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U.S. Propaganda Activities in the Middle East - Documents. Fareed Zakaria talks to Zbigniew Brzezinski re Iran Syria Obama and more. Former U.S. Ambassador: Behind Crimea Crisis, Russia Responding to Years of "Hostile" U.S. Policy. This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. JUAN GONZÁLEZ: The Ukrainian government has announced plans to abandon its military bases in Crimea and evacuate its forces following Russia’s decision to annex the region.

Earlier today, Russian forces reportedly released the commander of the Ukrainian Navy, who has been seized in his own headquarters in Crimea. At the United Nations, ambassadors sparred over the situation in Crimea. Yuriy Sergeyev is the Ukrainian ambassador to the U.N. YURIY SERGEYEV: The declaration of independence by the Crimean Republic is a direct consequence of the application of the use of force and threats against Ukraine by the Russian Federation, and, in view of Russian nuclear power status, has a particularly dangerous character for Ukraine’s independence and territorial integrity, as well as for international peace and security in general. AMY GOODMAN: Meanwhile, on Wednesday, the U.S. Ambassador Matlock, welcome to Democracy Now! The National Security Archive. December 9, 2014 Torture Report Finally Released Senate Intelligence Committee Summary of CIA's Detention and Interrogation Program Concludes CIA Misled Itself, Congress, the President about Lack of Effectiveness.

September 28, 2014 THE YELLOW BOOK Secret Salvadoran military document from the civil war era catalogued "enemies," many killed or disappeared. More recent items The National Security Archive is an independent non-governmental research institute and library located at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C.

The Archive collects and publishes declassified documents acquired through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). National Security Archive, Suite 701, Gelman Library, The George Washington University, 2130 H Street, NW, Washington, D.C., 20037, Phone: 202/994-7000, Fax: 202/994-7005, nsarchiv@gwu.edu. Cold War International History Project. JSTOR: Pakistan Horizon, Vol. 26, No. 3 (Third Quarter, 1973), pp. 45-68. JSTOR: Journal of Palestine Studies, Vol. 16, No. 3 (Spring, 1987), pp. 25-42. "Carl Schmitt and the Question of the Aesthetic" by Neil Levi. Shadow Government.

The Shadow Government Its Identification and Analysis By Richard J. Boylan, Ph.D. This is a summary report on those elements of that clandestine organizational network, (which we shall label the Shadow Government), which serves as a kind of "parallel government" to the official elected and appointed government of this country. It includes those elements known to the author with sufficient certainty that they can be positively identified, and their known or reliably reported functions described. Just as with the official government, the Shadow Government has functional branches.

In the Shadow Government five branches may be identified. The reporting lines of the Intelligence Branch and the War Department to the Executive Branch are straightforward and obvious. The Weapons Industry Branch reports to the Executive Branch most often indirectly, through the War Department and/or the Intelligence Branch (for Black Budget weapons systems). h) U.S. I) U.S. J) U.S. K) U.S. R) U.S. Political Science Quarterly, Vol. 89, No. 1 (Mar., 1974), pp. 117-146.