Seymour Hersh Publishes Leaked Memo Undermining US Narrative on 2013 Syria Sarin Attack

A leaked Pentagon/DIA assessment of the chemical warfare capability of Al Qaeda in Syria, known as al-Nusra, from June 20, 2013.

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Read the leaked Pentagon/DIA assessment of the chemical warfare capability of Al Qaeda in Syria, known as al-Nusra, from June 20, 2013, made public by Seymour Hersh in September 2023. The bombshell was pointed out in a tweet by investigative journalist Aaron Mate. When US accused Syria of the August 2013 sarin attack in Ghouta, it

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Who Really Blew Up Nord Stream II, with Bryce Greene

Join us on “MintCast” for an eye-opening interview with renowned writer, journalist, and activist Bryce Greene as he sheds light on the mysterious Nord Stream II pipeline attack and reveals who he believes is responsible.

Alan Macleod
By Alan Macleod
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Somebody blew up the Nord Stream II pipeline – that much is certain. Yet, since September last year, when the incident occurred, no one has come forward to take responsibility, and the attack has become the subject of intense international debate. On the one hand, the United States and its allies have maintained that it was likely a stunt by

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Seymour Hersh: Ordinary People by the Millions

A conversation on current US politics with Thomas Frank.

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Seymour Hersh / Substack — Lunch with Tom Frank is a totally American experience. He’s a proud native of Kansas but far from a country boy: he got his doctorate from the University of Chicago and has written a series of influential books. He likes people, food, and telling it like it is. He teases the waiter, talks about a healthy salad, and then

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Seymour Hersh: Prigozhin’s Folly

The Russian ‘revolt’ that wasn’t, strengthens Putin’s hand.

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Seymour Hersh / Substack -- The Biden administration had a glorious few days last weekend. The ongoing disaster in Ukraine slipped from the headlines to be replaced by the “revolt,” as a New York Times headline put it, of Yevgeny Prigozhin, chief of the mercenary Wagner Group. The focus slipped from Ukraine’s failing counter-offensive to

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Why the Media Don’t Want to Know the Truth About the Nord Stream Blasts 

First, journalists lapped up Russian culpability. Then, interest wilted. Now they peddle a preposterous James Bond-style story. Anything to ignore the US’s role.

Jonathan Cook
By Jonathan Cook
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No one but the terminally naïve should be surprised that security services lie – and that they are all but certain to cover their tracks when they carry out operations that either violate domestic or international law or that would be near-universally rejected by their own populations. Which is reason enough why anyone following the fallout from

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Media Ignore Seymour Hersh Bombshell Report of US Destroying Nord Stream II

A MintPress study of the 20 most influential U.S. news outlets found virtually no coverage of the esteemed journalist’s revelations linking Washington to the pipeline attacks. 

Alan Macleod
By Alan Macleod
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It has now been one week since Seymour Hersh published an in-depth report claiming that the Biden administration deliberately blew up the Nord Stream II gas pipeline without Germany's consent or even knowledge – an operation that began planning long before the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Based on interviews with national security insiders,

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