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The US administration armed Colombian army units guilty of atrocities and lied to Congress. Drug czar McCaffrey endorsed a Peruvian strongman implicated in drug deals and CIA spying.

POVERTY PROFITEERS PRIVATIZE WELFARE
by Mark Dunlea

Downsizing of government has meant upsizing of corporations. Big business picks the meat off the bones of the welfare system.

EXPOSING THE GLOBAL SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM:
by Nicky Hager

NSA'S BUSINESS PLAN: "GLOBAL ACCESS"
by Duncan Campbell

The National Security Agency's top secret ECHELON Dictionary system, run with Canada, NZ, UK, and Australia, monitors the world's telephone, e-mail, and telex communictions.

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INSIDE THE US-CANADA SPYWORLD:
SECOND THOUGHTS FROM THE SECOND OLDEST PROFESSION
by Mike Frost

After 12 years as a Canadian spy, Frost details how intelligence agencies circumvent laws and accountability to surveil world leaders, peace and labor groups, and private citizens.

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THE BATTLE FOR CYBERSPACE:
SPOOKS V. CIVIL LIBERTIES & SOCIAL UNREST
by Wayne Madsen

In the name of protecting our precious national information infrastructure, the Pentagon eagerly backed by military contractors is hyping fanciful security threats from cyberspace.

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NETWORKING WITH SPOOKS
by John Dillon

The Internet is changing from a public resource to a lucrative operation influenced by spooks and former Pentagon officials. Access and information are increasingly controlled.

PATROLLING THE EMPIRE:MAPPING, IMAGERY & NATIONAL SECURITY
by Randy K. Schwartz

The Pentagon's new strategy for global control is being tested around the world from the Persian Gulf to the Huallaga Valley. A new agency, NIMA, is planning for future wars by helping to fuse high tech surveillance and weaponry.

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MEXICO PRACTICES WHAT SCHOOL OF THE AMERICAS TEACHES
by Darrin Wood

Mexican generals implicated in gross human rights violations attended SOA while it was routinely teaching torture techniques.

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The destabilization the US fomented against the Soviet-backed government continues. Despite initial US hopes that the Taliban would restore order no matter the human cost the region stubbornly remains unsafe for US interests.

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Another piece of the tale, this time in Oklahoma, of how the Contras dealt drugs while working for the CIA and using agency facilities.

Recent revelations implicate the CIA in the crack plague. A critique of longstanding US foreign policy objectives exposes the links between international affairs, covert operations, racism, and illegal drugs.

The former Senate special investigator names names and implicates the CIA in drug dealing.

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