How the U.S. Navy Sold the Vietnam War

Gareth Porter / Truthdig Mar 27, 2019 Tom Dooley's popular book, “Deliver Us From Evil,” was only one way the U.S. Navy doctor pushed American propaganda to the public. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Why Are the Media So Eager to Declare Trump’s Syria Withdrawal Dead?

Gareth Porter / Truthdig Jan 11, 2019 Predictably, the mainstream media has issued a collective pronouncement about the president's pullout plan that fails to reflect the facts. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

U.K. and Ecuador Conspire to Deliver Julian Assange to U.S. Authorities

Gareth Porter / Truthdig Nov 26, 2018 What follows is a murky story of a political ploy by the two governments to create a phony rationale for ousting Assange from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Could Trump Take Down the American Empire?

Gareth Porter / Truthdig Oct 2, 2018 The president’s stances on many matters are precarious to say the least, but his unorthodox approaches on foreign policy merit attention. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Is Trump Being ‘Played’ by Israel With Bogus Intel on Iran?

VIPS / Consortiumnews May 8, 2018 The Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity urged the president to stay in the Iran nuclear deal and not base his decision on fabricated evidence. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

How ‘Operation Merlin’ Tainted U.S. Intelligence on Iran

Gareth Porter / Consortium News Mar 4, 2018 The CIA operation, which involved providing Iran with a flawed design for a nuclear weapon, is the perfect example of creating intelligence in order to justify operations. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

A Rising Tide of Alarmist Assumptions About Russia in Hacking Inquiries

By Gareth Porter / Consortium News Jul 5, 2017 Cyber-criminal efforts to hack into U.S. government databases are epidemic, and this ugly reality is being exploited to foist blame on the Kremlin and fuel hysteria. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Inquiry Points Toward a Pentagon Plot to Subvert Obama’s Syria Policy

By Gareth Porter Jan 6, 2017 An official investigation offers evidence that the U.S. military engineered a lethal attack on Syrian troops, sabotaging the president’s effort to cooperate with Russia against Islamic State. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Hillary Clinton and Her Hawks

By Gareth Porter / Consortium News Aug 4, 2016 Clinton’s speech accepting her party's nomination sidestepped the deep concerns anti-war Democrats have about her hawkish foreign policy, which is already taking shape in the shadows. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

The Sham Syrian Peace Conference

By Gareth Porter / Middle East Eye Nov 9, 2015 The international conference on Syria is incapable of delivering any peace negotiations -- and the Obama administration knew this from the start. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Why the U.S. Owns the Rise of Islamic State and the Syria Disaster

By Gareth Porter Oct 8, 2015 Over the past three decades, U.S. covert operations and wars have entered repeatedly and powerfully into the chain of causality leading to Islamic State’s present power. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Myth Surrounding Alleged Iranian Nuclear Facility Begins to Unravel

By Gareth Porter, Middle East Eye Sep 24, 2015 Credible challenges to claims that Iran sanitized an alleged nuclear site suggest that U.S. officials sought to cover their tracks for a day when international inspectors report discovering nothing incriminating. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )