FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 23 - The Untold Story

US embassy workers killed in Chihuahua, Mexican president says she had no idea what they were doing

After two US officials were killed in a crash in Chihuahua, the largest state in Mexico, president Claudia Sheinbaum said she had no idea what operation they were involved in as she was not informed. According to reports, it was a covert operation in northern Chihuahua to destroy a clandestine…

The Times of India · Apr 21

The 2 U.S. officials killed in Chihuahua, Mexico, worked for the CIA - REPORT

A Washington Post exclusive has added a highly sensitive twist to the deadly crash in northern Mexico that killed two U.S. Embassy officials and two Mexican investigators. Citing two people familiar with the matter, the Post reported that the two Americans who died in Chihuahua were CIA officers.

Latin Times · Apr 21

US government ramps up mass surveillance with help of AI tech, data brokers – and your apps and devices

On a Saturday morning, you head to the hardware store. Your neighbors’ Ring cameras film your walk to the car. Your car’s sensors, cameras and microphones record your speed, how you drive, where you’re going, who’s with you, what you say, and biological metrics such as facial expression, weight and…

The Conversation · Apr 21

‘We wasted a lot of lives’: CIA spymaster’s caution over past Iran intervention resurfaces from beyond the grave

A documentary about Peter Sichel – the ‘Jewish James Bond’, whose wine portfolio boasted Blue Nun – includes striking mea culpas about the cost and efficacy of US involvement in the Middle East

The Guardian - UK · Apr 20

Indie icons condemn Israel and United States in fiery Coachella protest

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The Independent UK · Apr 20

The Strokes use Coachella set to denounce US foreign intervention

Band shows montage of leaders whose death or ousting the CIA has been proven or suspected to have been part of

The Guardian - AU · Apr 20

The Strokes end Coachella set with fiery video condemning US and Israeli bombings in Iran and Gaza

Frontman Julian Casablancas repeated, 'What side are you standing on?' while the violent footage played

The Independent UK · Apr 19

Trump kept out of the room during operation to find downed pilots in Iran after ‘screaming’ at aides for hours, report says

The F-15 fighter jet was shot down over Iran on April 3, prompting a high-stakes rescue mission

The Independent UK · Apr 19

Alicia Vikander on her Vladimir Putin movie: ‘It is essential not to shut down conversation’

THE SATURDAY INTERVIEW: The Swedish star plays an oligarch’s wife in ‘The Wizard of the Kremlin’ – the new film about Vladimir Putin’s rise to power. She tells Tom Murray about her nomadic life with husband Michael Fassbender, her whirlwind night at the 2016 Oscars, and why she doesn’t fear…

The Independent UK · Apr 18

Trump news at a glance: president celebrates strait of Hormuz reopening, though Iran officials warn they could close it again

Iran’s parliamentary speaker warned it would shut the strait again if the US blockade continues, which Trump said would remain in place until the conflict was fully concluded – key US politics stories from 17 April at a glance

The Guardian - US · Apr 18