Steven Aftergood Espionage remains “a very real threat to U.S. national security,” a House Judiciary Committee panel was told this week. “Since the end of the Cold War, there have been 78…
Is the “Project for a New American Century” Killing off the US Economy?
IRmep Opportunity Cost Analysis The plunging US economy and drastic efforts by the Bush administration to stimulate consumption through a $145 billion package raise an important question, “how did we get into such dire…
Where Did AIPAC Come From?
The following is an excerpt from Foreign Agents: The American Israel Public Affairs Committee From the 1963 Fulbright Hearings to the 2005 Espionage Scandal. AIPAC was founded by Isaiah L. “Si” Kenen, springing…
Foreign Agents: The American Israel Public Affairs Committee from the 1963 Fulbright Hearings to the 2005 Espionage Scandal
FOREIGN AGENTS analyzes the history and activities of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC. FOREIGN AGENTS begins with testimony and subpoenaed documents from the 1963 Senate investigation into the activities…
Visa Denied: How Anti-Arab Visa Policies Destroy Us Exports, Jobs and Higher Education
Visa processing barriers limiting inbound international business and pleasure travelers cost the United States economy billions of dollars in direct revenues while severing vital communications links to the Arab market. Total Arab…
AIPAC Espionage Case Dismissal Gambit Fails:
Ellis Opinion clears way for Logan Act and FARA Prosecutions
An August 9, 2006 opinion by presiding Judge TS Ellis III and forthcoming ruling has dealt a decisive blow to forces supporting full dismissal of the AIPAC espionage case. Defendants Rosen and Weissman, formerly…
Let The AIPAC Spy Trial Begin:
Why Prosecuting Weissman and Rosen Matters Today Judge T.S. Ellis III offered a rare second opportunity to the Rosen and Weissman defense team. They again made their case that the indictment of the…
Deadly Dogma: How Neoconservatives Broke the Law to Deceive America
When does Rhetoric become Wire Fraud? “Intellectual Movement” or Organized Crime Syndicate? The “Neoconservative” movement has had a profound effect on America. Neoconservative ideas of military preemption, higher military spending, and iron…
Neocon Middle East Policy: The Clean Break Plan Damage Assessment
A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm is a definitive Middle East Policy strategy authored and implemented by operatives in the highest levels of the US government. There is…
The “Clean Break” Plan
IRmep conference at the Rayburn House Office Building “A Clean Break, A New Strategy for Securing the Realm” is an ambitious 1996 Middle East policy paper. A Clean Break recommended toppling the…
Neocon Middle East Policy: The “Clean Break” Plan
“A Clean Break, A New Strategy for Securing the Realm” is an ambitious 1996 Middle East policy paper. A Clean Break recommended toppling the government of Iraq, “rolling back” Syria and Iran,…
The Squad and Bernie Sanders Could Cut Israel Aid, but Won’t Flashpoints with Dennis Bernstein on KPFA
…Dennis Bernstein: Well, we are glad to have you. It is interesting. This seems to be a moment in history, although you wouldn’t know it from the press conference today, that people…