You know, it’s a funny thing. It would nice to be able to exhort, just for once, Let’s all discuss something that is not fricking duh-merica.
But there is not a single topic I can think of where it is possible to proclaim, Here is somewhere unsullied by rapacious duh-merican hands…

Posted by: Bill Person | May 17 2017 18:29 utc | 3

US Has Killed More Than 20 Million People in 37 “Victim Nations” Since World War II
“It is essential that Americans learn more about this topic so that they can begin to understand the pain that others feel. Someone once observed that the Germans during WWII “chose not to know.” We cannot allow history to say this about our country. The question posed above was “How many September 11ths has the United States caused in other nations since WWII?” The answer is: possibly 10,000.
From Global Research:
http://www.globalresearch.ca/us-has-killed-more-than-20-million-people-in-37-victim-nations-since-world-war-ii/5492051

Posted by: ben | May 17 2017 19:14 utc | 5

About Corbyn: it is very important to note that voters were presented with a new Labour Manifesto, which is good news, and thanks the infinite cosmic void, not a New Labour Manifesto. Alas, what seems to work can be put to music like that
Bland is everything my true leader says,
I kiss the grass wherever she stands

Posted by: Piotr Berman | May 17 2017 19:53 utc | 7

British voters are faced with stark choices: do you want a leader who covers the feet like that or like that? No wonder that manifestoes or the lack of them (Tories did not show one yet) play a minor role.
PS. Initially, I had two links, but I have found a comprehensive review of political footwear in UK. If only the political footwork were analyzed as keenly!

Posted by: Piotr Berman | May 17 2017 20:02 utc | 9

OJS @8–
I imagine the people deserving credit I omitted make a rather long list. I truly wonder if they’d outnumber the traitors operating within the Outlaw US Empire’s government since 1943, including those silenced before they could talk; unfortunately, I think that’s doubtful.

Posted by: karlof1 | May 17 2017 20:16 utc | 11

The latest from the Bonn Climate Change Conference is that a developing nations bloc is trying to ban corporate lobbyists from trolling the halls buttonholing the official delegates. The U.S. is leading the charge to keep the lobbyists around.
Check out the beat down meted out to protesters by Turkish security in front of the Turkish embassy in Washington. D.C. police feebly block the suited goons — really they enable the violence.

Posted by: Mike Maloney | May 17 2017 20:28 utc | 13

@1 karlof1.. i have felt this way about bradley manning, who became chelsea – since day 1… not sure what greenwald is saying, but i agree with @8 OJS which you acknowledge as well.. thanks..
@3 bill person.. yeah, i have said that in the past too.. it’s tough working around the elephant in the room.. maybe china is the new elephant, but the western msm hasn’t been unplugged yet..
@4 ben.. on your topic – craig murray is always a good read..
someone shared a very good article on the topic of korea.. read if interested.. A Murderous History of Korea

Posted by: james | May 17 2017 20:45 utc | 15

@6 Karlofi 1 re the Chinese Space Program:
Only half in jest couple of years ago, I said that the world-wide 1% was sub-contracting the Space Program to China in order to find a way off the planet and away for the horrible mess they’ve created here.
I’ve seen articles recently – which unfortunately I cannot find again – about Silicon Valley Titans investing in space programs of their own, allegedly to Mars, so that they can whisk themselves away from the horrible mess that they’ve created here. It is well known that several (all?) of the top 1%ers in Silicon Valley have remote bolt holes – islands and the like – where they believe that they can escape if things go very wrong.
I say: good luck with that.
@10 heros: wow. That’s pretty fugly thinking. Couldn’t agree less.

Posted by: RUKidding | May 17 2017 22:48 utc | 17

Heros @10,
sounds like a bunch o crap to me, ‘standing up for your rights as an individual’ is just as righteous as ‘willing to take the rap so that the truth comes out’. The circumstances of her defense and incarceration make her look even stronger.
Chelsea Manning is a hero. I’m glad she’s free and will enjoy this spring.

Posted by: sillybill | May 17 2017 22:55 utc | 19

IMO we’re watching a color revolution in Washington. Much as I dislike Trump, I have deep, deep reservations about the
consequences of a color revolution spearheaded by the intelligence
services.
It appears that the old Latin American joke no longer applies:
Q. Why has there never been a coup in the United States?
A: Because there is no US embassy in Washington.
An embassy is no longer needed…

Posted by: JohnH | May 17 2017 23:21 utc | 21

What Heros is saying, if I may… is that anything Manning utters in the public sphere from now on will be spun via the trasngender, isn’t she great? angle. No matter what it is. It remains to be seen if her mind is intact, in an activist sense.

