The polls show it and commentators of all political stripes often cite the figures: Killer drone attacks by the U.S. military and the CIA in the Greater Middle East and Africa have strong U.S. public support. According to the Pew Research Center’s most recent poll in May, 58 percent — up slightly from 56 percent […]
Killer Drone News Blackout Continues As Mainstream Media Ignore 4 Whistleblowers
By John Hanrahan
December 3, 2015
Tagged With: Barack Obama, drones, whistleblowers
In Claiming Clinton Free of National Security Breach, Obama Continues Pattern of Pre-judging Classified Docs Cases
By John Hanrahan
November 9, 2015
There he goes again. In recently proclaiming Hillary Clinton free of any national security breach — even as the FBI was continuing its investigation of her use of a potentially risky private email server for official business while she was Secretary of State — President Obama continued his disturbing pattern of rendering his personal verdict […]
Tagged With: Barack Obama, Chelsea Manning, David Petraeus, Edward Snowden, Hillary Clinton
President Who Had Yemeni Journalist Jailed Criticizes Impunity for Mistreatment of Journalists
November 2, 2014
On the first International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists President Obama demanded accountability for those who have committed crimes against journalists. Does that extend to the treatment Yemen subjected Abdulelah Haider Shaye to, in part on Obama’s request?
Tagged With: Abdulelah Haider Shaye, al Majala massacre, Anwar al-Awlaki, Barack Obama, Sami al-Hajj