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A leaked Defense Ministry tender lays out the army’s training program for manipulating public opinion in Israel and abroad.

Solidarity melts ICE

In addition to their impressive brains, raccoons’ dexterous hands play a key role in their cognitively creative escapades. Researchers have found that raccoon forepaws map onto their cerebral cortex in a similar manner to human hands.

President has dismissed verdict by handpicked spy chief, Tulsi Gabbard, that Iran is not developing nuclear weapons

Analysis of BlueLeaks trove also shows police received training on domestic ‘Muslim extremists’ from pro-Israel groups

In an interview with ProPublica, Sam Cooper describes how he unearthed scandals that have shaken the Canadian political system.

The inside story of the world’s most notorious commercial spyware and the big tech companies waging war against it.

Bolton is an old hand at using allegedly damning intelligence on Iran to advance a plan of aggressive U.S. war.

Its defenders claim to be standing up for uncomfortable truths, but race science is still as bogus as ever.

Forty years ago, the US Senate’s Church Committee conducted a massive investigation into the intelligence community and expressed concerns that the privacy rights of US citizens had been violated by activities conducted under pretenses of foreign intelligence collection. The Secret Fisa courts were supposed to solve the problem -- however, they have made the problem worse.