Posted by: sejomoje | May 18 2017 1:02 utc | 23

@18 karlof1.. thanks. it seems that article touches on some of the same points.
@23 sejomoje.. that is generous.. i still don’t see it.
john helmer has a couple of posts on the latest: ‘trump/msm tempest in a teapot’ story…
http://johnhelmer.org/?p=17265

Posted by: james | May 18 2017 1:39 utc | 25

@23 sejomoje
flash! chelsea manning don’t owe you one fucking dime.
we’re all in her debt whether we admit it or not.

Posted by: jfl | May 18 2017 1:55 utc | 27

Seems odd. Suspicious, no? – the timing of – the horrific revelation of the disgusting “Collateral Damage” video as exposed by B. Manning soon becoming overshadowed and overwhelmed by the unfolding event of B. Manning becomes C. Manning.
The CIA couldn’t have stage-managed it better. Completely switched the focus. Completely changed the narrative and the entire plot of the story. Just – Like – That!

Posted by: fast freddy | May 18 2017 3:04 utc | 29

jfl! Absolutely. I know I don’t opine here much but I absolutely agree! Don’t get me wrong.
We all know that in the sea of conscripted(semi-conscripted) Americans, over decades, literally a handful have rowed against the wind.
Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose. (If only)

Posted by: sejomoje | May 18 2017 3:45 utc | 31

@28 paveway.. the lady has a lot of balls.. it’s a really informative 22′ video. thanks..

Posted by: james | May 18 2017 4:24 utc | 33

IIRC there was at least two years space between the release of the ‘collateral murder’ video and Ms Manning’s announcement of her transgender status. She didn’t say anything about the latter until after her unjust conviction.
IMO those who seek to conflate these two vastly different & temporally separated issues are either dingbats who believe that all human beings who take action must be inhumanly perfect, or agents of the PTB seeking to implant phoney memes in an already too disorganised resistance.
Whichever category those who seek to play up this non-issue in here are is irrelevant, neither are worth the energy of engagement.

Posted by: Debsisdead | May 18 2017 4:48 utc | 35

@28 paveway
yes, indeed. thanks for that link.

Posted by: jfl | May 18 2017 6:38 utc | 37

https://youtu.be/il51aZUieWg
State Dept Is Working To ID Erdogan Bodyguards Who Beat Up Protesters In DC
Blood boiling vid right here…

Posted by: Uncle $cam | May 18 2017 6:52 utc | 39

John Helmer’s latest on Canada’s Banderite Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland’s compulsive lying about conversations she’s never had…
Chrystia Freeland Exposed By Sergei Lavrov At Arctic Council. Drops ‘Canadian Democracy Destabilization’ Charge Against Russia
http://johnhelmer.net/chrystia-freeland-exposed-by-sergei-lavrov-at-arctic-council/
PS Freeland was just in Washington DC. While there she met a friend…
https://twitter.com/cafreeland/status/864615822404268032

Posted by: John Gilberts | May 18 2017 7:15 utc | 41

@ Paveway 28
Very good/interesting videos. Was watching them a couple days ago. I think she said it was FSA or moderate rebels that she had contact with that did the filming?

Posted by: Peter AU | May 18 2017 8:45 utc | 43

@44 sb
i think that’s connecting the dots. meanwhile rce’s boys are beating up americans on the white house lawn and the cops are just watching. if it’s following orders from the civilians or the senior spooks they’re with the spooks.

Posted by: jfl | May 18 2017 10:04 utc | 45

Elite banker blows whistle: 8,500 Satanists run the financial-business world and control politicians, police, judges etc via blackmail:
http://www.roguemoney.net/2017/05/12/a-frozen-conscience/

Posted by: Anoncommentator | May 18 2017 11:34 utc | 47

Currency traders are the shitkickers at the bottom of the heap. They are the blokes casually thrown to the wolves when a bank is caught doing the usual bank stuff. They operate under orders and are about as far from the decision makers as a road sweeper is from the mayor’s office. This Ronald bloke wouldn’t have clue about who is up who and who pays the rent among the banking elite. Satanists eh – farcical might as well claim they are reptiles from Mars too – take yer pills Ronald.

