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[23 Jan 2015] Obama administration angry over Netanyahu\'s planned visit - English

Noam Chomsky, renowned for both his work in the field of linguistics and as a critic of US policies, offers a critical perspective on the foreign policy of the Obama administration. Professor Chomsky is often considered one of the most respected and influential intellectuals alive, and is currently a Professor Emeritus of Linguistics at MIT. Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman introduces Professor Chomsky and shares her experience in Haiti in the wake of the 2010 earthquake there.

News has just come out that the Justice Department secretly collected two months of telephone records for reporters and editors at The Associated Press. The records included calls from several AP bureaus and the personal phone lines of several staffers, AP President Gary Pruitt has called the subpoenas a \"massive and unprecedented intrusion\" into its reporting.\" These records potentially reveal communications with confidential sources across all of the newsgathering activities undertaken by the AP during a two-month period, provide a road map to AP\'s newsgathering operations and disclose information about AP\'s activities and operations that the government has no conceivable right to know,\" wrote Pruitt, the news agency\'s CEO. The AP reported that the government has not said why it wanted the records. But it noted that US officials have said they were probing how details of a foiled bomb plot that targeted a US-bound aircraft leaked in May 2012. On this episode of Inside Out, Susan Modaress takes an in-depth look at the cyber security of the United States in the Obama administration.

British media say they have obtained classified documents that show the Obama administration has been spying on millions of Americans on a daily basis. The revelation has been made by the U-K\'s Guardian newspaper. It involves a scheme directed by Verizon, one of America\'s largest telecoms providers.

How did the U.S. government lead its people to war http://www.leadingtowar.com/ An examination, using government and press reports, of pre-war claims made by the Bush administration - as well as a summary of the tragic consequences of the Iraq War A Mythic Reality An exploration of the misleading ‘mythic reality’ created by the Bush administration to persuade the public to support a war against Iraq A Mechanism for War How the Bush administration constructed a mechanism to propel the nation to war War Through Rose-Colored Glasses Ten assurances given to the U.S. public by the Bush administration about how a war with Iraq would unfold Abuses and Misuses of Intelligence How the Bush administration misrepresented and distorted intelligence in making the case for war Rhetoric and Spin An analysis of how President Bush and his administration skillfully manipulated language and facts How did the U.S. government lead its people to war Bush Administration Claims vs. The Facts A Mythic Reality Mechanism for War War Through Rose-Colored Glasses Abuses and Misuses of Intelligence / Rhetoric and Spin / Items of Note

How did the U.S. government lead its people to war http://www.leadingtowar.com/ An examination, using government and press reports, of pre-war claims made by the Bush administration - as well as a summary of the tragic consequences of the Iraq War A Mythic Reality An exploration of the misleading ‘mythic reality’ created by the Bush administration to persuade the public to support a war against Iraq A Mechanism for War How the Bush administration constructed a mechanism to propel the nation to war War Through Rose-Colored Glasses Ten assurances given to the U.S. public by the Bush administration about how a war with Iraq would unfold Abuses and Misuses of Intelligence How the Bush administration misrepresented and distorted intelligence in making the case for war Rhetoric and Spin An analysis of how President Bush and his administration skillfully manipulated language and facts

How did the U.S. government lead its people to war http://www.leadingtowar.com/ An examination, using government and press reports, of pre-war claims made by the Bush administration - as well as a summary of the tragic consequences of the Iraq War A Mythic Reality An exploration of the misleading ‘mythic reality’ created by the Bush administration to persuade the public to support a war against Iraq A Mechanism for War How the Bush administration constructed a mechanism to propel the nation to war War Through Rose-Colored Glasses Ten assurances given to the U.S. public by the Bush administration about how a war with Iraq would unfold Abuses and Misuses of Intelligence How the Bush administration misrepresented and distorted intelligence in making the case for war Rhetoric and Spin An analysis of how President Bush and his administration skillfully manipulated language and facts

How did the U.S. government lead its people to war http://www.leadingtowar.com/ An examination, using government and press reports, of pre-war claims made by the Bush administration - as well as a summary of the tragic consequences of the Iraq War A Mythic Reality An exploration of the misleading ‘mythic reality’ created by the Bush administration to persuade the public to support a war against Iraq A Mechanism for War How the Bush administration constructed a mechanism to propel the nation to war War Through Rose-Colored Glasses Ten assurances given to the U.S. public by the Bush administration about how a war with Iraq would unfold Abuses and Misuses of Intelligence How the Bush administration misrepresented and distorted intelligence in making the case for war Rhetoric and Spin An analysis of how President Bush and his administration skillfully manipulated language and facts

