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Here’s How The U.S. Government Treats Whistleblowers

Here’s How The U.S. Government Treats Whistleblowers

Submitted by Michael Krieger of LibertyBlitzkrieg

Here’s How the U.S. Government Treats Whistleblowers

 

What is it about whistleblowers that the powers that be can’t stand?

 

When I blew the whistle on the CIA’s illegal torture program, I was derided in many quarters as a traitor. My detractors in the government attacked me for violating my secrecy agreement, even as they ignored the oath we’d all taken to protect and defend the Constitution.

 

Putin Closes The Door To Monsanto

Putin Closes The Door To Monsanto

In a new address to the Russian Parliament Thursday, Putin proudly outlined his plan to make Russia the world’s ‘leading exporter’ of non-GMO foods that are based on ‘ecologically clean’ production. Putin harshly criticized food production in the United States, declaring that Western food producers are no longer offering high quality, healthy, and ecologically clean food. Putin is correct. American agribusiness is slowly poisoning the American population.

Dramatic Time-Lapse Animation Showing America's Absurd Million Dollar Home Bubbles

Dramatic Time-Lapse Animation Showing America's Absurd Million Dollar Home Bubbles

One of the recurring refrains about the New Normal housing market is that just because median and/or average home prices have failed to match the astronomic increases in prices seen in the 2004-2007 period, that it the current bubble is far less concerning. And to an extent that is true: the reason why asking rents have been soaring in recent years is because for most of the US middle class, owning a home is now impossible, so the only option is rent.

Saudi Arabia: U.S. Orchestrated 9/11 To Create Fake ‘War On Terror’

Saudi Arabia have issued a scathing attack on the U.S. government, accusing them of orchestrating the 9/11 attacks in order to justify an on-going “war on terror” in the Middle East.  The Saudi press have hit back at the U.S. Senate’s vote approving a bill that allows the families of 9/11 victims to sue the Saudi regime for their deaths. Al-Hayat daily newspaper published an article this week saying that the U.S. government planned the attacks on the World Trade Center in order to create a fake war on terror.

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