A Company Family: The Untold History of Obama and the CIA

By Jeremy Kuzmarov Despite his liberal pretensions, Obama’s foreign policy was dreamed up at Langley—which should not have been surprising given his background [This essay is another in CAM’s series on the history of the CIA. Obama has been in the news this week for overseeing groundbreaking on his presidential center. This center has sparked controversy because it will not house any actual documents and is being built on the supposedly protected Jackson Park on Chicago’s southern lakefront. Hugh Iglarsh wrote in Counterpunch that the main tower—which resembles a giant upraised cell…

The Order of the Skull and Bones: Everything you always wanted to know, but were afraid to ask

15 of the Historically Most Powerful Members of Skull & Bones By Kris Millegan 1. The Secret Origins of Skull & Bones The story begins at Yale, where three threads of American social history — espionage, drug smuggling and secret societies — intertwine into one. Elihu Yale was born near Boston, educated in London, and served with the British East India Company, eventually becoming governor of Fort Saint George, Madras, in 1687. He amassed a great fortune from trade and returned to England in 1699. Yale became known as quite…