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A Disconnect on Torture »

By Philip Giraldi on Jun 24, 2009 in Current Affairs | 12 Comments

Philip M. Giraldi, Ph.D., a friend of Larry Johnson’s, is the Francis Walsingham Fellow at The American Conservative Defense Alliance (www.ACDAlliance.org) and a former CIA counter-terrorism specialist and military intelligence officer. This article was originally published at the CampainForLiberty.com.
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Torture has been universally condemned and banned by both Geneva and United Nations Conventions for good reasons. [...]

Ignore AIPAC at America’s Peril »

By Philip Giraldi on Jun 7, 2009 in Current Affairs | 68 Comments

Philip Giraldi, a former CIA officer, is a contributing editor to The American Conservative and a fellow at the American Conservative Defense Alliance.
What do Charles Freeman and Jane Harman have in common? Nothing, apart from the fact that they are both involved in the truly ugly side of the Israel lobby’s activity in the United [...]

Goodbye, Bill of Rights »

By Philip Giraldi on Apr 13, 2009 in 9/11, Al Qaeda, Bill of Rights, CIA, FBI, Homeland Security, National Security, Obama's Broken Promises, Patriotism, President Barack Obama, Terrorism, Torture, U.S. Constitution, Unitary Executive Powers/Signing Statements | 102 Comments

(Susan’s April 13th Note: I AM PISSED OFF. This essay is bumped up because, dammit, I need to restore my FOCUS on the ELEPHANTS in the room! While it’s fascinating to debate the pirate crisis, it is foremost VITAL to focus on the dangerous stories such as Obama’s power-hungry expansion of executive authority, known in [...]

Get Out Now, or Get Out Later »

By Philip Giraldi on Dec 6, 2008 in Current Affairs | 25 Comments

(bumped up by Lena Grove aka nasuS from Thursday night, because this is a very, very important article that I hope someone prints out for PEBO and places on top of his reading material — and soon. During the campaigns, PEBO’s machismo saber rattling regarding Afghanistan and the Afghan/Pakistan border was so very silly and [...]