Posted by: Debsisdead | May 18 2017 13:01 utc | 49

@ben | 4
It is a fantastic manifesto which truly sets long-term difficult to achieve but eminently laudable goals… But, I fear that before such a platfoem can win an election the middle class must suffer yet further impoverishment; the aspirationals must understand that elitism is not an’open to anyone’ club and the general public must learn that consumerism is not the means to self-worth!
Having said that, Go Jeremy!!

Posted by: AtaBrit | May 18 2017 13:16 utc | 51

@Paveway 28
Thanks for the link, very interesting, if impossible to verify.
Seems pressure on Turkey is mounting – ‘Which side are you on?’ – as evidenced by the highly mediatized protests in D.C., the row over German troops in Incirlik and the Turkish threats to immediately react to any YPG/J provocations.
If Ankara honours the Astana agreement (which I think it will), it has to cut the Nusra supply lines for real this time. Which would pretty much spell the end of the Neocon/ Saudi sponsored war in Syria – no wonder a certain senator is fuming… Somehow a renewed wave of ‘terrorist attacks’ in Turkish cities in the near future wouldn’t surprise me. Poor folks!

Posted by: smuks | May 18 2017 13:27 utc | 53

Brazil – this could get kind of relevant:
Markets in turmoil, currency loses 6%, stock market 10%.
It’s important to understand that Dilma Rousseff was ousted not for corruption, but for fudging some official figures – something that every government in the world does. The real reason (very probably) was that she refused to end the ‘Carwash’ investigation, i.e. that she fought *against corruption*.
Unfortunately, many in her own party are just as much part of that ‘swamp’ as her opponents, and she failed to watch her back and make sure she had sufficient support.
When it became clear that her time was up, ‘hot/ speculative money’ started pouring into the country, with the currency and stock market posting huge gains. Which was very obviously a temporary, unsustainable ponzi, the end of which we are (probably) seeing now.
In short: Thanks to Temer, the country is being plundered once again by international capital.
Boom (inflow) – Bust (crash & outflow) – Pillage (all assets bought cheaply with $$$)

Posted by: smuks | May 18 2017 13:46 utc | 55

So all of youse who prefer their Occam’s razor dull, did Roger Ailes kark it due to natural causes (ie the omnipotent sky pilot had enough of his rapey ways) or did that ancient ocker Rupert Murdoch, decide to have him knocked because Ailes knew where too many bodies were buried?
Good riddance to bad rubbish I say.

Posted by: Debsisdead | May 18 2017 13:58 utc | 57

somebody@58 – All good reasons. The underlying cause is subject to debate, but that (to me) is kind of peripheral. I’m a lot more concerned about the effect: Israel’s ability to so easily use American thuggery for some hair-brained “Destruction of Russia” scheme.

Posted by: PavewayIV | May 18 2017 14:16 utc | 59

@Paveway 56
My impression is that very few people still believe in the existence of ‘moderate rebels’ (in relevant number). But as you say, reports & videos coming from whatever side can’t be treated as ‘facts’.
Erdogan’s main fear is the emergence of a Kurdish state along his southern border, so he’ll cooperate with whoever seems most likely able to prevent that. It used to be ISIS, now it’s the SAA & allies. Actually imv he’s not so much unpredictable as he’s independent in his decisions, something the Neocons/ Saudis apparently don’t appreciate very much.
There seems to be some deal with Europe: Within Turkey’s borders, he can do as he pleases, as long as he holds back most refugees/ takes back those arriving in Greece. So far I see no reason why this should change.

Posted by: smuks | May 18 2017 15:07 utc | 61

Sputniknews is reporting a coalition strike on the SAA near Tanif.
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201705181053750870-coalition-strikes-syria-army/

Posted by: wwinsti | May 18 2017 17:40 utc | 63

Sputniknews is also reporting that the alleged strike occufed in one of the de-confliction zones agreed to by Russia/Iran/Turkey/. So, yet again the US finds the most hauling way to put a cigarette out in Russia’s eye. Hopefully Russia will shut down the memorandum of understanding hotline again.

