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William Kristol is terrified that Trump could try 9/11 perpetrators
“William Kristol, who is one of the 9/11 perpetrators who is going to be tried, convicted and hanged for mass murder and high treason when this comes out, is terrified that Trump might become president, because there is a chance that Trump might decide to clean house,” Dr. Kevin Barrett told Press TV on Sunday.
US neoconservative commentator William (Bill) Kristol is terrified that if Donald Trump...
9/11 truth would take down the US as a global empire
The truth about the September 11, 2001 terror attacks would not only destabilize the American political system but it would also take down the US as a global empire, an American scholar says.
Dr. Kevin Barrett, a founding member of the Scientific Panel for the Investigation of 9/11, made the remarks in an interview with Press TV on Tuesday, while commenting on the ongoing feud between Republican presidential...
Jeb Bush insists "my brother kept us safe" despite 3000 Americans killed on 9/11
Governor Jeb Bush participates in the North Texas Presidential Forum at Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas.
Republican US presidential candidate Jeb Bush says his brother, former President George W. Bush, is not responsible for the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States.
“Look, my brother responded to a crisis, and he did it as you would hope a president would do,”...
Blair promised UK support to US in Iraq 1 year before invasion
Former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, committed the UK to joining the US invasion of Iraq a year before it began, a newly disclosed White House memo reveals.
The US documents obtained by the Daily Mail and published on Sunday are part of the batch of emails from the private server of former US State Secretary, Hillary Clinton, which US courts have made her disclose.
Among the leaked papers is...
CIA broke own limits on human experimentation
US President George W. Bush awards former CIA director George Tenet the Presidential Medal of Freedom on December 14, 2004.
The US Central Intelligence Agency had explicit guidelines for “human experimentation” on terrorism detainees as part of its controversial rendition, detention and interrogation program, according to a newly declassified document.
The document containing the guidelines was...
Lawmakers ask Obama to Declassify the Remaining Pages of 9/11 Report
A bipartisan group of lawmakers on Capitol Hill are pressuring the White House to declassify 28 pages of the 9/11 Commission Report that have been rumored to detail an investigation into alleged ties between Saudi Arabia and Al-Qaeda.
These pages have been classified since the original report was released during the presidency of George W. Bush, and President Barack Obama has so far declined to declassify...
CIA under probe for spying on Senate panel
The Central Intelligence Agency’s inspector general has asked the US Justice Department to investigate allegations that the spy agency spied on the Senate Intelligence Committee.
The allegations are directly related to a closed-door battle between the CIA and its congressional overseers over a 6,300-page report which details torture techniques, including water-boarding, wall-slamming and shackling,...
Clapper reveals Bush-era docs showing NSA spying dragnet started 2001
Obama’s Director for National Intelligence, James Clapper, has declassified new documents that reveal how the NSA was first given the green light to start collecting bulk communication data in the hunt for Al-Qaeda terrorists after 9/11.
President Barack Obama’s administration has for the first time publicly confirmed “the existence of collection activities authorized by President George...
Bailout of General Motors cost taxpayers $10.5 billion
The US government ended up losing $10.5 billion on the General Motors bailout.
Taxpayers lost a whopping $10.5 billion on the federal government bailout of General Motors – but officials insisted another course of action would have been even worse.
After selling its remaining shares of the Detroit-based automaker Monday, the US Department of the Treasury said it had recouped $39 billion of the...
Fewer Americans than ever trust govt. to handle problems: Gallup
The trust and confidence of the American public in their federal government’s ability to deal with international and domestic problems has hit a record low, a new poll reflects.
Gallup’s annual Governance survey shows that just 49 percent of Americans say they have confidence in the federal government’s ability to handle international problems, an all-time low.
The previous record low...
DOJ wants Bush, senior cabinet members exempt from Iraq War trial
The United States Department of Justice has requested that former President George W. Bush and the highest figures in his administration receive full exemption from being tried for the Iraq War, which the DoJ says was in line with international law.
Apart from Bush, the names listed in the paper the DoJ filed on Tuesday are former Vice President Richard Cheney, former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld,...
US DHS's secretary Janet Napolitano resigns
United States Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano resigns from her federal role on Friday in order to head the University of California school system.
Following an initial report from Reuters suggesting Sec. Napolitano was set to resign, the Los Angeles Times reported early Friday that the former two-term governor or Arizona will exit her role with the Obama administration in lieu of job...
Obama, Bush, Blair must be put on trial at ICC: Chomsky
American academic Noam Chomsky
Renowned American academic, Noam Chomsky, says US President Barack Obama, his predecessor George W. Bush, along with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair should face trial for the 2003 invasion of Iraq and the ensuing turmoil in the Arab state.
“Bush and Blair ought to be up there [at the International Criminal Court]. There is no recent crime worse than the invasion...
Malaysian tribunal finds Bush guilty of war crimes
A symbolic War Crimes Tribunal in Malaysia has found former US President George W. Bush and several other members of his administration guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity , Press TV reports.
The second “Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal”, part of an initiative by former Malaysian premier Mahathir Mohamad, in a unanimous vote on Saturday found Bush and seven of his associates, including...
Ron Paul says Bush was thrilled with 9/11
Ron Paul stopped in Ames, Iowa on the campaign trail on Thursday, and used some harsh words to explain President George W Bush’s reaction to the September 11 terrorist attacks.
Specifically, the Texas congressman said that the former president was pretty happy about the events. After all, said Paul, the attacks served as pretext to finally put American troops overseas in what instantly became a...