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Selected Articles: Danger of US-Russia Confrontation

4-2-2018 < Global Research 74 642 words
 

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FISA Memo Released. Will witch-hunt Russiagate investigations end? Will Trump and his campaign team be exonerated?


By Stephen Lendman, February 04, 2018


The FBI and Justice Department sought multiple FISA warrants based on unverified information from former MI6 spy Christopher Steele’s dodgy dossier on Trump – his work funded by Hillary and the DNC to denigrate him during the 2016 presidential campaign, continuing once in office.



Spying on the Wrong People: The Hypocrisy of the Nunes Memo & FISA


By Juan Cole, February 04, 2018


The GOP is complaining about government surveillance. But it isn’t complaining about the principle of the thing (surprise!). It is complaining that its guy got caught up in these surveillance practices.



Turkey Establishing Long-Sought US “Safe Haven” in Northern Syria


By Tony Cartalucci, February 04, 2018


While the US and Turkey are currently feigning a diplomatic row over the incursion – with Turkey’s targeting and displacement of Kurds allegedly backed by the United States – it is clear that recent claims by the US regarding its expanding support of Kurdish militias it has been arming and backing in Syria was done as an intentional pretext for Turkey to justify an otherwise indefensible invasion of Syrian territory.



US-Armed Jihadist in Syria Shoots Down Russian Plane, Kills Pilot


By Eric Zuesse, February 04, 2018


A U.S.-armed jihadist shot down, on February 3rd, in the Idlib area of Syria, a Russian Su-25 jet, and killed its pilot. In a leaked radio conversation, a “rebel” commander ordered his fighters to kill the pilot then burn his body.



Release of Nunes Memo Throws Anti-Russia Campaign into Disarray


By Andre Damon, February 04, 2018


The so-called Nunes memo, which Democratic lawmakers, US intelligence agencies and major newspapers had been seeking to block for days, alleges that the FBI under the Obama administration used discredited sources and withheld key information to initiate a wiretap of former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page.



As Expected, Mainstream Media Lie Through Their Teeth About House Intelligence Committee Report


By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, February 03, 2018


The FISA court document, declassified and released, contains confessions from both the FBI and DOJ that the agencies misled the court and falsely acquired surveillance permission. The FBI and DOJ mischaracterize their deception of the court as “mistakes.”  The agencies provide the court with improvements in their procedures so as not to make “mistakes” in the future.



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