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13 February 2014
If Obama Orders the CIA to Kill a U.S. Citizen, Amazon Will Be a Partner in Assassination
Norman Solomon
President Obama is now considering whether to order the Central Intelligence Agency to kill a U.S. citizen in Pakistan. That’s big news this week. But hidden...
28 January 2014
Cut Off the NSA’s Juice
Norman Solomon
The National Security Agency depends on huge computers that guzzle electricity in the service of the surveillance state. For the NSA’s top executives,...
15 January 2014
Why the Washington Post’s New Ties to the CIA Are So Ominous
Norman Solomon
American journalism has entered highly dangerous terrain.

A tip-off is that the Washington Post refuses to face up to a conflict of interest...
10 January 2014
The CIA, Amazon, Bezos and the Washington Post: An Exchange with Executive Editor Martin Baron
Norman Solomon
Dear Mr. Baron and Mr. Merida:

On behalf of more than 25,000 signers of a petition to The Washington Post, I’m writing this letter to request a...
24 December 2013
Is MoveOn Less Progressive Than the New York Times Editorial Board?
Norman Solomon
The New York Times is hardly a progressive newspaper -- but when it comes to the surveillance state and ongoing militarism of the Obama White House, the...
19 December 2013
Under Amazon’s CIA Cloud: The Washington Post
Norman Solomon
News media should illuminate conflicts of interest, not embody them. But the owner of the Washington Post is now doing big business with the Central...

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