On September 19, 2001, CBS reported:Sources tell CBS News that the afternoon before the attack, alarm bells were sounding over unusual trading in the U.S. stock options market.An extraordinary number of trades were betting that American Airlines sto…
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“The Reason For This Cover-Up Goes Right To The White House”
As I pointed out in 2007:The 9/11 Commission Report was largely based on a third-hand account of what tortured detainees said, with two of the three parties in the communication being government employees.The official 9/11 Commission Report states:Chap…
Cheney Admits to Being War Criminal
As I have pointed out periodically since 2005:The War Crimes Act of 1996, a federal statute set forth at 18 U.S.C. § 2441, makes it a federal crime for any U.S. national, whether military or civilian, to violate the Geneva Convention by engaging in mu…
The Progress Report: Bush’s Secret Spy Programs
by Faiz Shakir, Amanda Terkel, Matt Corley, Benjamin Armbruster, Ian Millhiser and Nate Carlile To receive The Progress Report in your email inbox everyday,…
Cheney Told CIA To Hide Program From Congress
WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Dick Cheney directed the CIA eight years ago not to inform Congress about a nascent counterterrorism program that CIA Director Leon Panetta terminated in June, officials with direct knowledge of the mat…



