The End of Artificial Employment

Ex-CIA Official Accused Of Inventing Secret Spy Program To Amass $40 Million Gold Hoard In one of the most insane allegations in recent U.S. intelligence history, a former senior CIA official stands accused of creating an entirely fictitious highly classified program - a "black box" special access program framed as vital continuity-of-government planning - to siphon millions of dollars in government funds for personal enrichment. The result: a personal hoard of 303 one-kilogram gold bars worth more than $40 million, roughly $2 million in cash, and 35 luxury watches discovered...

IRGC Says 3 Tankers On Fire In Hormuz, Challenges US Narrative Strait Is 'Demined' Three tankers exploded ​and caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz after attempting 'unauthorized' passage over the prior 24 hours, according to Iran's Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) on Thursday.The trio of vessels are alleged to have ignored warnings from the IRGC Navy, having also switched off their radar and ‌navigation systems, apparently as part of US-backed operations to ferry crude out of the strait. Stocktrek/Photodisc/Getty Images British maritime agency UKMTO confirmed that at least one of the ships is...