From the Trenches World Report

RT News

A review of classified US intelligence records has revealed that the CIA could not confirm the identity of about a quarter of the people killed by drone strikes in Pakistan during a period spanning from 2010 to 2011.

According to a purportedly exclusive report by NBC News that mirrors findings of an April analysis by McClatchy, between September 3, 2010 and October 30, 2011 the agency’s drone program over Pakistan routinely designated those killed as “other militants,” a label used when the CIA could not determine affiliation, if any.    Continue reading “Classified documents reveal CIA drone strikes often killed unknown people”

ABC News – by TOM HAYS Associated Press

Authorities have returned to a Texas home linked to the investigation into ricin-tainted letters sent to New York City’s mayor and President Barack Obama.

FBI agents wearing hazardous material suits were seen going in and out of the house in New Boston Wednesday. The house also was searched last Friday.

A law enforcement official has told The Associated Press that the search was initiated after the resident’s spouse contacted the FBI. The official wasn’t authorized to disclose information and spoke to the AP Saturday on condition of anonymity.   Continue reading “Texas Home Searched Again in Ricin Investigation”

Huffington Post

Charles Koch confirmed that he and his brother David are exploring the possibility of buying newspapers in an interview with the Wall Street Journal.

There have been rumors swirling for weeks that the conservative billionaires, who run Koch Industries, are interested in acquiring the Tribune’s big regional titles, which include the Los Angeles Times, Baltimore Sun, Chicago Tribune and Orlando Sentinel. The prospect of such a sale has raised alarm among some readers and Tribune employees, who are concerned that the new owners would use the papers to advance their political causes.   Continue reading “Koch Brothers Say They’re Interested In Buying Newspapers: Wall Street Journal”

My analysis: So because the elite can’t get their way and win, it risks wider conflict, according to the MSM. Apparently, we are all supposed to sympathize with THEIR analysis. What a joke.

Yahoo News – by Samia Nakhoul | Reuters

BEIRUT (Reuters) – The capture of Qusair by Syrian troops spearheaded by Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shi’ite Islamist militia, risks turning the war in Syria into a wider sectarian battle betweenSunni and Shi’ite forces that will sweep through the country’s neighbors.   Continue reading “Analysis: Hezbollah’s Syria victory risks wider Sunni-Shi’ite conflict”

KOMO News – by Michael Harthorne

SEATTLE — The occasional truth behind the popular saying “Don’t bring a knife (or, in this case a pointy metal stick) to a gun fight” was demonstrated at a South Seattle business last Tuesday.

According to the Seattle Police Department’s report for the incident, officers showed up at the business in the 2300 block of Rainier Avenue South after reports of an armed robbery only to find the store’s owner standing with his foot on the handcuffed suspect.   Continue reading “Robber’s pointy stick no match for store owner’s pistol”

Yahoo News – by KATHY MATHESON, KEITH COLLINS and MICHAEL RUBINKAM

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — After a slow but steady overnight search buoyed by the discovery of a woman in the rubble, rescue workers at the scene of a building collapse that killed six people took a temporary break Thursday in what had been a round-the-clock dig for additional victims.

A building under demolition collapsed onto a neighboring thrift store Wednesday morning, injuring at least 14 people, including a 61-year-old woman pulled from the debris nearly 13 hours later and hospitalized in critical condition.   Continue reading “Search halted in Pa. building collapse; 6 dead”

Free Press

The Obama administration is spying on all calls millions of Verizon customers make each day, to any phone number inside or outside the United States.

The news broke after the Guardian1 unveiled the top secret court order2 that authorized the government’s shocking mass-surveillance program. This comes just weeks after we learned the Justice Department has been spying on journalists, and threatening them with criminal prosecution, just for doing their jobs.   Continue reading “Dear President Obama: Stop Spying on Me”

Collective Evolution – by Joe Martino

Perhaps one of Tesla’s most famous inventions deals directly with energy, something that is the talk of many social and political conversations and something that could be free to everyone if we used Nikola Tesla’s invention. Over the years, as more and more people begin to recognize the game being played in our society, Nikola Tesla and his story has been becoming more and more popular. This is natural as the increase in people educating themselves outside of the education system leads them to amazing bits of information that otherwise stay hidden. A perfect example are the inventions below which I came across when reading an article on Activist Post about some amazing inventions from Tesla. All of these inventions do and could make a huge impact on our lives.   Continue reading “10 Amazing Inventions From Nikola Tesla”

Huffington Post – by Rebecca Shapiro

The two teenagers who appeared on The New York Post’s infamous “Bag Men” cover are suing the tabloid for libel, the Boston Globe reported on Thursday.

