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Clinton's "War on Terror" Part 2 of 2 by Abby & Robbie Martin

Recently I traveled to one of the most nefarious prisons in the world: Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Despite repeated government pledges to close the infamous detention facility down, 149 men remained indefinitely imprisoned there. According to a Bush administration official, the vast majority of prisoners are innocent, and were either swept up in a dragnet or handed over in exchange for US bounties. It's already hard enough to travel to Gitmo as a journalist, but upon arrival I realized the experience was going to be totally controlled, with 24/7 military official escorts preventing us from going near the detainees I had come to report on. However, I was able to speak with several top brass who serve as defense attorneys for the military commissions, a corrupted system that grants alleged terrorists less rights than in civilian courts. The fact that six men are facing formal charges at the prison in relation to 9/11 & the USS Cole bombing gives the world the false impression that even alleged terrorists get their

Most people who became politically aware, or 'woke up' after 9/11 might wrongly assume that warrantless wiretapping, rendition of terror suspects, the formation of the homeland security agency and predator drones were spearheaded by the Bush administration. Yet the framework for the 'War on Terror' was actually put into place by President Clinton. Not only did Clinton have several opportunities to either capture or kill Bin Laden, but in the year prior to leaving office, he was warned with eerily similar Presidential Daily Briefs (PDBs) to Bush about imminent US plane hijackings. Throughout out the 90s, the Taliban also rose to power with the help of the Pakistani ISI, Unocal, the CIA and Enron. Join Robbie Martin, co-host of Media Roots Radio, for this in-depth edition of his 9/11 Bulletin series. Follow @fluorescentgrey

On this episode of Media Roots Radio, Robbie Martin has a discussion with Cullen Hoback, a digital privacy rights advocate and filmmaker about his newest documentary film 'Terms and conditions May Apply' and much more. 'Terms and Conditions May Apply' is a full length documentary film specifically honing in on the issue of digital privacy rights and the data mining economy of corporate surveillance. If you checked out our 2nd to last episode 'Occupy Silicon Valley', think of this particular episode as it's spiritual sequel. If you would like to directly download the podcast click the down arrow icon on the right of the Soundcloud display. To hide the comments to enable easier rewind and fast forward, click on the icon on the very bottom right. This Media Roots podcast is the product of many long hours of hard work and love. If you want to encourage our voice, please consider supporting us as we continue to speak from outside party lines. Even the smallest donations help us with operating costs. www.med

Media Roots Radio presents a new exclusive series of 9/11 specific broadcasts hosted by Robbie Martin called 'The 9/11 Bulletin'. Please enjoy part 1 of our series featuring an in depth discussion with 9/11 truth and justice seeker Jon Gold. disclaimer: Jon says he made a few mistakes during this interview when citing things from memory. One of them was that Richard Clarke was given a flight manifest at 9:59 with the name of the hijackers on it. Instead… http://www.globalresearch.ca/how-the-fbi-protected-al-qaeda-s-9-11-hijacking-trainer/3422 "Richard Clarke heard that the FBI had the names at 9:59 AM, the time of the collapse of WTC Tower 2. See Richard A. Clarke, Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terrorism (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2004), 13-14" Another is the date of the multiple hijackings incident that took place in the 1970's referred to as the "Dawson's Field Hijackings." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawson%27s_Field_hijackings The last mistake, so far as he knows, is that Dic

Abby and Robbie Martin discuss the potentiality of an ‘Occupy Silicon Valley’ protest movement in a similar mold to ‘Occupy Oakland’ taking place in California’s San Francisco Bay Area. They address the ethical issues revolving around tech-companies like Facebook, Google, Apple, Microsoft, Soundcloud and debunk the notion that private corporations will install privacy safeguards on their own without the pressure of public consumer outrage. Robbie goes into the history of Silicon Valley’s roots, which tie directly to the Pentagon’s post-WWII defense industry private sector push. For more information visit http://www.mediaroots.org/media-roots-radio-occupy-silicon-valley-the-missing-outrage-over-private-sector-spying/

Abby and Robbie Martin interview former AT&T technician and whistleblower Mark Klein about his experience exposing AT&T's cataloging and duplication of private user data for the NSA, and why every American should be concerned about private sector surveillance. Mark goes into his personal history of being an anti-war activist during the Vietnam War and how it led to his distrust of the two party system. He also discusses NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden's leaks and the journalists distributing them.

