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Journalist Seymour Hersh poses for a photo in Italy, on April, 2009. Tania | A3 | Contrasto | Redux
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Seymour Hersh Weighs in on Syria, the State of US Media and His New Memoir

Seymour Hersh Joins Ranks Of Truth-Tellers Honored For Integrity

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.

Journalist Seymour Hersh poses for a photo in Italy, on April, 2009. Tania | A3 | Contrasto | Redux

Journalist Seymour Hersh is to be honored with this year’s Sam Adams Award for Integrity to be presented to him at the Sam Adams Associates for Integrity in Intelligence (SAAII) award ceremony on the evening of Sept. 22 at American University. Sam Adams Associates, who selected Hersh last month from a truly impressive roster of truth-tellers,

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Russiagate Narrative Crumbling With Seymour Hersh Phone Call

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.

Journalist Seymour Hersh poses for a photo in Italy, on April, 2009. Tania | A3 | Contrasto | Redux

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 analyses have shown that the Democratic National Committee’s “hacked” emails were not targeted by a foreign actor, but an

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Seymour Hersh: Trump Ignored Intelligence On Syrian Chemical Attack, Bombed Anyway

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.

Photograph of men in Khan Sheikdoun, Syria, allegedly inside a crater where a sarin-gas bomb landed on April 4, 2017.

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 widespread allegations that the Syrian government committed a chemical

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US’ Syrian ‘Regime Change’ Operation Part Of ‘Broader Plan’ For Middle-East

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.

War on Terror Circa 2004

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 Clark. Thomas calls

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In 2007, Seymour Hersh Predicted U.S., Saudi Arabia & Israel Would Destabilize Syria

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.

He exposed the My Lai massacre, revealed Nixon's secret bombing of Cambodia and has hounded Bush and Cheney over the abuse of prisoners in Abu Ghraib, and as far as back as 2007 Seymour Hersh has been challenging the official narrative on Syria.

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 Hersh predicted many of these events nine years ago in a detailed report for The New Yorker and warned that the United States

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Vox’s Max Fisher Is Wrong About Seymour Hersh, Explained

Individuals like Fisher should be inspired to dig deeper when Hersh publishes investigative reports, but instead, they publish hammy explainers and demonstrate they are nothing more than ornamented stenographers of power.

Seymour Hersh (novecentino on Flickr)

Published in partnership with Shadow Proof. Investigative journalist Seymour Hersh published a report on how the Pentagon’s Joint Chiefs of Staff deviated from President Barack Obama’s policy on Syria by sharing military intelligence indirectly with Bashar al-Assad’s government. It also indicated the Joint Chiefs dissented against Obama’s

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