Politics and Prose Interview from July

Former CIA senior analyst and current Director of the National Security Project at the Center for International Policy Melvin Goodman will be visiting Politics and Prose on July 23 at 1 p.m. with his book Whistleblower at the CIA.

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Appearance on Report From Santa Fe, Produced by KENW

A successful book tour in California and New Mexico included an interview for PBS that played throughout the state as well as an NPR interview that was broadcast nationally. Watch my appearance and interview with veteran journalist & interviewer, Lorene Mills, on the Report from Santa Fe.

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KLAW: Your Call: Whistleblower at the CIA

Goodman says the system for keeping America’s intelligence community accountable is broken. Federal employees fear reprisal if they reveal violations. When whistleblowers leak information, the contents of their disclosures don’t become the target of investigations or media attention, they do. Why is whistleblowing so important?

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Recent News and Latest Book

Meet the Newest Apologist for Israel: Rear Admiral John Kirby

Tuesday’s press conference highlighted the worst of the administration’s predictable defenses and apologies for Israel’s illegal and immoral military campaign against Palestinian civilians.  Once again, the worst of Kirby’s remarks were not referenced in the Washington Post and received an anodyne one-sentence summary in the New York Times.  I believe it is important to understand the meaning and implications of Kirby’s callous and callow remarks. 

Washington Post Believes U.S. & Israel “Can Get Back on the Same Page”

President Biden seems to believe that the recent U.S. abstention on the cease-fire resolution at the United Nations Security Council and the feckless warnings about avoiding a humanitarian nightmare in southern Gaza allow his administration to pose as an “honest broker” between Israelis and Palestinians.  The United States has never been a genuine “honest broker.” 

Containing the National Security State

Containing the National Security State