[12 Aug 2012] Israeli prisons increase repression during Ramadan - English Prisoner Hatem Qafisha, an administrative detainee, said the prison\'s administration started to handcuff the prisoners\' hands and legs during meetings with the lawyers, and when using bathrooms. Qashafa also said that the prisoners suffer from these brutal procedures besides the hard living conditions due to the hot weather, the continuous cut in the electricity and the lack of the electrical equipment. The prisoner Musaab Fathi from Ramallah, an administrative detainee since 5/6/2011, also said that prisoners in section 6 live in harsh living conditions; the prisons\' administration didn\'t provide the basic materials for cooking, so prisoners just eat little amount of food that the prison provides and they are forced to drink warm water because there are no refrigerators in that section. He added that the prison\'s administration also put the African detainees in the same section, the thing that causes a lot of dispute between the prisoners.

As the Bush administration applies pressure on Iraq to sign a Status of Forces Agreement long term security pact Iraqi lawmakers fear the deal will mean permanent US bases in their country. Though Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki has said publicly that he does not believe a deal is possible the administration insists that the July 31 deadline will be met. The Real News Network Analyst Pepe Escobar comments.

Former Cuban president Fidel Castro says al-Qaeda terrorists have been engineered in order to advance the Bush administration's agenda. In an essay published on Sunday, Castro said the terrorist group "was born from the empire's own entrails", using the term "empire" to refer to the United States. After the Sept. 11 attacks, the Bush administration vowed to capture al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, who has reportedly taken responsibility for the deadly attacks on US soils. "[Al-Qaeda] is a typical example of an enemy that the hegemonic power dangles in a place of its choosing where it needs to justify its actions, as it has done throughout its history, fabricating enemies and attacks destined to strengthen its plans of domination," the former Cuban leader argued. According to Castro, the American public has been mislead by the US government about the real extent of the terrorist attacks in 2001. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has also suggested that Washington could have been somehow involved in the planning of the attacks. In the aftermath of the attacks, the White House launched the 'War on Terror' in a bid to disband al-Qaeda. While many civilians have been killed since the 2001 invasions of Afghanistan, followed by the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the US has failed to achieve its objectives in the region. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) program called "Operation Cyclone" is reportedly responsible for the creation of the terrorist group, when the CIA funded native Afghan militants in the conflict with the Soviet Union. The al-Qaeda leader is reportedly planning a new terror attack against the US as President-elect Barack Obama takes office from the incumbent president, George W. Bush. Earlier this month, a source close to the group claimed that Bin Laden is supervising preparations for another attack which will be far greater than those of 9/11. US Vice President-elect Joe Biden had warned in October that Obama would face an international crisis early in his presidency

The US administration is stepping up criticism of the Syrian government over the removal of its chemical weapons. Secretary of State John Kerry says all options are still on the table and that Syria could face consequences for failing to get rid of its stockpile of chemical weapons. Over the past two days, the US administration has repeatedly accused Damascus of deliberately stalling the international disarmament deal to remove its chemical weapons. But Russia has rejected Washington\'s charges that the Syrian government is dragging its feet in the effort to eliminate its chemical weapons stockpile. Moscow says a June 30 deadline to destroy Syria\'s arsenal of toxic agents remains viable, despite delays. The Kremlin says the delays are due to security problems on the road to the port of Latakia and insufficient technical support from the outside world.

Some soft-hearted and caring yet simple-minded and shallow individuals get deceived with the notion that the United States of America cares for humanity. And the evidence for that is America\'s humanitarian missions around the world - especially the third-world countries. Well first of all, the very nature of this evil entity called the US does not care for any human life - whatsoever. The proof is Vietnam, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Palestine, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Nigeria, Syria, Yemen, Lebanon, Pakistan, Venezuela, and many other places where the US trampled over not only the human rights but also the human lives. Secondly, the humanitarian face that the US tries to maintain in different parts of the world - in all cases - has a political agenda and economic policy working behind the scenes. It is always designed for political and/or economic gains. *So stop being a fool and recognize the enemy of humanity.* Imam Khomeini in this clip, talks about Carter administration giving refuge to the criminal dictator of Iran. Why did Carter administration did this? #DeathToAmerica #DeathToTreachery #DeathToDeception #DeathToArrogance

In a secret report last year the Red Cross found evidence of the CIA using torture on prisoners that would make the Bush administration guilty of war crimes

20090709 Regime Change Funding by USA - English

This photo, taken in a Kansas City airport, has grabbed national attention with over 300,000 views on Twitter since its release this past weekend. In it Transportation Security Administration agents are patting down a baby while his mother holds him. This is the latest of a series of TSA screening procedures that has sparked a public outcry. Press TV's Marjan Asi reports from Washington

