The current frenzy to impeach President Donald Trump sometimes in its haste reveals that which could easily be hidden about the operation of the Deep State inside the federal government. Congress is currently obtaining testimony from a parade of witnesses to or...
Philip Giraldi
The White House Plan to Strangle Iran
by Philip Giraldi | Nov 2, 2019 | Featured Articles
Photo: U.S. Embassy Jerusalem/ flickr There is a certain irony in President Donald Trump’s frequently expressed desire to withdraw from the endless wars that have characterized the so-called “global war on terror” initiated by George W. Bush in 2001. The problem is...
Killing Julian Assange: Justice Denied When Exposing Official Wrongdoing
by Philip Giraldi | Oct 31, 2019 | Featured Articles
The hideous treatment of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange continues and many observers are citing his case as being symptomatic of developing “police state” tendencies in both the United States and in Europe, where rule of law is being subordinated to political...
Trump cancels the pullout from Syria then flip-flops, threatens war with Turkey and gives money to terrorists
by Philip Giraldi | Oct 29, 2019 | Featured Articles
The long nightmare in Syria might finally be coming to an end, but not thanks to the United States and the administration of President Donald Trump. Trump’s boast that “this was an outcome created by us, the United States, and nobody else” was as empty as all the...
Trump and Erdogan Are Alike: Both Are ‘Thin-Skinned’ and Relied on ‘Deplorables’ to Win
by Philip Giraldi | Oct 25, 2019 | Featured Articles
The apparent communications problems that have arisen between US President Donald Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan are basically due to Trump’s failure to understand that Erdogan is essentially his Turkish counterpart in more ways that the title of the...
A Call for a Coup Plus a Week Like No Other for Tulsi Gabbard
by Philip Giraldi | Oct 22, 2019 | Featured Articles
There was what might be described as an extraordinary amount of nonsense being promoted by last week’s media. Unfortunately, some of it was quite dangerous. Admiral William McRaven, who commanded the Navy Seals when Osama bin Laden was captured and killed and who has...
Sanctioning Away Free Speech: Americans Meet With Iranians at Their Peril
by Philip Giraldi | Oct 10, 2019 | Featured Articles
The issue of the United States waging what seems to be a global war by way of sanctions rarely surfaces in the western media. The argument being made by the White House is that sanctions are capable of putting maximum pressure on a rogue regime without the necessity...
Trump Administration Provides New Evidence for a Saudi Connection to 9/11
by Philip Giraldi | Oct 4, 2019 | Featured Articles
The debate over what actually occurred on 9/11 and, more to the point, who might have been behind it, continues to preoccupy many observers worldwide. There is considerable legitimate concern that the commission that reviewed the incident engaged in a cover-up...
Trump Frees Himself From Bolton – but Robert O’Brien Will Be Just as Bad
by Philip Giraldi | Sep 26, 2019 | Featured Articles
After months of rumors, John Bolton was finally fired from the White House but the post mortem on why it took so long to remove him continues, with the punditry and media trying to understand exactly what happened and why. Perhaps the most complete explanation for...
Spy vs Spy vs Spy: The Mysterious Mr. Smolenkov
by Philip Giraldi | Sep 19, 2019 | Featured Articles
A new spy story has been making the rounds in Washington, but this time it involved a brave Russian official who allegedly was allegedly recruited while in the Russian Embassy in Washington in 2007 and then worked secretly for the CIA until he was exfiltrated safely...
Israel Spies and Spies and Spies
by Philip Giraldi | Sep 17, 2019 | Featured Articles
Here we go again! Israel is caught red handed spying against the United States and everyone in Congress is silent, as are nearly all the mainstream media which failed to report the story. And the federal government itself, quick to persecute a Russian woman who tried...
Trump the Russian Puppet. A Story That Just Will Not Die
by Philip Giraldi | Sep 12, 2019 | Featured Articles
Certainly, there are many things that President Donald Trump can rightly be criticized for, but it is interesting to note how the media and chattering classes continue to be in the grip of the highly emotional but ultimately irrational “Trump derangement syndrome...
Trump Foreign Policy as Theater of the Absurd
by Philip Giraldi | Sep 10, 2019 | Featured Articles
One might be forgiven for thinking that the foreign policy of the United States is some kind of theatrical performance, like a comic opera, with new characters appearing on stage willy-nilly and then being driven off after committing an incredible faux pas only to be...
Lindsey Graham’s Blank Check. Why a Defense Agreement With Israel Would Be a Disaster for Americans
by Philip Giraldi | Aug 22, 2019 | Featured Articles
Two world wars began because of unconditional pledges made by one country to come to assistance of another. On July 5, 1914, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany pledged his country’s complete support for whatever response Austria-Hungary would choose to make against Serbia...
Punishing the World With Sanctions
by Philip Giraldi | Aug 15, 2019 | Featured Articles
Sanctions are economic warfare, pure and simple. As an alternative to a direct military attack on a country that is deemed to be misbehaving they are certainly preferable, but no one should be under any illusions regarding what they actually represent. They are war by...
Quincy Who? Another New Think Tank Tests the Waters
by Philip Giraldi | Aug 8, 2019 | Featured Articles
Think tanks sprout like weeds in Washington. The latest is the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, which is engaged in a pre-launch launch and is attracting some media coverage all across the political spectrum. The Institute is named after the sixth US...
The Spy Game: It Ain’t What It Used to Be
by Philip Giraldi | Aug 1, 2019 | Featured Articles
The Tehran government has announced the arrest of seventeen Iranian citizens caught spying for America’s Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Some of those arrested have already been sentenced to death. It is the third major roll-up of CIA agents in Iran that I have...
No Accountability in Washington. The CIA Wants to Hide All Its Employees
by Philip Giraldi | Jul 25, 2019 | Featured Articles
Government that actually serves the interests of the people who are governed has two essential characteristics: first, it must be transparent in terms of how it debates and develops policies and second, it has to be accountable when it fails in its mandate and ceases...
The Death of Privacy: Government Fearmongers to Read Your Mail
by Philip Giraldi | Jul 11, 2019 | Featured Articles
It is discouraging to note just how the United States has been taking on the attributes of a police state since 9/11. Stories of police raids on people’s homes gone wrong are frequently in the news. In one recent incident, a heavily armed SWAT team was sent to a St....
Goodbye Dollar, It Was Nice Knowing You!
by Philip Giraldi | Jul 4, 2019 | Featured Articles
Over the past two years, the White House has initiated trade disputes, insulted allies and enemies alike, and withdrawn from or refused to ratify multinational treaties and agreements. It has also expanded the reach of its unilaterally imposed rules, forcing other...
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