Posted by: wwinsti | May 18 2017 18:12 utc | 65

@63 wwinsti.. thanks for the update.. peter au was discussing this location a few days ago here at moa and the importance of it for the usa and that it is inside syria.. the invaders have arrived.. i honestly think this is also why they are so down on trump.. he isn’t rubber stamping israel/saudi regime change, divying up syria agenda.. thus trump must go.. here is what amn is saying
The U.S. Coalition warplane entered Syrian airspace from the Jordanian border
A convoy of five T-62 tanks were hit by the U.S. Coalition
Two tanks were destroyed
A Shilka was damaged
Six military personnel were killed and another three were wounded
Convoy consisted of soldiers from the Syrian Arab Army (SAA), National Defense Forces (NDF), Hezbollah, and Imam Al-‘Ali Battalions
at amn they are also mentioning usa bombing syrian army in east sweida..
“A U.S. Coalition jet allegedly attacked the Syrian Army’s positions near the Rasi’i Well after the latter advanced more than 35km into rebel-held territory near the Jordanian border.
According to a military source in Damascus, the US Coalition carried out a “warning” strike, which was meant to deter the Syrian government forces from advancing further into rebel-held territory; however, this has not been confirmed by the Syrian Army’s High Command.”

Posted by: james | May 18 2017 18:31 utc | 67

Add to my 68–
Southfront says this in its report: “It is believed that the US is [g]oing [sic] to use the Shiite militias issue as a pretext to stop the advance of the SAA in the area. The US-led block is working to isolate Syria from Iraq by land, supporting the Israeli desire to prevent Iran from transferring weapons to Hezbollah in Syria via Iraq.”
https://southfront.org/us-led-coalition-carried-out-aairstrikes-on-syrian-army-convoy-advancing-towards-iraqi-border/

Posted by: karlof1 | May 18 2017 18:52 utc | 69

xor @70–
Must admit the Russian position is puzzling and worrisome. US/UK and its takfiris are the invading forces that ought to be repelled so Syria’s territorial integrity can be restored–a goal Putin announced upon Russia’s initial intervention. Syria says al-Tanf is occupied by Daesh. IMO, Russia’s actions here could cause it to lose quite a bit of face and credibility. As I said above, IMO Syria must continue its advance and provoke a crisis if that’s what results as the time for playing any further shadow games is now over.

Posted by: karlof1 | May 18 2017 19:05 utc | 71

@70 xor… turning the story upside down at the bottom of your post really highlights how fucked up usa foreign invasion policy is, doesn’t it?
@72 wwinsti.. i somehow doubt it.. i think saudi/israel/usa and gang are going to ramp up here in all areas of syria with syrian forces outstretched.. at the same time they are working to neutralize any idea of trump interfering with their warmongering, land grabbing, murderous ways… that seems to be the game plan at this point.. i am not sure what russia/iran/syria and company do at this point, but the possibilities are disturbing… since when was the usa given a un sanction to bomb syrian troops and hardware? isis – yes… syrian forces – no… i suspect china will also get involved once they realize their turkistani friends are also heavily involved, as witnessed in that video @28… looks bad on all fronts at this point.. this is not the same as the supposed accidental bombing of syrian troops in diez ezzor, in the past year..

Posted by: james | May 18 2017 20:18 utc | 73

Outlaw US Empire is using the fact that the region’s part of a deconfliction zone to legitimize its attack, which is bullshit. The Empire is NOT a partner of the deconfliction zones, and its presence on Syrian territory constitutes an invasion since it was never invited. As Garrie at The Duran put it: “A crime and a blunder” likely made by the local commander, not Trump as some are writing. All I seem to read most places is spin. Maybe when the sun rises on the other side of the planet we’ll get something from the top of Russia’s chain of command.

Posted by: karlof1 | May 18 2017 20:36 utc | 75

Say it can’t be so!!
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/5/18/15659400/joe-lieberman-fbi-director
Article has good list of reasons why progressives would help to prevent any confirmation of Lieberman as FBI director.
It struck me that he was being proposed simply to get Dem votes — but, article notes he works in firm with Trump’s personal lawyer and Trump bonded with him. So, did Ol’ Joe swear the loyalty oath to Trump, if there was one to be sworn to?

Posted by: jawbone | May 18 2017 20:58 utc | 77

@75 karlof1… but i do believe the usa is a part of the deconfliction zone agreement as @78 somebody seems to point out and from what i recall.. i think what has to be established here is what was the motive for bombing the syrian army, especially if they weren’t attacking anyone? i believe the parties have the right to attack isis/al qaeda/ and etc, but not the syrian army! that is the part that is definitely wrong here.. waiting to hear more on this and to see how russia responds..

