Having ordered the systematic murder of millions of people, Nazi Germany was responsible for some of the darkest days in human history. However, following the defeat of the Axis powers, justice was not instantaneous. In fact, many of those responsible for the atrocities of the Third Reich managed...
Politics is a dirty business and politicians don't come any dirtier than Dick Cheney. He's a man who delights in operating on the 'dark side' and is the Darth Vader of American politics. However, is it going too far to accuse him of "crimes against humanity"? That term has quite a narrow and specific...
I'd say it's time to review the CIA's process in deciding what contractors they pay to do what. That especially after its been revealed they paid millions of dollars to Blackwater CEO Erik D Prince on a handshake to become part of a plan to assasinate former CIA operative Osama Bin Laden, and other...
Based on the information printed on the CIA World Factbook, the government spending on the military is extremely huge worldwide. Based on the figures, military spending all over the world is pegged at 741 billion dollars a year. The figure itself is approximately about 1.5% of the world’s Gross...
The CIA World Factbook is one of the richest resources ever produced by the United States Government. It includes data in the form of website that was formerly produced in print. It provides a two to three page summary of demographics, geography,communications, linquistics, government,economy,...
On Wednesday, Andreas Mueller, the Swiss federal Magistrate, recommended the prosecution of three Swiss engineers, supposedly linked to the CIA, upon allegations of nuclear weapons technology smuggling. Urs Tinner, his brother, Marco, and his father, Friedrich, appeared before Mueller following...
Andrew Warren, the former CIA chief for Algeria, is under investigation for allegedly drugging two women before sexually assaulting them and photographing them on two separate occasions. The investigation is being conducted by the State Department's Diplomatic Security Service. Warren has told...
The New York Times is reporting Former Vice President Dick Cheney ordered the Central Intelligence Agency to withhold information from Congress about a secret counterterrorism operation. Current CIA Director Leon Panetta told lawmakers about Cheney’s role in keeping the program secret on June 24...
Landlocked countries are those that do not have any coastline. Its borders are adjacent to land on all sides. According to the CIA World Factbook, about 44 countries in the world are landlocked. A landlocked status for a country is a critical factor because it prevents the said country from gaining...
In light of the recent release of 250,000 U.S. cables by the whistleblowing website Wikileaks, the CIA has created a Wikileaks Task Force, dubbed W.T.F., to track the impact of the cables. The Washington Post was first to report that "Officially, the panel is called the Wikileaks Task Force. But...
