Oct 10, 2012 | Abuses of Power, WAR: By Design
The Government’s Bid to Classify Detainees’ Own Experiences In 2012, the U.S. government sought to prevent the defendants in the 9/11 military commission trial from publicly describing their own experiences in CIA custody. A newly unsealed motion proposed...
Oct 4, 2012 | Video, WAR: By Design
Kim Bildsoe Lassen, a Danish journalist from the Public Service TV station Danmarks Radio interviewed President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad shortly before he was to arrive in Copenhagen for the COP15 summit. English subtitles not part of original broadcast. Full transcript in...
Oct 2, 2012 | Activism, News, WAR: By Design
Everyday Actions That Could Flag You as a Suspected Terrorist Since the September 11 attacks, a staggering number of anti-terrorism statutes have been enacted across the United States. The sheer volume of these laws makes it nearly impossible for ordinary citizens to...
Sep 28, 2012 | Video, WAR: By Design
Most of the soldiers have given testimonies anonymously. One, who spoke to the Guardian, said that he had been given no guidance during his training for military service on how to deal with minors. He said children were sometimes arrested and interrogated, not because...
Sep 27, 2012 | News, WAR: By Design
The Benghazi Attack Was No Spontaneous Protest Anyone paying even minimal attention in September 2012 could see that the official narrative surrounding the Benghazi assault simply did not hold up. The notion that an angry crowd, enraged by a low-budget anti-Islamic...
Sep 11, 2012 | DCMX Radio, WAR: By Design
Osama Bin Laden Background & History: CIA Puppet Code Named Tim Osmond, OBL Death in late 2001 – As Reported in Multiple Foreign/Arabic Newspapers, Known Kidney Issues, Mysterious Tapes Showing Bin Laden Growing YOUNGER, His Personal Statements on 9/11...
Sep 8, 2012 | Events & Assassinations, WAR: By Design
A clip from the documentary “Occupation 101”, a film which details the Israeli invasion and occupation of the Palestinian lands. If this story of Rachel Corrie, and activist killed while trying to prevent Palestinian homes from being demolished by...
Jul 10, 2012 | Black Technology, WAR: By Design
Just what we need.. Another flying death robot.. in space. -DCMX Editor Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) was awarded a $636 million development and sustainment contract to provide the Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle to The Boeing Company, which is the prime contractor for...
Jul 3, 2012 | Video, WAR: By Design
A BBC Documentary That Challenged the War on Terror Narrative “The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of the Politics of Fear” is a three-part BBC documentary series that first aired in late 2004 and was rebroadcast in January 2005. Directed by Adam Curtis, the...
Jun 26, 2012 | WAR: By Design
Classified Documents Reveal British Intelligence Ties to Gaddafi’s Libya The United Kingdom’s intelligence-sharing relationship with Muammar Gaddafi’s Libyan regime came under intense scrutiny in 2012 following the release of previously classified...
Jun 12, 2012 | News, WAR: By Design
The Intelligence Community’s Evolving Position on September 11 The events of September 11, 2001, continue to generate fierce debate more than a decade later. What has changed significantly over time is the stance of credible voices within the military and...
Jun 7, 2012 | WAR: By Design
A CIA Contractor in Lahore On January 27, 2011, a 36-year-old American named Raymond Allen Davis shot two Pakistani men dead on a crowded street in Lahore, triggering what would become the most severe intelligence crisis in the history of U.S.-Pakistan relations. A...
Jun 5, 2012 | Activism, WAR: By Design
“I’ve seen a ton on the facebooks about “thanking veterans for their service.” As a veteran let me just be very straightforward and honest with you. We didn’t “serve our country”; we don’t actually serve our brothers/sisters or our neighbors. We serve the interests of...
May 31, 2012 | News, WAR: By Design
The Rise of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Modern Warfare Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have fundamentally reshaped the landscape of military operations worldwide. What began as rudimentary remote-controlled reconnaissance platforms has evolved into a sprawling...
May 28, 2012 | News, WAR: By Design
The Architecture of Manufactured Consensus Modern societies operate within frameworks of shared belief that few individuals ever pause to examine. The information systems that shape public understanding, from broadcast news to entertainment media, function not merely...
May 23, 2012 | WAR: By Design
The CIA’s drone strike program operated as one of the worst-kept secrets in American national security — acknowledged by senior officials in public statements yet shielded from legal scrutiny through claims that the program’s very existence could neither...
May 9, 2012 | News, WAR: By Design
Leaked Emails Linked Private Military Contractor to Libyan and Syrian Operations Emails obtained from the private intelligence firm Stratfor and published by WikiLeaks revealed that a former Blackwater director who led a private security company played an active role...
May 8, 2012 | WAR: By Design
The rapid expansion of America’s unmanned aerial warfare program represents one of the most consequential shifts in modern military strategy. What began as an experimental capability in the early 2000s has grown into the centerpiece of U.S. counterterrorism...
Apr 27, 2012 | WAR: By Design
Two independent investigations published in early 2012 presented substantial new evidence that CIA drone strikes in Pakistan’s tribal areas were killing civilians at higher rates than official accounts acknowledged. Associated Press Field Investigation The...
Apr 27, 2012 | WAR: By Design
In early 2012, the Kony 2012 viral campaign generated unprecedented public attention toward Joseph Kony, leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda. While the campaign presented itself as a humanitarian effort to bring a war criminal to justice, a number of...
Apr 26, 2012 | WAR: By Design
Pentagon Pushes for Military Operatives Under Commercial Cover The Pentagon submitted a formal proposal to Congress seeking expanded legal authority that would allow U.S. military personnel to operate overseas under the guise of civilian business activities. The...
Apr 24, 2012 | News, Video, WAR: By Design
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuWItcSRrM8 “We want the Syrian Army to come into Homs.” “We want the Syrian Army posted on the roofs of the houses, with helicopters and tanks.” “Stop these snipers from killing us.” ~ The Residents...
Apr 16, 2012 | WAR: By Design
The push for military confrontation with Iran has been a recurring theme in Western foreign policy for decades. Yet a closer examination of historical context, intelligence assessments, and geopolitical realities reveals a far more complex picture than the one...
Apr 16, 2012 | Abuses of Power, Video, WAR: By Design
In April 2012, Harper’s Magazine published “The Warrior Class,” a feature by journalist Charles Glass examining the rapid expansion of private military contractors in the years following the September 11 attacks. The centerpiece of the article was a...
Apr 10, 2012 | WAR: By Design
On March 11, 2012, seventeen Afghan civilians — among them at least nine children and four women — were gunned down in their homes in Kandahar Province. The incident would become one of the most controversial episodes of the entire Afghan war, raising urgent questions...