Posted by: james | May 18 2017 21:49 utc | 79

@70
yeah, typical Putinism to allow Syrians to wander off and get killed. They did the same shit in a disastrous campaign to Raqqa, which probably resulted in Palmyra being re-invaded by ISIL

Posted by: aaaa | May 18 2017 22:16 utc | 81

james @78–
Outlaw US Empire is not a party to the de-escalation and safe zone agreement made at Astana, although it was allowed to gain approval of the UNSC (don’t know if it voted yea or abstained), but that still doesn’t make it a party/governed by it. Furthermore, it has zero justification to be on Syrian territory, its presence there constituting an invasion, act of war, and thus the Ultimate Crime of waging Aggressive War. Here’s the relevant document issued by Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, http://www.mid.ru/en/web/guest/maps/sy/-/asset_publisher/9fcjSOwMERcf/content/id/2746041

Posted by: karlof1 | May 18 2017 23:06 utc | 83

Peter AU @82–
As per Russian Foreign Ministry: “The Guarantors shall take steps to complete by 4 June 2017 the preparation of the maps of the de-escalation areas and security zones and to separate the armed opposition groups from the terrorist groups mentioned in para.5 of the Memorandum.” http://www.mid.ru/en/web/guest/maps/sy/-/asset_publisher/9fcjSOwMERcf/content/id/2746041

Posted by: karlof1 | May 18 2017 23:16 utc | 85

Peter AU@82 – As always, us tin-foil-hat-nutters always have our own special interpretation of the importance of At Tanf:
https://i.imgur.com/YwfUwrB.png
Might have to consider replacing the Deir EzZor route of Kirkuk-Haifa v2.0 with Ar Raqqa or Al Bukamal. The U.S. efforts to assist ISIS against the SAA have failed there. Of course, many others here will insist “It’s not about any pipelines!”

Posted by: PavewayIV | May 18 2017 23:26 utc | 87

>>>> karlof1 | May 18, 2017 3:05:34 PM | 71

Must admit the Russian position is puzzling and worrisome.

Not really. The United States military is vastly more powerful than the Russian one so if Putin strikes back, the Americans could do enough damage to severely disrupt the various campaigns in Syria. Instead, Putin’s best option is to proceed with his plans for liquidating ISIS and containing the other terrorist groups until the Americans get bored and go off and start another war elsewhere.
There were two interesting points that haven’t been mentioned here so far.
1. The SAA/militia units were about 50-60 kms. from the alleged US/UK positions which suggests to me that this was nothing to do with any threat to US or UK forces but either the Jordanians (it was a Jordanian aircraft) playing silly buggers at the behest of the Saudi scumbags because of the Trump conference today or perhaps one Jordanian pilot thinking he had to do jihad in Syria. I’m not so sure the Americans wanted this to happen but they’re not going to admit that the Jordanians are out of control.
2. The leader of the terrorist New Syrian Army announced that it was their intention to capture Deir Ez-zor from the Syrian government so good luck with that and does he really expect his US/UK “advisers” to go there with him and fight alongside ISIS?
This should demonstrate to the morons in Washington and London how stupid it is to have any of the dumb Arab monarchs on their side and how dangerous using jihadists as proxies is particularly as the U.S. military are requesting another 50,000 U.S. troops for Afghanistan and if that happens it suggests to me that May/Johnson/Fallon will be sending a substantial number of British troops to Afghanistan after the election – when I say substantial I mean in proportion to the number of ground troops available to the British Army (~88,000)

Posted by: Ghostship | May 19 2017 0:34 utc | 89

Re: Posted by: jawbone | May 18, 2017 4:28:52 PM | 74
If Trump picks LIARMAN to lead the FBI it certainly won’t go anywhere.
Picking LIARMAN would be a huge mistake but it would serve as one thing. Absolute proof Trump has sold out to the Clinton Crime Family.
Here’s Lieberman endorsing Clinton for President in 2016, instead of Trump!
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/290961-lieberman-supports-clinton-after-flirting-with-trump

Lieberman supports Clinton after flirting with backing Trump
Former Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) on Wednesday backed Hillary Clinton for president, after flirting with the possibility of supporting Donald Trump.
Lieberman told Fox Business he would vote for Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee, in November.
He had left open the possibility of supporting Trump, the GOP nominee, in recent days.
“I’m one of those people, and there are a lot of us, who don’t quite feel comfortable either way yet,” Lieberman said on Fox News last week.
Lieberman, a longtime Democratic senator, was Al Gore’s running mate in 2000 on the party’s presidential ticket. He lost his primary to Ned Lamont in 2006 but ran as an Independent and won the general election.

