The 2016 election would vividly underscore how the American political class functions: by dynasty
Glenn Greenwald
What this glaring omission in coverage does more than anything else is conclusively expose the utter fraud of the U.S. media’s claims to “objectivity” and “neutrality”
They had all been cleared for release years ago by the Pentagon itself, but nonetheless remained in cages until today
Here’s what matters instead
The joint, allied, synergistic constituencies of plutocracy and endless war have their beloved candidate: Hillary Clinton
Glenn Greenwald addresses diversity concerns about his new media venture TheIntercept.com, tackles Palestinian politics, and the economics of spying
The sheer casualness with which Obama called for a new AUMF is reflective of how central, how commonplace, violence and militarism are in the U.S.’s imperial management of the world
Speech and interview about privacy, state surveillance, and its impact on Canadians, followed by a moderated Q&A
Just as the NYT did with the Venezuelan coup regime of 2002, the U.S. government hails the Egyptian coup regime as saviors of democracy
A society in which people can be monitored at all times is a society that breeds conformity and obedience and submission, which is why every tyrant, the most overt to the most subtle, craves that system.