call things by their right names.” So, let’s do that.
"Fake News" has been around a long while: The...