A strike at the Savoy Hotel sparked by the sacking of an Italian waiter caused panic in the post-war Labour government over fears it would disrupt the Queen’s wedding and presage the infiltration of London’s leading hotels by Communists.

The official Iranian news agency said Wednesday the U.S. offer to join in direct talks with Iran about its disputed nuclear program was “a propaganda move.”

How Americas Most Powerful News Media Worked Hand in Glove with the Central Intelligence Agency and Why the Church Committee Covered It Up.

Faux News. Sploid sums up the FCC investigation into Video News Releases (i.e. fake news or commcerical / political messages packaged to look legit) on US television. VNRs, guerilla marketing, where will it end?

Now that he is officially sworn in as the new head of the Central Intelligence Agency, Gen. Michael Hayden plans to build a vast domestic spying network that will pry into the lives of most Americans around the clock.

Authoritarian and anti-western, Syria stands alongside Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas in defying US ambitions for the Middle East. But a UN report on the assassination of Rafiq Hariri, due out this month, could bring the regime to its knees. Patrick Seale on the linchpin to the battle for a region in turmoil.

Pokerface -The “Houseband of the Second American Revolution” uses there musical skills to educate and awaken the masses to the global threat of the satanic new world order. This video of the song “Kontrol” is a call to put our country back in control of “We the People” and out of the hands of the dumbed down, Big Brother, Police state.

9/11 Whistleblower: Richard Andrew Grove (Transcript). The Meria Heller Show.

With all these FREE tools you can, encrypt your emails, disks and voice calls to a standard that cannot be broken by the snoopers (at this time)… the only way to regain some of your privacy is to make your communications secret and keep up to date on all the tools available..

RANDOM drug-testing is set to be rolled out to all secondary schools in England as part of a crackdown on drug use among pupils.

From the few credible reports, from very few news agencies around the world that are keen on presenting truth, we know that Iraq is now descending into a black hole, thanks to the decadent, bloated, demon-possessed, Neo-Con followers, who might now be sitting on their easy chairs, cheering the death of over a hundred thousand innocent people.

The US president has nominated Henry Paulson, the chairman of Goldman Sachs, to replace John Snow as treasury secretary.

Neo-cons question Bush’s democratisation strategy. Addressing military cadets graduating from West Point, Mr Bush reaffirmed at the weekend that the US “will not rest until the promise of liberty reaches every people in every nation”.

The US said yesterday it had sent combat troop reinforcements into Iraq, dashing hopes of a substantial withdrawal, as American commanders scrambled to contain a wave of violence and help the new Iraqi government assert control.

‘New evidence’ found in Diana probe. The man leading the investigation into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, has said that fresh witnesses and forensic evidence has been gathered.