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Shares 30 April 1975, the final chapter of US engagement in the Vietnam conflict came to a close when Saigon fell to the communists of North Vietnam. The signing of the Paris Accords in 1973 signaled the end of US military involvement in South Vietnam, and CIA’s mission was confined specifically to providing intelligence supported Still, South Vietnam and the government of Nguyen Van Thieu remained dependent on US financial and material assistance. US Navy personnel attached to Commander Nava...

Target Taiwan: Why China Is Desperate for Control of Taipei U.S.-China tensions have risen to an unprecedented scale, which now appears to be drifting away from the forty-two-year-old policy of peaceful co-existence. On the eve of President Joe Biden’s unofficial delegation arrived in the self-governed nation of Taiwan, in mid-April 2021, the Chinese military began live-fire drills in waters off the island’s southwest coast for the duration of the visit. China also sent a “record number�...

After numerous technical glitches during an initial virtual hearing, Mahlobo was finally personally chauffeured by the commission to the venue, where he continued to obfuscate, argue, evade questions and paint the broadest of strokes. As the former minister of state security in the Zuma administration and as a key Cabinet member implicated by several witnesses as a strategic enabler of State Capture, Mahlobo brought with him to proceedings the requisite air of paranoia and moments of a mental k...

The world according to David Mahlobo: everyone is a spy, everyone/everything is being watched, including the State Capture Commission Marianne Thamm © Copyright (c) Daily Maverick , All Rights Reserved After numerous technical glitches during an initial virtual hearing, Mahlobo was finally personally chauffeured by the commission to the venue, where he continued to obfuscate, argue, evade questions and paint the broadest of strokes. As the former minister of state security in ...

US should pay Iran reparations David Swanson | Published: 00:00, Feb 09,2021 | Updated: 22:28, Feb 08,2021   Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi meets US president Jimmy Carter in 1977. — World Socialist Web Site WHY would I say such an outrageous, treasonous, delusional, obviously-funded-by-Putin thing? Am I hoping to enrage war-crazed sadists who’ve seen too much television ‘news’? Not at all. I want them to still be around when I say that it ...

Joe Biden made climate change a national security priority — what’s next? Oil is less valuable, and water is becoming more scarce Share this story Photo by Per Breiehagen / Getty Images President Joe Biden signed a sweeping executive order today that makes climate change a top US national security priority. He commissioned a “National Intelligence Estimate on the security implications of climate change.” He also directed the Department of Defense and other federal agencies to develop pl...

Why Michael Morell Cannot Be CIA Director Gross manipulation of CIA analysis under George W. Bush pushed a new generation of “yes men” into the agency’s top ranks and now one of them is being considered by Joe Biden for the top job. By Ray McGovern December 12, 2020 " Information Clearing House" - As President-elect Joe Biden names his cabinet and other chief advisers, what has escaped wide attention is the f...

Intimidation? when to your reporting, theyre looking into both clapper and brennan, two vocal opponents -- or critics of president trump? >> many people i talked to do consider this political intimidation. but john durham has a sterling reputation. he was a man hired by eric holder to investigate the cia. and the question whether anyone should be prosecuted over torture. he did a long and thorough investigation and concluded he couldnt file charges. almost everyone i talked to still has hope tha...

>> great seeing you, chris. >> help me out on the iranian side. first side is this new? >> no, its not. we created a national intelligence estimate in 2007 that actually said that the iranians had stopped the weaponization part of their program, missiles still going on, centrifuge is still spinning, but the actual building of the weapon they had stopped in 2003. im fond of saying we based that not on absence of evidence but on evidence of absence. now, we went on to say some dual use stuff, some...