Tag Archives: CIA

I come from a “shit-hole”

Posted on January 16, 2018 by Susan Chandler

Koyote the Blind I am not an American. I was born in the continent known as “America”, yes. But somehow this United States has given itself the name of the entire continent. Ronald Reagan demoted the rest of this magnificent … Continue reading →

Posted in #ColorOfLaw, Uncategorized | Tagged CIA, El Salvador, imperialism | 6 Comments

UK Defence Secretary Fallon’s doubletalk re US/UK drone program’s sameness

Posted on December 16, 2015 by Susan Chandler

Reprieve +44 (0) 207 553 8140 For immediate release: Dec 16, 2015 Fallon refuses to say whether US and UK drone programmes “the same” The UK Defence Secretary today refused to answer questions from Members of Parliament on whether … Continue reading →

Posted in #Disappear, #EndlessWar, #ExtrajudicialKillings, #Guantánamo, Uncategorized | Tagged Barack Obama, CIA, David Cameron, Diego Garcia, extrajudicial killings, Harriet Harman, JCHR, Joint Committee on Human Rights, Joint Special Operations Command, JSOC, Kill Policy, Libya, Michael Fallon, Michael Flynn, Pakistan, Stanley McChrystal, Syria, targeted assassinations, UK, US, war on terror, Yemen | Leave a comment

Reprieve: Jack Straw rewriting UK #torture complicity history

Posted on December 14, 2015 by Susan Chandler

Reprieve +44 (0) 207 553 8140 For immediate release: Monday Dec 14, 2015 UK torture complicity: Jack Straw’s comments do not fit with facts Former Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has reportedly today claimed that “the British government never condoned, nor … Continue reading →

Posted in #DetainWithoutChargeOrTrial, #Disappear, #EndlessWar, #ExtrajudicialKillings, torture, Uncategorized | Tagged Abdul-hakim Belhadj, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Binyam Mohamed, CIA, David Cameron, David Miliband, detain without charge or trial, Diego Garcia, disappear, Fatima Boudchar, Gaddafi, George W. Bush, Guantánamo, Iraq, Jack Straw, John Hutton, Libya, MI6, Morocco, rendition, Reprieve, Sir Mark Allen, Tony Blair, torture, UN Committee Against Torture, UN Committee on Human Rights | Leave a comment

Duane Clarridge, NYT? Seriously?

Posted on November 20, 2015 by Susan Chandler

Death-Squad Organizer Is NYT’s Source on Ben Carson’s Lack of Foreign Policy Smarts By Adam Johnson & Jim Naureckas It’s not a surprise a New York Times Beltway insider like Trip Gabriel would whitewash [Duane] Clarridge’s brutal resume to the … Continue reading →

Posted in #MendaciousMainstreamMedia, Uncategorized | Tagged Ben Carson, CIA, Duane Clarridge | Leave a comment

Reprieve: Ahmed Ould Abd al-Aziz was released from GITMO, Shaker Aamer wasn’t

Posted on October 29, 2015 by Susan Chandler

Reprieve +44 (0) 207 553 8140 For immediate release: Thurs Oct 29, 2015 Cleared Mauritanian detainee released from Guantanamo Bay Ahmed Ould Abd al-Aziz has been released from the US prison at Guantanamo Bay to his native Mauritania. Aziz, a … Continue reading →

Posted in #Guantánamo | Tagged Ahmed Ould Abd al-Aziz, Barack Obama, CIA, David Cameron, Department of Defense, Department of State, detain without charge or trial, Diego Garcia, disappear, extrajudicial killing, FBI, George W. Bush, GITMO, Guantánamo, Guantánamo Diary, JCHR, Kill Policy, Mauritania, Miami Herald, Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights, Reprieve, Shaker Aamer, targeted assassination, targeted killings, Tony Blair, torture, UK, war on terror | Leave a comment

” … the United States does not know who it’s killing.”

Posted on October 20, 2015 by Susan Chandler

Snowden and Ellsberg hail leak of drone documents from new whistleblower [Daniel] Ellsberg said of the source: “I hope they stay anonymous. Nothing at all would be gained by their suffering the fate of exile like Snowden [who now lives … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ACLU, Barack Obama, Chelsea Manning, CIA, Commander in Chief, Daniel Ellsberg, Department of Defense, double tap, drone, Edward Snowden, GlennGreenwald, Intercept, Jeremy Scahill, Pentagon, Somolia, surgically precise airstrikes, whistleblowers, Yemen | Leave a comment

Reprieve: US must release files proving Younous Chekkouri’s innocence

Posted on September 25, 2015 by Susan Chandler

Reprieve +44 (0) 207 553 8161 For immediate release: Fri Sept 25, 2015 US must release files proving innocence of former Guantanamo detainee, say lawyers Lawyers at human rights NGO Reprieve yesterday filed an emergency motion demanding the US … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barack Obama, CIA, detain without charge or trial, disappear, FBI, Guantánamo, Morocco, rendition, Reprieve, torture, UN Committee on Human Rights, Younous Chekkouri | Leave a comment

John Stockwell: Lessons From 1987.

Posted on August 17, 2015 by Susan Chandler

Originally posted on THE ONENESS of HUMANITY:
by Jerry Alatalo “… for historians ought to be precise, faithful, and unprejudiced, and neither interest nor fear, hatred nor affection, should make them swerve away from the truth, whose mother is history,…

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged CIA, covert ops, dark ops, John Stockwell, Ronald Reagen | Leave a comment

Reprieve: GITMO detainee’s family to request justice in Islamabad court tomorrow

Posted on June 17, 2015 by Susan Chandler

Reprieve +44 (0) 207 553 8161 For immediate release: Wed June 17, 2015 Family of Guantanamo Pakistani demand justice in Islamabad court The family of a Pakistani man detained without trial for over a decade in Guantanamo will demand tomorrow … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Ahmad Rabbani, Barack Obama, CIA, David Cameron, detain without charge or trial, Diego Garcia, disappear, force feeding, Guantánamo, hunger strike, Islamabad, kidnapping, rendition, Reprieve, Senate Committee on Intelligence Oversight, torture, UN Committee on Human Rights | Leave a comment

Reprieve: US military won’t prosecute nurse who refused to force-feed Guantánamo detainees

Posted on May 13, 2015 by Susan Chandler

Reprieve: +44 207 553 8140 For immediate release: Wed May 13, 2015 US military drops action against Guantanamo nurse who refused to force-feed Human rights NGO Reprieve has welcomed the US Department of Defense’s decision, announced today, to drop proceedings … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged American Medical Association, Barack Obama, Carol Rosenberg, CIA, detain without charge or trial, disappear, force-feed, Guantánamo, Guardian, Loretta Lynch, Miami Herald, Mos Def, rendition, Reprieve, torture, UN Committee on Human Rights | Leave a comment