theintercept.com > Natasha Lennard
“Woke” CIA Ad Is No Reason to Throw Out the Language of Liberation
4 may. 2021 - Opponents of “wokeness” want to declare anti-racist struggle dead, but co-optation doesn’t determine the radical usefulness of a concept.
 · black-struggle · cia · co-optation · language

edition.cnn.com > Jeremy Herb and Katie Bo Williams
US investigating possible mysterious directed energy attack near White House
29 apr. 2021 - Federal agencies are investigating at least two possible incidents on US soil, including one near the White House in November of last year, that appear similar to mysterious, invisible attacks that have led to debilitating symptoms for dozens of US personnel abroad.
 · china · cia · cuba · havana-syndrome · politics · russia · united-states

www.theguardian.com > Julian Borger
Havana syndrome: NSA officer’s case hints at microwave attacks since 90s
2 may. 2021 - When Mike Beck developed a rare form of Parkinson’s US intelligence concluded he was the victim of a hi-tech weapon.
 · cia · cuba · havana-syndrome · russia · united-states

jacobinmag.com > Alex de Jong
The True Story of MK-Ultra and the CIA Mad Scientist
10 sep. 2020 - In its search for the perfect mind-control technique, the CIA carried out horrifying tests on unwitting humans. The story of programs like MK-Ultra is a chilling look at how the US government turned its own citizens into guinea pigs — and destroyed lives in the process.
 · church-inquiry · cia · cold-war · lsd · mind-control · mk-ultra

nymag.com > Sharon Weinberger
Is Palantir’s Crystal Ball Just Smoke and Mirrors?
28 sep. 2020 - Peter Thiel and Alex Karp adapted anti-fraud software from PayPal and used it to launch a surveillance start-up. Here, an inside look at how Palantir got its start — and whether its proprietary technology is more smoke and mirrors than crystal ball.
 · cia · covid-19 · ice · in-q-tel · marketing · mass-surveillance · nsa · palantir · surveillance