In this episode of Media Roots Radio, Robbie and Abby Martin detail the history of the NSA’s ‘Program’ as told in PBS’ State of Secrets and the whistleblowing by Thomas Drake, Bill Binney and eventually Edward Snowden. They also examine several of the criticisms coming towards Greenwald and Snowden from the left leaning alternative-media and more ‘fringe’ circles of the Internet, such as ‘there’s nothing new in the documents’and that ‘they aren’t releasing them fast enough’. They also discuss the near death of Net Neutrality, Uruguay’s badass president and the dark underbelly of corporate surveillance. For more information visit: www.mediaroots.org

Media Roots Radio - DC Think Tanks Create New Cold War Tipping Point by Abby & Robbie Martin

Here's the short version on Breaking the Set: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGObsyDziBc Abby & Robbie Martin do the first Media Roots Podcast since Abby made international headlines for her off-script remarks opposing the Russian / US involvement in Crimea. They discuss the corporate media hijacking the message to further demonize Russia and outline how an influential DC think-tank called the Foreign Policy Initiative (or FPI) was directly involved in smearing her and RT as a tool to "rally" the people into the brink of a new Cold War. All roads lead to a tightly knit 'hip' and 'young' group of hardcore neoconservative DC players who place themselves in 'millennial' publications like the Daily Beast, Daily Banter and Buzzfeed to push insidious neoconservative propaganda that derives from William Kristol's Foreign Policy Initiative. James Kirchick is not only a senior fellow for (and the sole prominent journalist of) the FPI, but he also used to be an employee of a US funded 'white propaganda' radio net

Robbie and Abby talk about Ukraine's uprising: the hubris of America to advocate regime change in sovereign countries it knows little about, the history of the US preaching morality to nations the US has a strategic interest in, and the need for Occupy Wall Street part two to prepare itself with proper resistance gear. They also discuss the MSM's attack on the Sochi Olympics and the Obama administration's ramping up of the Cold War 2.0. www.mediaroots.org

On this edition of Media Roots Radio, Abby and Robbie Martin discuss the myth of the 'liberal media,' corporatism's perpetuation of structural violence and the pipe dream of the 'free market' when it comes to the notion that deregulation results in corporate accountability. They also outline the latest developments in 3-D printing, and talk about how the technology could be as revolutionary as the Internet by democratizing production and manufacturing, leveling the playing field for creators and innovators all over the world. www.mediaroots.org

On this edition of Media Roots Radio, Abby and Robbie Martin catch up on current events and dissect the corporatocracy, its control over information and policy, espionage and infiltration of global activism, private mercenaries and corporations’ role in war profiteering over the decades and the historical revisionism being done by the political and media establishment. They also discuss the bombshell revelations of the CIA cover-up regarding Saudi Arabia’s involvement in the 9/11 attacks. http://www.mediaroots.org/

Abby and Robbie Martin discuss the LAX shooting that happened last month and the implications it could have for others peacefully protesting TSA policies. They talk about willful blindness preventing people from accepting reality when it comes the extent of government criminality. Since the phrase ‘conspiracy theory’ has become weaponized against those questioning government propaganda, the term ‘State Crimes Against Democracy’ should be used when describing secret acts committed by government elements, such as financial looting with the banking industry. For more information go to www.mediaroots.org

On this edition of Media Roots Radio, Abby and Robbie Martin discuss the US government shut down’s partisan dog and pony show as a result of hypocritical ‘Obamacare’ woes. They talk about Obama’s use of extraordinary rendition to kidnap people who pose no threat to the US, self-immolations on the rise, negative reactions to talking about the clitoris and Noam Chomsky vs. neo-con mastermind Richard Pearle in a 1988 debate. For more information go to www.mediaroots.org

Abby Martin talks to John B. Wells on the widely syndicated radio show Coast to Coast AM about the rise of alternative media, her citizen journalism with Media Roots, her activism with Occupy Oakland and how her TV show "Breaking the Set" has managed to piss off Rand Paul, Nestle and the Israeli lobby. For more information go to www.AbbyMartin.org, www.MediaRoots.org, & www.youtube.com/BreakingTheSet

Abby and Robbie Martin discuss the news of the day including a District Court judge forcing torture victims to pay their torturers' legal fees; Latin American leaders standing up to US imperialism in light of the NSA leaks; the establishment's use of agitation propaganda to manufacture outrage at other nations while still believing in the undercurrent of American exceptionalism. For more information visit www.MediaRoots.org

On the latest edition of Media Roots Radio, Abby and Robbie Martin discuss how a new war against Syria seems all but inevitable. They talk about the eerily similar establishment rhetoric between the Iraq war buildup and today’s Syria war mongering – specifically the potential unilateral US military action in defiance of the UN, the ‘humanitarian’ justification and the scare tactics of ‘chemical weapons’. A recent speech by Secretary of State, John Kerry, marked a distinct turning point in the ferocity of the Syria rhetoric, which is dissected by Robbie and Abby in its entirety. For more information please go to http://www.mediaroots.org

Abby and Robbie Martin talk about current events, US foreign policy, the establishment's use of the term 'conspiracy theory' as a pejorative and Robbie's new film 'American Bisque', a three part series outlining every presidential administration's corruption and war mongering from Nixon to Obama. Check out more at http://www.mediaroots.org

Media Roots Radio Boston Marathon Bombings by Abby & Robbie Martin