Haaretz reports Israel's two main intelligence agencies have nearly doubled their budgets in the past twelve years. Both the Mossad and Shabak had budgets of $1.3-billion in 2005. The upcoming budget for 2018 is slated to rise to $2.2-billion. It's no accident that much of the dramatic rise in budgetary expenditures happened during Bibi Netanyahu's prime … [Read more...]
Why I Published US Intelligence Secrets About Israel’s Anti-Iran Campaign
NOTE: I originally published this piece in Truthout in 2011. For some reason which Truthout's managing editor, Maya Schenwar, will not explain, the publication has removed it from its site (if you use the original link it generates a 404 error). This is an important story to me and cannot afford to be buried in this fashion. For that reason, I'm … [Read more...]
Rep. Michael Grimm Threatens to Throw Reporter Off Capitol Balcony
The sub-headline of this story: Godfather Goes to Washington. Michael Grimm seems to be letting the FBI investigation against his corrupt campaign finance practices get to him. Just after the State of the Union address, Grimm took an interview with NY1 reporter, Michael Scotto. At the conclusion, the reporter attempted to ask him a question about the … [Read more...]
Rabbi Pinto’s ‘Generosity’ Extends Up GOP Food Chain
In a recent post, I relayed a very smart theory posed to me by a journalist friend that Wonder Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto didn't just decide on his own to come to the States and open an offshoot of his Shuva Yisrael movement in New York City. In fact, so my friend suggested, he was sent here by some very powerful people inside Israel who wanted to help their … [Read more...]