I must admit, I am hanging on the possibility this is either FAKE NEWS, or a Trump switcheroo before picking someone else.
If he holds off on the pick until after his foreign trip he can tell the Israelis he is seriously considering Lieberman – which I’m sure they’ll like, which may help him in any negotiations with them.

Posted by: Julian | May 19 2017 1:06 utc | 91

WIKILEAKS ATTORNEYS: NEW LAURA POITRAS FILM PUTS “CLIENTS IN LEGAL JEOPARDY”
MoA remember Laura Poitras accompany Glen Greenwald meet up with Ed Snowden in Hong Kong, later filming in Moscow?
In an op-ed at Newsweek, legal representatives of the anti-secrecy organization Wikileaks have accused filmmaker Laura Poitras of using material in her new film in a way that puts WikiLeaks and its staff at legal risk.
Poitras’ film, aptly titled “Risk,” is something of a character study of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, but the organization’s attorneys say Poitras violated agreements regarding the film’s editing process and the use of certain footage of WikiLeaks staff……
http://www.thedailysheeple.com/wikileaks-attorneys-new-laura-poitras-film-puts-clients-in-legal-jeopardy_052017

Posted by: OJS | May 19 2017 3:03 utc | 93

Paveway 87
You are most likely correct, though I think it would be smarter for US to take more control of Iraq and run a pipeline up through US controlled Barzani country into Turkey.
US establishment dreams going to crap in Syria with the Russian entrance into the games, McCarthyism in full swing in the US, the US establishment, are no doubt desperate to wean Europe off Russian gas and onto US controlled Qatari gas. Was many, sometimes overlapping reasons for the so called friends of Syria to try and destroy the country, but now it may well boil down to – for US – trying to wean Europe off Russian gas.

Posted by: Peter AU | May 19 2017 7:54 utc | 95

ref Assange
UK police says he will be arrested if he leaves the embassy
the sun ray did not last long

Posted by: Mina | May 19 2017 9:52 utc | 97

So it seems that Julian Assange’s description one of the CIA actions as ” a historic act of devastating incompetence” is absolutely spot on.
Today’s NYT features an article Killing C.I.A. Informants, China Crippled U.S. Spying Operations.
Setting aside for a moment the jaw dropping arrogance the NYT displays in casting China’s defense of it society from aggressive espionage as a form of aggression, we do need to ask ourselves why the NYT arm of the deep state propaganda machine is publishing this right now. This is an official release – apparently a dozen current and former CIA/FBI ‘officials’ talked to the NYT about this massive fail (as usual under condition of anonymity – the the race will be on as to whose ‘tell all’ reaches the printer first)
The two most obvious motives (A) that it is a piss weak attempt to gazump a wikileaks revelation right before Assange releases it or,
(B)The gang has a strategy in place to grab the perceived mole and need to prepare the public for a show trial
seem to be the most likely reasons for pushing this story out now at a time when the trumpet is the perp most in Homeland Security sights.
Diverting focus away from evil Russia into evil China doesn’t appear to be a sound tactic.
There is no upside to the story the NYT have published , in theory they could be letting it out now while no one is watching except it is a massive FAIL by CIA with no redeeming counter plot and 5 years is a pretty short period of time in espionage hanging on to secrets time, so if that were the motivator it doesn’t really make sense.
The NYT article all but names the alleged mole towards the end of the article, so his identity will be established by less ‘august’ journals within a week IMO.
Since the asian nation this fellow has retired to is unlikely to be north korea, maybe the release is part of an attempt to pressure the government of his host nation. We shall see.
One last query – given that it took two years for the Chinese security services to roll up the amerikan network (presumably it took time for them to gather the proof of each traitor’s guilt, present it to China’s judiciary and be advised of the sentence) why did the CIA sit on its ass instead of grabbing their employees and protecting them?

Posted by: Debsisdead | May 21 2017 5:40 utc | 99