Days after bombs went off at the Boston Marathon finish line, the New York Postsplashed a photograph of 16-year-old Salaheddin Barhoum and 24-year old Yassine Zaimi across its cover under the headline “BAG MEN: Feds seek these two pictured at Boston Marathon.” The photograph showed the two men watching the end of the race while carrying their backpacks. The only problem? The men were completely innocent. After seeing his face on the Post’s cover, Barhoum went to the police to clear his name.   Continue reading “‘Bag Men’ Sue New York Post Over Boston Marathon Bombing Cover”

The Ugly Truth – by Mark Glenn

In this, the world of post-destruction Iraq/Syria/Libya/Afghanistan/Gaza/Lebanon, etc, it is more than a little believable that someone from one of those aforementioned neighborhoods might harbor enough of a grudge to strike back with what’s commonly referred to as an act of terrorism. Continue reading “The Boston Massacre, 2013–Inevitable Blowback, Bibi’s Gift to an insolent America, or both?”

Global Research -by Dr. Christof Lehmann

The recent commitment by Russia to honor a contract with Syria for the delivery of S-300 Surface to Air defense systems, considered to be one of the best, if not the best in the world, is followed up by a Syrian request for the delivery of MiG 29 M/M2 fighter jets.

In 2012 NATO stationed Patriot Missile Defense Systems along the 900 km long Syrian – Turkish border; Saudi-Arabia and the USA signed a deal for a significant upgrade of Saudi-Arabia´s air force. Russia is drawing a red line in the Syrian sand. With the words of Russian President Vladimir Putin, a direct military intervention against Syria would be futile. The Middle East is being prepared for a stand-off.   Continue reading “Russia Draws a “Red Line”: S-300, MiG 29s and MiG 31s for Syria”

Waking Times – by Christina Sarich

Perhaps you have heard of the Rockefellers, and the often romantic tale told of the riches that accompany their mark on Americana. John Davidson Rockefeller, (1839-1937) the patriarch of the family, was the first billionaire in the United States. Often we are told he lived the American dream, pulling himself up by his boot straps and working tirelessly to build his family’s wealth. The truth that has come out over the years, however, is that Rockefeller was a Nazi sympathizer and fascist wealth gatherer who used others for his own whims.   Continue reading “The Shady Past of The Rockefeller Family & Its Haunting Effect on the World”

Zen Gardner

Perpetrating probably one of the biggest hoaxes of all time, Zionism is one of the wickedest and most devious parasitic viruses ever known to mankind. If you haven’t done your homework and you’re a staunch whatever and that offends you, sorry, you’re right on queue. You’ve been programmed to think any questioning of anything about  (implied Jewish anything) their metastasizing cultic Talmudist protection and control meme carefully woven into society — is taboo.

Well repeated. But the awake aren’t repeaters; in mind, spirit or body.   Continue reading “Hijacked Christianity”

New York Daily News

HOUSTON — Houston’s police chief told jurors on Tuesday that the 2010 videotaped beating of a black teen burglary suspect made him “sick to my stomach” and gave the police department a “black eye.”

Police Chief Charles McClelland Jr. testified that fired officer Drew Ryser — one of four officers who were indicted in the case — mistreated the teen during his arrest and failed to follow proper procedures.   Continue reading “Houston police chief testifies against fired officer accused of beating teen suspect”

Lew Rockwell – by Andrew P. Napolitano

What if government officials have written laws that apply only to us and not to them? What if we gave them the power to protect our freedoms and our safety and they used that power to trick and trap some of us? What if government officials broke the laws we hired them to enforce? What if they prosecuted others for breaking the same laws they broke?   Continue reading “What if Laws Applied to Everyone?”