Author Archives: Philip Giraldi

Edward Snowden Is No Traitor

Why treason charges against the NSA whistleblower don’t hold up

How America Eavesdrops on Allies

The NSA’s global surveillance power is unmatched—and even our friends are uneasy.

Turkish Spring

The CIA and State Department were caught flatfooted by protests against the Erdogan government.

Pope Francis and the Vatican’s ‘Gay Lobby’

The pontiff wasn’t referring to sex and blackmail, but a subculture of corruption within the Holy See.

Paul Wolfowitz’s Iran Connection

Was the Iraq War’s architect getting advice from an agent of the Islamic Republic?

Spycraft in Moscow

The wigs may seem silly, but Moscow’s exposure of CIA espionage is serious business.

CIA Pays the Potentate

Afghanistan’s problems can’t be solved by bribing President Karzai

Drones for “Regime Protection”

The CIA’s insurance plan for Karzai and Maliki—and what it means for Syria

A Necessary Reckoning With Torture

The Constitution Project’s report on detainee treatment is but a first step toward the truth—and reclaiming our national honor.

Turkey Cracks the Whip

If Netanyahu wants rapprochement with Ankara, he must do more than apologize for the Mavi Marmara killings

Sex and the CIA

Spies aren’t apt to be philanderers—even if there are plenty of both at the Agency.

Gulf States Buy Egyptian Riots

Is Saudi money undermining Cairo’s Morsi government?

Who’s Turning Syria’s Civil War Into a Jihad?

The West, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia all have their own angles in the conflict

CIA After the War on Terror

John Brennan knows there’s more to intelligence than drones.

A Critical Look at Rand Paul

He’s made his foreign-policy speech, but what does the senator’s record show?

Drone Doubts at the CIA

A report on the post-Petraeus CIA and jihadist “refugees” in Turkey.

Rubin & Cohen: No Soldiers Need Apply

Neocons denigrate Chuck Hagel’s military service, when it’s exactly what the Pentagon needs.

A Football Interlude

Professional football is the most popular sport in the United States, judging …

Hagel, Healthcare, and “America’s Military Decline”

A recent op-ed by the New York Times’s compassionate conservative David Brooks …

No Large Buckets in CIA Torture

Sometimes some folks who are supporting the unspeakable do protest too much. …

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