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Washington’s Assassination Bureau
What exactly did Ayman al-Zawahiri do?
• August 16, 2022
• 1,500 Words • 178 Comments • Reply
I often complain that Washington’s heavily lopsided relationship with Israel is an arrangement that brings absolutely no benefit to the American people, and even less to our national security as it has involved the US in an endless series of completely avoidable conflicts. But there is one exception to that generalization, though one hesitates to... Read More
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How Did the Perpetrators Do 9/11?
All it takes is a government conspiracy
• September 21, 2021
• 1,600 Words • 326 Comments • Reply
The twentieth anniversary of 9/11 has motivated some critics of the standard narrative to explore alternative explanations for what took place on that fatal day. To be sure, there has been considerable focus through the years on exactly what happened, analyzing the technical aspects of what made the twin towers and nearby Building 7, which... Read More
How Was Bin Laden Killed?
Seymour Hersh's sources tell a more believable story than the self-serving official White House narrative
• May 20, 2015
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Some might argue that knowing exactly how Osama bin Laden was killed really doesn’t matter. Some might even argue that he is still alive, which, if nothing else, would demonstrate the persistence of urban legends relating to conspiracies allegedly involving the U.S. government. JFK’s assassination has the grassy knoll and second gunman, plus Mafia, CIA,... Read More
More Bin Laden
• June 21, 2011
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The American media has again been complaining about perfidious Pakistan over the report that five men had been arrested for helping the United States kill Osama bin Laden. The complaining is ridiculous. It was inevitable that Pakistan would try to identify and arrest those Pakistanis who had been recruited by CIA and were working as... Read More
Doing Bin Laden
• May 8, 2011
• 500 Words • 25 Comments • Reply
The tale of how the CIA found bin Laden would appear to be a lot more complicated than the media has been suggesting. That they picked up his trail due to NSA interception of a phone call made by one of his couriers is almost certainly correct. But consider what the subsequent steps would have... Read More
Bin Laden Through the Looking Glass
• December 8, 2009
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The significance of Robert Gates' comment yesterday about al-Qaeda has not been noted by the mainstream media. Gates said that "I think it has been years" since the US government has had any solid information about Usama bin Laden, adding that US intelligence believes that the fugitive terrorist might well be moving about in the... Read More
Bin Laden Gone Missing
• April 13, 2008
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The conviction is growing in intelligence circles that Usama bin Laden's days might be numbered, but his demise will likely have nothing to do with Bush Administration efforts to kill him, which continue to be inept, unfocused, and overly reliant on allies like Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf to do the heavy lifting. Many officers within... Read More
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Philip Giraldi
About Philip Giraldi

Phil Giraldi is a former CIA Case Officer and Army Intelligence Officer who spent twenty years overseas in Europe and the Middle East working terrorism cases. He holds a BA with honors from the University of Chicago and an MA and PhD in Modern History from the University of London. In addition to TAC, where he has been a contributing editor for nine years, he writes regularly for Antiwar.com. He is currently Executive Director of the Council for the National Interest and resides with his wife of 32 years in Virginia horse country close to his daughters and grandchildren.


Personal Classics
America's Jews Are Driving America's Wars
Shouldn't they recuse themselves when dealing with the Middle East?
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Americans Should be Ashamed
A Modern Guernica Enabled by Washington
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How the Israel Lobby Works
Pressuring Candidates Even Before They Are Nominated
• 49 Comments • Reply
Israel Is No Ally
But is it even a friend?
• 97 Comments • Reply
Who’s Afraid of Sibel Edmonds?
The gagged whistleblower goes on the record.
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Counter Intelligence
Today’s CIA serves contractors and bureaucrats—not the nation.
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