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Why the U.S. Spies on Netanyahu: Should NSA listen in when a foreign government seeks to shape America’s foreign policy?

  Did some Jewish organizations and Congressional representatives violate U.S. laws on behalf of Israel? Philip Giraldi The Wall Street Journal story revealing that the Barack Obama administration used the National Security Agency (NSA) to listen to phone calls made by the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his aides is being spun in a […]

Suing the Israeli Settlers: Lawfare might work in two directions

An Israeli NGO has been winning millions of dollars in U.S. courts in order to stifle criticism of Israel. Now a pro-Palestinian group is suing 100 pro-Israel organizations in an attempt to recoup a trillion dollars for the U.S. treasury that it says was improperly exempted from taxation… By Philip Giraldi Shurat HaDin, the Israeli government funded Lawfare center, has […]

No Matter Who Becomes President Israel Wins

Adelson and Saban should register as foreign agents By Philip Giraldi The next American president will almost certainly be bought and paid for by the Israel Lobby. Hillary Clinton has already declared that that when she is elected president she intends to take relations with Israel “to the next level” and has also promised to invite Prime […]

The Dancing Israelis: Trump was right about 9/11 but they weren’t Muslims

There were indeed people celebrating as the Twin Towers were burning, but they were not Muslims. They were Israelis….. A number of cover companies in New Jersey, Florida and also on the west coast served as spying mechanisms for Mossad officers. The effort was supported by the Mossad Station in Washington D.C… By Philip Giraldi […]

Mainstreaming Assassination: Endorsing a program of targeted killing opens the door for perilous reciprocation.

What constitutes evidence that a high-value target is actually near or using the phone being tracked? Is it now assumed that anyone fitting a profile residing in an area controlled by ISIS or al-Qaeda affiliate al-Nusra a legitimate target? As the information is being provided by the Pentagon anonymously, its release is actually authorized, even […]

Israel partisans bully campuses – Blum & Feinstein threaten pro-Palestinian students

Between January 2014 and June 2015 there were more than 300 incidents on 65 college campuses in 24 states involving intimidation or prevention of protests against Israel. Students at Northeastern University distributing flyers at dorms were interrogated by campus police and had their group suspended by college authorities… Richard Blum, a member of the University […]

While many more Palestinians have been killed than Israelis, AP focuses only on Israelis

By Alison Weir, Associated Press Deconstructed As is typical, AP’s story is written by an individual with strong connections to Israel. Aron Heller grew up in Israel, graduated from Tel Aviv University, and may be an Israeli citizen. It is likely that he or members of his family have served in the Israeli military. None […]

Foreign Policy by Intimidation: GOP Candidates Show How It’s Done

the potential candidates demonstrated an inability to connect with reality and scrupulously avoided basing U.S. policies overseas on actual interests and available resources By Philip Giraldi The media are anointing former Hewlett-Packard Chief Executive Carly Fiorina as the winner of last Wednesday’s second Republican presidential-aspirant debate. They are saying that she was the best prepared […]

The CIA’s Torture Defenders

The seven men who contributed to the book (George Tenet, Michael Hayden, Porter Goss, John McLaughlin, Michael Morell, Jose Rodriguez, John Rizzo, and Philip Mudd) are, with the exception of Mudd, quite likely guilty of war crimes By Philip Giraldi Back in the days when I was a spy there were certain things that one […]

Israel’s Agent of Influence: Senator Ben Cardin shows how it’s done

So who does Cardin actually represent? I would suggest that he fits the mold of the classic agent of influence in that his allegiance to the United States is constrained by his greater loyalty to a foreign nation. By Philip Giraldi – “An agent of influence is an agent of some stature who uses his […]

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