By Reporters Without Borders
The jailing of US whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling has brought severe condemnation from press freedom organisation Reporters Without Borders which says Sterling is in jail for merely talking to a journalist regularly and was sentenced based only on circumstantial evidence.

By David Swanson
(Article updated 31 Jan 2015)
This cable https://www.emptywheel.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/GX44-47.pdf was submitted as evidence by the prosecution in the trial of Jeffrey Sterling, a trial in which Sterling was convicted on entirely circumstantial evidence of leaking to a reporter that the CIA had given nuclear weapons part plans (with flaws added) to Iran. The cable makes crystal clear that the CIA proposed to do the same with Iraq.

By David Swanson 
The U.S.-led NATO war on Afghanistan has lasted so long they've decided to rename it, declare the old war over, and announce a brand new war they're just sure you're going to love.

Wikileaks has published a CIA manual that gives advice for spies who cross international borders and travel through foreign countries under false identities.

By David Swanson
When New York Times report James Risen published his previous book, State of War, the Times ended its delay of over a year and published his article on warrantless spying rather than be scooped by the book. The Times claimed it hadn't wanted to influence the 2004 presidential election by informing the public of what the President was doing. But this week a Times editor said on 60 Minutes that the White House had warned him that a terrorist attack on the United States would be blamed on the Times if one followed publication—so it may be that the Times' claim of contempt for democracy was a cover story for fear and patriotism. The Times never did report various other important stories in Risen's book.

By David Swanson
Former National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Counter-Terrorism Richard Clarke suggests that former CIA Director George Tenet blocked the sharing of information within the government on two members of al Qaeda in the United States, information that Clarke believes could have prevented 9/11. The CIA admits it knew about the two future hijackers but claims the Director was not informed.

By David Swanson
On September 18, 2009, seven former heads of the CIA publicly told President Barack Obama not to prosecute CIA torturers. On April 16, 2009, Obama had already publicly told Attorney General Eric Holder not to prosecute CIA torturers. On September 18th, Holder publicly reassured the CIA.