In this edition of the show Susan interviews Karen Greenberg, author of The Least Worst Place. In her recent book The Least Worst Place, she offers a gripping narrative account of the first one hundred days of Guantanamo. Greenberg, one of America's leading experts on the Bush Administration's policies on terrorism, tells the story through a group of career officers who tried and ultimately failed to stymie the Pentagon's desire to implement harsh new policies in Guantanamo and bypass the Geneva Conventions. She outlines how the US has systematically violated all rules and norms of the Geneva Conventions and has made Guantanamo a lawless prison camp. In this narrative of the earliest days of the post-9/11 era centers on the conflicts Gitmo-based Marine officers confess about faulty intelligence. Ultimately from Bush to Obama transparency is replaced with secrecy, military protocol with violations of basic operation procedures, and humane and legal detainee treatment with harsh interrogation methods and torture. Greenberg's riveting account puts a human face on this little-known story, revealing how America first lost its moral bearings in the wake of 9/11

US: The former head of the Drug Enforcement Administration says that the CIA has been a major drug smuggler of cocaine into the US for decades and that the government has worked with and protected drug smugglers in other countries. [The reason for this is that it generates 'secret' funding for CIA activities around the world that would never be approved by Congress or the American people.]

[1] Fatal Distraction - 10 Aug 2012 - English Yvonne Ridley investigates the US bombing of a pharmaceutical factory in Sudan and its connection with the Lewinsky scandal during the Bill Clinton administration.

Press TV has conducted an interview with Abayomi Azikiwe, political analyst from Detroit about multiple scandals bracing the White House including the seizure of press phone records and an IRS scandal all under Obama\'s watch.

The War on Health is a documentary showing how the FDA caters to the pharmaceutical industry. 40 percent of the agency is funded by Big Pharma. Pharmaceutical drugs are the #1 cause of death in the US, and half of the drugs with FDA approval are recalled within 5 years because they are killers. But the money just keeps rolling in.

An unnamed US government official says israeli warplanes have launched an airstrike on Syria. The US administration claims the target of the attack was a shipment of missiles at a military base near the city of Latakia. Israeli authorities have not commented on the claim yet. There\'s still no word on possible casualties from the attack. Israel has carried out strikes on Syria several times this year. Damascus has said the attacks are aimed at helping insurgents fighting the government.

A senior member of the US administration has admitted that the West has made mistakes in the Afghanistan war. US president\'s special representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan says those mistakes have claimed unnecessary lives and prolonged the war. James Dobbins also said that sidelining Iran and Russia after the invasion of Afghanistan by the U-S and its allies was wrong. Dobbins stressed that Tehran and Moscow can play their part in rebuilding the country after the withdrawal of U-S-led foreign forces from Afghanistan.

Press TV has conducted an interview with Gareth Porter, investigative journalist, about the US administration\'s new willingness for potential discussions to relieve illegal sanctions amid attempts in Congress to derail this move.

The US administration warns the Congress that passing new sanctions against Iran will prove to the world that America negotiates in bad faith. White House spokesman Jay Carney says passage of new sanctions will undermine efforts to achieve a peaceful resolution of the standoff over Iran\'s nuclear program. He stated that any new sanctions would give the Iranians Quote-- an excuse Unquote to push the terms of the Geneva nuclear agreement to the side. The latest push by the White House comes as several groups of Republican and Democratic senators are making efforts to target Iran with a new set of sanctions. Carney added that if Tehran failed to abide by the terms of the deal, the White House would support new sanctions against the country. According to last month\'s Geneva deal, the U-S and its Western partners made a commitment to refrain from imposing new sanctions for six months.

The coward Americans shot down an Iranian passenger plane in 1988 claiming the lives of 290 civilian passengers. Till date not even a formal apology has been made by the shameful US administration. This song is a tribute to those innocent lives lost.

After the United States of America violated JCPOA and completely backed off from the agreement, it started threatening the Islamic Republic of Iran with a military war. At the same time, Trump administration started pressurizing Iran for new negotiations. In this crucial time, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Imam Khamenei comes out and gives a blunt message to the friends and the foes. "The war will not occur! And we won't negotiate either!" He also provides the logical reasoning for this decision of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

The United States of America applied the \\\\\\\"maximum pressure\\\\\\\" policy on the Islamic Republic of Iran. Widespread sanctions were placed on the Islamic Republic which even included an educational institution and the Astane Quds Razavi, the shrine of Imam al-Redha (A). Yet, what was the main purpose of this \\\\\\\"maximum pressure\\\\\\\"? What happened to Mr. Donald Trump as he prided in his \\\\\\\"maximum pressure\\\\\\\" policy? And what will happen to the current American administration if it decides to continue the \\\\\\\"maximum pressure\\\\\\\" policy? Listen to the leader of the Islamic Revolution, Imam Khamenei, answer these questions in this short clip. Pay attention and learn a thing or two.