[Salon] 4 from Wheeler, Kiriakou, Clifton and Lieven/Beebe on RS today!

[Kelley Vlahos <vlahos@quincyinst.org>]

Wow, something for everyone and bouncing off the headlines:

1) CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou on why military prosecutors have to plead out the only 9/11 suspects, 20 years after the attacks. What do you expect when at least one of the men in question has permanent brain damage from torture? https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2022/04/07/torture-killed-every-single-avenue-of-9-11-terror-prosecution/

2) Anatol Lieven and George Beebe take on the growing chorus for humanitarian military intervention amid reports of Russian war crimes in Ukraine: https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2022/04/07/what-can-the-us-really-do-to-protect-civilians-in-ukraine/

3) Eli Clifton did some digging and found out that Facebook is behind an anti-trust coalition group dressed up as a national security advocacy org whipping up scares about China and Russia (oh, and with the requisite former US military/nat sec/arms industry types on its board): https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2022/04/07/how-facebook-and-weapons-industry-are-profiting-from-the-ukraine-war/

4) Winslow Wheeler spares none of his contempt for the obvious manipulation in the math during last month's Pentagon budget roll-out. Everyone will get some of the ever-larger pie, except the taxpayer, which gets it in the face. https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2022/04/07/wiggy-data-fuzzy-math-and-tired-dod-budget-projection-ruses/

all the best,

Kelley

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