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3 weeks ago | covertactionmagazine.com | Jeremy Kuzmarov

On June 4, 2000, John Millis, a former CIA case officer then serving as the top staff member of the House Intelligence Committee, died of a reported suicide at a seedy Fairfax, Virginia motel after he was found with a gunshot wound to the head. Millis’ death occurred the day after he forced the CIA to release a controversial report he had authored on the CIA’s alleged links to cocaine smuggling by Nicaraguan drug rings who were connected with criminal groups in Los Angeles.

3 weeks ago | covertactionmagazine.com | Jeremy Kuzmarov

[This article continues CovertAction Magazine’s efforts to expose the CIA’s sordid history.—Editors]Ramparts magazine was a beacon of the 1960s social movements: an anti-establishment muckraking magazine that published important exposés of the CIA, including its involvement in the murder of Ché Guevara, its infiltration of the National Student Association (NSA), and its support for clandestine police training programs in South Vietnam using the cover of Michigan State University (MSU).

4 weeks ago | covertactionmagazine.com | Max Parry

[See Part I here.]In February, corporate media went ballistic when the new administration of U.S. President Donald Trump announced the dismantling of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The uproar claimed the dismantling of the foreign aid agency would not only result in massive government layoffs but cause an uptick in hunger and disease around the world.

1 month ago | covertactionmagazine.com | Rachael Gonzalez

In a world increasingly marred by corporate misconduct and political complicity, the Trump administration’s decision to effectively suspend the enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) stands out as a staggering abdication of moral leadership. By retreating from this critical anti-corruption framework, Washington sent a clear and troubling message: Multinational corporations could engage in bribery and corruption abroad with little fear of consequence.

1 month ago | covertactionmagazine.com | Jeremy Kuzmarov

On May 22, Andriy Portnov, 51, was assassinated in Madrid, just after dropping off his children at the American School. A lawyer by training, Portnov was a leading opposition figure in Ukraine who was forced to flee the country after the February 2014 U.S.-backed Maidan coup.