Handover Hangover: Karzai orders Afghan control of Bagram base

Afghanistan’s president Hamid Karzai has ordered his top security officials to take full control of the prison at Bagram air base. It’s still run by the US – despite an agreement to transfer power to Afghan authorities signed back in March.

Peter Dale Scott Explains the ‘Deep State’ and US Drug-Assisted Wars

UC Berkley Professor Peter Dale Scott explains how a US President does not choose “the mindset” of Washington’s foreign policy, rather, Washington’s ‘Deep State’ really chooses the people who become President.  Characteristics of the present Deep State are repeated involvement in numerous Drug-Assisted Wars around the globe. Obama’s government will simply continue the word started under previous administrations.

Also read Professor Scott’s recent speech about the “Deep State” and COG(Continuity of Government) planning here.