March 8, 2017 | Astute News

Wikileaks Unveils ‘Vault 7’: “The Largest Ever Publication of Confidential CIA Documents”; Another Snowden Emerges

March 8, 2017

WikiLeaks has published what it claims is the largest ever release of confidential documents on the CIA. It includes more than 8,000 documents as part of ‘Vault 7’, a series of leaks on the agency, wh…

American Carnage: Fighting the Forever War

March 8, 2017

Opinion

In his inaugural address, President Trump described a dark and dismal United States, a country overrun by criminal gangs and drugs, a nation stained with the blood seeping from bullet-ridden corpses l…

Britain Needs to Get Off High Horse on Russia

March 8, 2017

Opinion

For a small nation with a has-been imperial past, British rulers appear to still suffer from the delusion of strutting around the globe as if on a high horse. Now less of a splendid steed and more lik…

America’s Deadly New ‘National Bird’

March 8, 2017

Opinion

In the new anti-drone film, National Bird, you meet courageous military drone resisters speaking out against America’s forward-fighting drone program and the civilian killing and devastation it is cau…

Total Screen: How Baudrillard Anticipated Trump

March 8, 2017

Opinion

It was, indeed, a Trumpquake. And the sequel was a given; the whole world, transfixed, in real time, 24/7, hanging on every word, tirade, feeding frenzy oozing from the swamp and its various flesh-eat…

US Deploys Missile Defense in South Korea Despite Russia, China Opposition

March 8, 2017

Military

The US has begun to deploy its advanced THAAD anti-missile defense system in South Korea, despite angry opposition from Russia and China. The step comes after North Korea fired four ballistic missiles…

“Women’s Day” Today is Old Soviet Propaganda Ploy

March 8, 2017

Opinion

International Women's Day ( March 8) is a longtime Communist propaganda tool. What does it say when an official Soviet holiday is enshrined in our mainstream culture? Clearly, Communism isn't dead; i…

CIA, MI5 Turned Samsung TVs into Spying Devices, Even When Switched Off

March 8, 2017

Military

The CIA and MI5 have the ability to hack certain Samsung smart TVs which can then be operated as a listening device even when the televisions are switched off, the latest WikiLeaks dump has revealed, …