Judge Andrew Napolitano provides a brief and excellent introduction to the US government’s mass spying program in a new video monologue this week at Fox News. In less than a minute and a half, Napolitano explains that the mass spying program of the National Security...
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Former NSA and CIA Boss Michael Hayden Calls Himself an ‘Unrelenting Libertarian’
by Adam Dick | Feb 27, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Michael Hayden, who served in turn as director of the National Security Agency (NSA), principal deputy director of National Intelligence, and director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from 1999 through 2009, elicited laughs and a loud jeer of “No you’re not!”...
The Origins of ISIS
by Daniel McAdams | Feb 27, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
RPI Director Daniel McAdams appears on Ben Swann's excellent documentary on the real origins of ISIS, everybody's favorite enemy. Don't miss the cameos by Barack Obama, John McCain, and Antiwar.Com's Angela Keaton. How many billions of dollars did the US Intelligence...
Internet, RIP?
by Ron Paul | Feb 26, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Today the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), a non-elected federal government agency, voted three-to-two to reclassify broadband Internet as a common carrier service under Title II of the Communications Act. This means that – without the vote of Congress, the...
NATO’s Russia Border Games
by Daniel McAdams | Feb 25, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
When a Russian bomber flew over international waters some 25 miles off the southwest tip of England last week, UK Defense Secretary Michael Fallon called Russia "a real and present danger." The UK government scrambled jet fighters to meet the Russian aircraft as a...
The Chris Kyle Verdict and The Mistreatment of Our Veterans
by Ron Paul | Feb 25, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
If Eddie Ray Routh had never served in the military, I'm of the opinion that he would probably not have killed anybody. He would not be imprisoned for life and Chris Kyle would be alive today. Much of the blame should lie with our foreign policy of interventionism and...
US, UK, Kiev in Violation of Minsk Agreement?
by Daniel McAdams | Feb 24, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Since the Minsk II Agreement went into effect earlier this month, there have been many claims and counter-claims that both the Kiev government and the separatists in east Ukraine have violated the terms of the agreement. Both sides accuse each other, and the Kiev side...
Ukraine’s Very Suspicious Weapons ‘Purchase’
by Franklin C. Spinney | Feb 24, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Defense News, a defense industry trade publication, just released a report entitled, Ukraine Signs Defense Deal with UAE. It led with: ABU DHABI — Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko announced a deal for unspecified military and technical cooperation with the UAE on...
State Department’s Jen Psaki as Baghdad Bob
by Daniel McAdams | Feb 21, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
RPI Director Daniel McAdams takes aim at State Department Spokesman Jen Psaki in this interview with RT. Why is the US determined to continue down the path of conflict while the Germans and French look for a political solution? The interventionists are incapable of...
Ukraine Year One, Syria Rebel Booster Changes Tune and More – RPI’s McAdams and Jay Taylor Week in Review
by Daniel McAdams | Feb 21, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
US-backed coup in Ukraine turns one year old. The destruction speaks to the folly of interventionism. Also, US ambassador to Syria and father of regime change policy admits training rebels totally futile. And Italy's sudden fears of ISIS in Libya after backing NATO...
Gen. Wesley Clark: ‘ISIS Got Started With Funding From Our Closest Allies’
by Daniel McAdams | Feb 19, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Many remember General Wesley Clark as the man who almost started World War III by ordering the British to fire on Russian peacekeepers who landed in the Kosovo capital, Pristina, before the Americans. British commander of the international KFOR peacekeeping force,...
Upcoming: Ron Paul’s New Book on War
by Adam Dick | Feb 17, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Ron Paul revealed Thursday that he is preparing for publication a new book he has written about war. Paul made the revelation at the conclusion of a wide-ranging foreign policy interview on the Scott Horton Show. The former United States House of Representative member...
UK Supplies Saxon APCs to Ukraine…Which Promptly Sells Them!
by Mark Almond | Feb 16, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
There are times when even Jonathan Swift's sense of satire would be silenced by reality. After a lot of huffing and puffing by the "Arms for Ukraine Now!" neocons like General Sir Richard "Helmand" Dannatt over the weekend ridiculing Britain for only supplying Saxon...
Andrew Napolitano: IRS Commissioner Apologizing for Seizing Bank Accounts Is Not Enough
by Adam Dick | Feb 16, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Judge Andrew Napolitano, speaking with Neil Cavuto on Fox Business, explained that United States Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen‘s apology last week regarding the US government routinely seizing bank accounts based on the mere suspicion that the...
Who is Violating Minsk II? President’s AUMF = Total War – McAdams and Taylor Week in Review
by Daniel McAdams | Feb 14, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Will the US be the first to violate the Ukraine ceasefire agreement by sending in the planned 600 US troops? Will Russia be proven truthful or a liar about the claimed 10,000+ Russian troops in Ukraine when the plan is implemented? How does the limiting language in...
The Fed’s Attack Dog is At It Again
by Ron Paul | Feb 13, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Richard Fisher, the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank president, is once again going after everyone who supports an audit of the Federal Reserve System. In particular he has been hitting at Sen. Rand Paul for having introduced Senate Bill 264, which calls for a full audit...
‘Minsk II’ – What About Foreign Troops in Ukraine?
by Daniel McAdams | Feb 12, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
After a marathon 17 hour negotiation session, the leaders of Russia, Germany, France, and Ukraine agreed on an upgraded ceasefire plan, "Minsk II," that lays out 13 points to be implemented by the west-backed government in Kiev and the independence-seeking regions in...
Lawrence Wilkerson: Resist ‘Warmonger’ John McCain’s Call to Arm Ukraine
by Adam Dick | Feb 11, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Interviewed Tuesday on the Real News Network, Ron Paul Institute Academic Advisor Lawrence Wilkerson warned that following the advice of “warmongers like Senator John McCain and his cohorts” to “arm majorly” the Ukraine government is “probably one of the fastest ways”...
When Barack Called Vladimir…
by Daniel McAdams | Feb 10, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
It must have been like one of those annoying telemarketing calls, ringing up over and over saying the same thing. Today President Obama called Russian president Vladimir Putin to once again harangue him about the Russian "invasion" of Ukraine.One can even picture...
Burning Jordanians, Total War, Arms for Ukraine, Europe Peace Plan? – McAdams and Taylor Week in Review
by Daniel McAdams | Feb 9, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Will the Europeans put the kibosh on US war plans with Russia? What about Jordan, which has armed the jihadists and then pretends to be outraged at the ISIS burning of an ISIS fighter pilot? Has there been a whistleblower victory in the US? RPI's Daniel McAdams and...
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