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https://www.rt.com/usa/318942-bryant-drone-pilot-whistleblower/
A former US drone operator says the US Ramstein airbase in Germany had a key role to play in US drone strikes. Brandon Bryant was answering questions from a parliamentary committee investigating the NSA.
http://www.dw.com/en/ramstein-involved-us-drone-programs-says-former-us-drone-operator/a-18785913
cantbeserious
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uhnope
(6,419 posts)cantbeserious
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Scuba
(53,475 posts)reorg
(3,317 posts)The wife of Jeffrey Sterling asked President Obama to pardon her husband, who was convicted under the Espionage Act for allegedly sharing information with a New York Times reporter. Sterling is serving three-and-a-half years in federal prison.
https://www.rt.com/usa/318913-wife-cia-spy-letter-obama/
uhnope
(6,419 posts)Literally every major media source has covered the Sterlingstory.
What they haven't done is spin it to the benefit of the brutal, homophobic, racist dictatorship that runs RT.
Sterling got 3.5 years. He'd be dead or disappeared in Russia, except of course a POC could hardly be so successful in the first place there.
RTSTFU
reorg
(3,317 posts)Last edited Sat Oct 17, 2015, 05:48 PM - Edit history (1)
above, that his wife made an appeal to Obama to pardon her husband?
Democracy Now, TruthDig, RT.
Where could you read about Brandon Bryant receiving a whistleblower award in Germany?
Well, you would hear about it in Germany, him being interviewed by ARD, the main TV channel (and you could read about it even in the Stars and Stripes) but not in the US, I'm afraid.
Your characterisation of Russia is not only irrelevant, of course, it's also deluded. But what else is new around here!
uhnope
(6,419 posts)and you call others deluded.
reorg
(3,317 posts)Maybe the Intercept will report on it, I imagine. Here is a recent article about the drone war:
Afghanistans northeastern border with Pakistan remains an active area of focus for the remaining U.S. special operations forces in the country. The Pech Valley, once a hotspot during the Haymaker campaign, continues to host a constellation of armed groups. Al Qaeda, the organization used to justify both the invasion of Afghanistan and the Haymaker campaign, reportedly enjoys a more pronounced presence in the valley than ever. The al Qaeda presence there now, according to a report by the United States Institute for Peace, is larger than when U.S. counterterrorism forces arrived in 2002.
https://theintercept.com/drone-papers/manhunting-in-the-hindu-kush/
cprise
(8,445 posts)So, while we're at it, reminding people about oligarch news with every NBC, CNN, etc. post sounds good to me.
They could re-name LBN "The Empire News".
yeah, empire, sure. As long as we agree that words have no meaning
cprise
(8,445 posts)And lets ignore the US world "leadership" and "dominance" rhetoric that suffuses not only press coverage, but also appears in many campaign speeches for both parties.
The political culture has lost the ability to look at itself in the mirror. So of course simple descriptive terms become foreign, to be used only on foreigners.