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Video BBC 'total fabrication from beginning to end' of Syria 'atrocity. CIA caught infiltrating CNN, and Operation Mockingbird is back. The Truthseeker interviews, UK Member of Parliament George Galloway; Illinois University Professor of International Law Francis Boyle; investigative reporter John Helmer and ordinary Syrians.

Though former NSA contractor Edward Snowden has been indicted for leaking secrets about the U.S. government’s intrusive surveillance tactics, he was honored by a group of former U.S. intelligence officials as a courageous whistleblower during a Moscow ceremony, reports ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern who was there.

(Reuters) - Thailand's top generals lured the former government and its supporters into a trap by arranging peace talks between political heavyweights then seizing power in a coup moments later, a deposed minister said on Sunday.

U.S. President Barack Hussein Obama selected Council on Foreign Relations member Ashton B. Carter to substitute Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense. Carter has to be approved by the Congress. Carter has unique experience which suggests that his nomination is closely tied to a more aggressive U.S. and NATO policy towards Russia. 

The Defense Department is pushing back against criticism that it’s helping militarize local police forces by supplying Them with surplus gear. “We don’t push equipment on anybody … It is made available to law enforcement agencies if They want it and if They qualify for it,” Pentagon Press Secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby said Tuesday. “There’s a lot of due diligence here. This isn’t some program run amok.”

Timing is crucial in politics. Therefore, when events transpire, They can often be as important as what transpires. This article discusses reasons as to why The timing of certain very recent events pertaining to vanishing aircraft and ISIS is highly suspicious.

For the past seven years, New York Times journalist James Risen has been embroiled in a legal battle with two presidential administrations over his refusal to reveal an inside government source. It turns out he will not be called to testify at a leak trial scheduled to begin this week.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing growing criticism in Israel for a planned speech to the U.S. Congress about Iran, accused by his political rivals of damaging ties with Washington to promote his election campaign.

In a question and answer session on Reddit earlier today, Edward Snowden wrote:

Reuters) - Two cylinders reportedly seized by Syrian government troops in an area controlled by armed opposition groups contained deadly sarin, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a letter to the U.N. Security Council published on Monday.

Clinton is using Edward Snowden as a punching bag to shore up her hawkish bonafides. 

(Reuters) - Public concerns about the U.S. government's secretive surveillance programs exposed by Edward Snowden have spawned a slew of encryption products and privacy services that aim to make electronic spying more difficult.

The governments of Venezuela, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar reached a deal Tuesday to freeze Their crude oil output at January levels following a brief meeting in Doha.

President Obama’s failure to prosecute Bush-era torturers created an impunity that has encouraged some Republican presidential candidates to tout new plans for more torture if they reach the White House, a grotesque example of “American exceptionalism,” as Nat Parry explains.