×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×A new book about Hillary Clinton’s last campaign for president ― “Shattered,” by journalists Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes ― has gotten a lot of publicity since it appeared two weeks ago. But major media have ignored a revealing passage near the end of the book.Soon after Clinton’s defeat, top strategists decided where to place the blame. “Within 24 hours of her concession speech,” the authors report, campaign manager Robby Mook and campaign chair John Podesta “assembled her communications team at the...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×A new book about Hillary Clinton’s last campaign for president ― “Shattered,” by journalists Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes ― has gotten a lot of publicity since it appeared two weeks ago. But major media have ignored a revealing passage near the end of the book.Soon after Clinton’s defeat, top strategists decided where to place the blame. “Within 24 hours of her concession speech,” the authors report, campaign manager Robby Mook and campaign chair John Podesta “assembled her communications team at the...WW…

The leak trial of CIA officer Jeffrey Sterling never got near a smoking gun, but the entire circumstantial case was a smokescreen. Prosecutors were hell-bent on torching the defendant to vindicate Operation Merlin, nine years after a book by James Risen reported that it “may have been one of the most reckless operations in the modern history of the CIA.”That bestselling book, State of War, seemed to leave an indelible stain on Operation Merlin while soiling the CIA’s image as a reasonably competent outfit. The prosecution of Sterling was a cleansing service for the Central Intelligence...…The leak trial of CIA officer Jeffrey Sterling never got near a smoking gun, but the entire circumstantial case was a smokescreen. Prosecutors were hell-bent on torching the defendant to vindicate Operation Merlin, nine years after a book by James Risen reported that it “may have been one of the most reckless operations in the modern history of the CIA.”That bestselling book, State of War, seemed to leave an indelible stain on Operation Merlin while soiling the CIA’s image as a reasonably competent outfit. The prosecution of Sterling was a cleansing service for the Central Intelligence...WW…

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New York TimesnotHuh?The problems with Obamacare involve far more than simply bad website coding. They’re bound up in the enormous complexity of the law’s design, wrapped around a huge corporate steeplechase for maximizing profits. As a Maine physician, Philip Caper,  this fall, the ACA “is far too complicated and therefore too expensive to manage, full of holes, will be applied unevenly and unfairly, be full of unintended consequences, and be easily exploited by those looking to make a quick buck.” The ACA is so complicated because it has been so relentlessly written for the...…New York TimesnotHuh?The problems with Obamacare involve far more than simply bad website coding. They’re bound up in the enormous complexity of the law’s design, wrapped around a huge corporate steeplechase for maximizing profits. As a Maine physician, Philip Caper,  this fall, the ACA “is far too complicated and therefore too expensive to manage, full of holes, will be applied unevenly and unfairly, be full of unintended consequences, and be easily exploited by those looking to make a quick buck.” The ACA is so complicated because it has been so relentlessly written for the...WW…

Washington PostNorman Solomon wants the Washington Post to come clean about its CIA ties.Post PostPost PostWashington PostPostPostPostWashington Post PostPostPostPostWashington Post:PostWashington PostWashington PostPostPostNorman Solomon is co-founder of RootsAction.org and founding director of the Institute for Public Accuracy.Photo by , released under a Creative Commons license.Shadowproof is a financially independent news organization. All of our funding comes from small donations made by readers like you.We use your donations to hire freelance writers and cover our...…Washington PostNorman Solomon wants the Washington Post to come clean about its CIA ties.Post PostPost PostWashington PostPostPostPostWashington Post PostPostPostPostWashington Post:PostWashington PostWashington PostPostPostNorman Solomon is co-founder of RootsAction.org and founding director of the Institute for Public Accuracy.Photo by , released under a Creative Commons license.Shadowproof is a financially independent news organization. All of our funding comes from small donations made by readers like you.We use your donations to hire freelance writers and cover our...WW…

The CIA can do no wrong.Those CIA employees and consultants are more than mere loyalists for an agency that soaks up $15 billion a year and continues to loosen the bonds of accountability. The docket says “United States of America vs. Jeffrey Alexander Sterling,” but a more discerning title would be “National Security State vs. The Public’s Right to Know.”For the first time in 30 years, a case has gone to trial in a civilian court under the Espionage Act with charges that the defendant gave classified information to news media. Not far from the CIA headquarters in Northern Virginia, legal...…The CIA can do no wrong.Those CIA employees and consultants are more than mere loyalists for an agency that soaks up $15 billion a year and continues to loosen the bonds of accountability. The docket says “United States of America vs. Jeffrey Alexander Sterling,” but a more discerning title would be “National Security State vs. The Public’s Right to Know.”For the first time in 30 years, a case has gone to trial in a civilian court under the Espionage Act with charges that the defendant gave classified information to news media. Not far from the CIA headquarters in Northern Virginia, legal...WW…