An organization led by former U.S. intelligence officials has selected legendary journalist Seymour Hersh to be the recipient of an annual award for integrity and truth-telling, named for the late CIA analyst Sam Adams.
The “Russiagate” narrative that the Russians hacked into private emails to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election has effectively recast international relations. But it has been coming apart and a just-released recording of a Seymour Hersh phone call may be a fatal blow.
WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Since the “Russiagate” scandal and anti-Russia hysteria first began, substantial evidence has emerged to debunk many of the claims made by their proponents. For instance, the “Russian hacker” narrative has lost all credibility, as
According to Hersh, Trump “could not be swayed” by 48 hours worth of intense briefings and decision-making following the initial reports of the alleged chemical weapons attack.
Never one to accept the U.S. government’s official explanation of events without question, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh has investigated Donald Trump’s decision to strike the al-Shayat Airbase in Syria in April of this year, which the president launched amid
An open letter to Amy Goodman and Democracy Now!
Dear Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! We are a group of military veterans who are hoping NOT to be blown off the face of this planet in a nuclear exchange precipitated by events in Syria. The U.S. is close to confronting nuclear-armed Russia over Syria. This situation was triggered by the recent Assad-Did-It-Again story, “gassing his own
Washington’s unwillingness to cooperate with Russia in Syria and its hesitancy to separate moderate rebels from terrorists on the ground means, apparently, that the US “has never prioritized confronting terrorism in Syria,” a journalist notes, suggesting that the US’ Syrian operation could have been part of a broader agenda.
The US' "regime change" operation in Syria could have been part of a broader plan aimed at destabilizing the Middle East, Joseph Thomas, chief editor of Thailand-based geopolitical journal, The New Atlas, suggests, citing Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Seymour Hersh and retired US Army General Wesley
Nine years ago, the award-winning investigative journalist warned that U.S. support for extremists in Syria would lead to destabilization and civil war in the region.
MINNEAPOLIS --- The Syrian civil war has created chaos throughout the Middle East, given rise to an unprecedented refugee crisis, and helped fuel terrorism internationally. Award-winning investigative journalist Seymour
Pulitzer prize winning journalist, Serymour Hersh, said “Our policy has always been against him [Assad]. Period”. This has actually been the case not only since the Party that Assad leads, the Ba’ath Party, was the subject of a shelved CIA coup-plot in 1957 to overthrow and replace it; but, actually, the CIA’s first coup had been not just planned but was carried out in 1949 in Syria, overthrowing there a democratically elected leader, in order to enable a pipeline for the Sauds’ oil to become built through Syria into the largest oil market, Europe; and, construction of the pipeline started the following year.
OPNINION -- In an interview with Alternet.org, the
