Middle East Monitor | – – Saudi media sources yesterday confirmed the release of all detainees held on corruption charges at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in the capital Riyadh. The news comes following the release last weekend of Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal three months after his detention. Though full details of his release and […]
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Corruption
Blood oil: more than half of the oil traded across the world has been stolen
By Leif Wenar | (The Conversation) | – – Donald Trump tweeted something true recently. Responding to the protests in Iran, the US president stated that “The people are finally getting wise as to how their money and wealth is being stolen and squandered.” Trump’s point is correct: what vice-president Mike Pence called Iran’s “unelected […]
Saudi Prince Alwaleed in talks with gov’t over demand he surrender Billions
Middle East Monitor | – – Saudi Arabia’s billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, detained for over two months in an anti-corruption crackdown, is negotiating a possible settlement with authorities but so far has not agreed on terms, a senior Saudi official said. Prince Alwaleed, whose net worth has been estimated by Forbes magazine at $17 […]
Trump allegedly Paid $130,000 to Porn Star for Her Silence
TeleSur | – – The deal was brokered by President Trump’s lawyer with the adult-film actress a month before the 2016 presidential elections. U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal attorney arranged a US$130,000 payment to a former porn star before the 2016 election to keep her from going public about an alleged sexual encounter with Trump, […]
Trump Admin flooding Planet with high Tech Weapons; What could Go Wrong?
Military-Industrial Complex Set for Huge Expansion
Why Israel doesn’t run on Solar: Netanyahu’s son boasts of father’s gas deal at strip club
Middle East Monitor | – – A recording emerged yesterday of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s son Yair boasting that his father had set up a $20 billion business deal for businessman and gas tycoon Kobi Maimon. Published by the Israel Television News Company, the report has stirred renewed controversy at a time when Netanyahu […]
GOP Heroes led charge Against Nixon; Where are Counterparts Today?
By Gail Ukockis| (Informed Comment) | – – As Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation deepens and Trump’s behavior becomes even more erratic, comparisons to the Watergate crisis are inevitable. In 1974, certain Republican lawmakers led their party through a constitutional crisis by doing the right thing. The actions by heroes such as Representative Robert McClory […]
Riyadh releases more royals in corruption probe, Demands $6 bn from Alwaleed
Middle East Monitor | – – Saudi Arabia’s authorities have released a number of detained royals allegedly involved in corruption in public office. The move came after a settlement was agreed with the suspects, the daily Okaz reported yesterday. The pro-government newspaper added that the detainees, who had been held in the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in […]
FCC begins restoring Corporate Privilege to the Internet
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – This web site amounted to anything because of net neutrality, which I prefer to call internet liberty. That liberty is now going or gone. The internet was originally based on the principle that everyone’s web site is as easily reached by users as everyone else’s. All […]
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