Scott Ritter goes on Judge Napolitano’s show Judging Freedom and talks about different things. Ritter talks about a lot of different issues in connection with the Ukraine war. One of the more interesting items is his discussion of the CIA.
Censorship is a dirty word that those in power want the public to ignore. America was founded on the idea of a free and raucous exchange of ideas however they may emerge so long as violence is not the end product.
Our national security state would espouse that such a free exchange of ideas is a national security threat. According to those in power, one cannot allow “extremist ideas” to propagate across the country and around the world. Such “extremist ideas” could undermine those in power and become a “threat to democracy.” Of course, such “extremist ideas” are any ideas that do not align with the prevailing ideology of those in power.
One has often heard about state-run media in countries where freedoms are suppressed. The reason for the existence of such media is to paint as rosy a picture of the government as possible. Pravda in the old Soviet Union is one such source. At least in the Soviet Union most people understood that facts were not in abundance in that publication.
Dr. Fauci is a central figure in the COVID pandemic that was unleashed upon the world. Fauci has been accused of suppressing information about treatments (hydroxychloroquine, ivermectin, etc.) that were effective at mitigating and stopping the virus. Fauci was a big supporter of the lockdowns that had absolutely no effect on the transmission of the virus. Fauci has also been interviewed by Congress over his role in “gain of function” research into viral agents. Now his “influence” over a CIA investigation into the origins of COVID has been subject to some sunlight by the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic (SSCP).
Big Media has been foaming at the mouth over what they are calling an armed insurrection in Russia. Wagner group mercenaries were supposedly marching on Moscow with Yevgeny Prigozhin stating the war was immoral. Putin had no reason to start the war. Ukraine was not a threat, etc.
Big Media was saying that Putin was humiliated and that he likely would have trouble moving forward. Putin’s authority was irreparably damaged according to former US ambassador to Ukraine John Herbst. According to Prigozhin, Russian troops are demoralized and poorly led.
Then like flipping a light switch, the “insurrection” was over. Despite an arrest warrant being issued and following a furious address by Putin broadcast across Russia, Prigozhin was allowed to go into exile in Belarus and the warrant was cancelled. The Wagner Group is being assimilated into the ranks of the regular Russian Army something which Prigozhin had publicly resisted.
So what really happened?
I have reproduced here the first post that Sundance over at CTH has done on the Durham Report. A bit lengthy but the time spent understanding it is worth it.
Whoa! First, Seymour Hersh accuses the administration of blowing up the Nord Stream pipeline and providing very plausible details about how it was done. Now Jack Murphy says the CIA with the help of an unnamed ally is conducting sabotage inside Russia.