When presented with a list of expenditure categories, and polled about which should be the single top priority for budgetary cuts by Congress, “US military actions in the Middle East” was far…
Month: November 2017
Congressmen Pressed Obama To Pardon Spy Lawrence Franklin
Claimed pardoning spy for Israel in the “best interest of U.S.” On December 14, 2016 two California congressmen, Republican Dana Rohrabacher and Democrat Juan Vargas, secretly pressed President Obama to pardon convicted…
IRmep seeks federal injunction against U.S. foreign aid transfers to nuclear Israel
On November 22 IRmep filed a 40-page brief in the DC federal appeals court seeking an injunction against U.S. foreign aid transfers to Israel. The Appellant Reply Brief details the decades-old system of U.S….
Poll: Americans Oppose the ‘Anti-Semitism Awareness Act’
Americans wouldn’t cut funding to universities critical of Israel The House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on November 7 to discuss the “Anti-Semitism Awareness Act.” Proponents of ASAA claim it is a law that…
Poll: Americans Would Cut Middle East War Spending
But “crusaders” backed by foreign interests shape policy On November 3, professor John Mearsheimer made a short and stunning presentation at “U.S. Foreign Policy in the Trump Era: Can Realism and Restraint…
Department of Justice says Americans can’t challenge the legality of U.S. aid to Israel
The U.S. Department of Justice once again insisted that individual citizens do not have standing to sue the U.S. federal government over foreign aid to Israel. Several Americans from Fagan Dickson in 1975 to…
Americans Would Cut Middle East War Spending
When presented with a list of expenditure categories, and polled about which should be the single top priority for budgetary cuts by Congress, “US military actions in the Middle East” was far…
CIA claims public disclosure of secret intelligence aid to Israel would harm U.S. “national security”
The CIA wants the US District Court for the District of Columbia to dismiss an IRmep lawsuit filed in 2015 that seeks disclosure of top-line budget numbers for secret U.S. intelligence aid…