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    09 October 22 Live on the homepage now! Reader Supported News Serious Fund-Raising, Here and Now: Reader Supported News is surviving and maintaining services in the worst economic environment our organization has ever seen. But just barely. Today we ask for the support of all RSN readers who can afford to give. This will be a good fund-raiser. Marc Ash • Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation!   Amy Davidson Sorkin | Has the CIA Done More Harm Than Good? Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker Sorkin writes: "On January 4, 1995, Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, of New York, introduced a bill called the Abolition of the Central Intelligence Agency Act. It had been a rough stretch for the C.I.A." READ MORE Ukrainian Nobel Peace Prize Winner: "What We Need Today Is Weapons" Alice Speri, The Intercept Excerpt: "A Ukrainian human rights organization which has been documenting Russian abuses in Ukraine was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize today. T...

    07 October 22 Live on the homepage now! Reader Supported News BIG PROBLEMS OVER TRIVIAL CASH — We are really struggling for the bare-bones budget that we need to function. The reason, the ratio of readers to donors is 1000 to 1. Many people are helping. Many, many more are not. Have to break through that barrier. Situation growing unnecessarily dire, again. In earnest. Marc Ash • Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation!   James Risen and Ken Klippenstein | The CIA Thought Putin Would Quickly Conquer Ukraine. Why Did They Get It So Wrong? James Risen and Ken Klippenstein, The Intercept Excerpt: "High-tech surveillance may have blinded the U.S. to how corruption has weakened the Russian military." READ MORE Three Senior Islamic State Militants Killed in US Strikes in Syria Guardian UK Excerpt: "A rare US helicopter raid on a government-held village in Syria's north-east killed a senior Islamic State militant hiding out there and a separate US ...

  21 September 22 Live on the homepage now! Reader Supported News IF YOU ARE AN ACTIVE DONOR, PUT ON YOUR HARD HAT — We are going to have to seriously turn up the heat if we are to have any chance making our budget for February. While you may be an active donor, we apparently have a whole bunch of people are not and keep coming anyway. So be strong and let us do what we have to do. Marc Ash • Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation!   Edward Snowden | America's Open Wound: The CIA Is Not Your Friend Edward Snowden, Continuing Ed Snowden writes: "Democracy and the rule of law have been so frequently invoked as a part of the American political brand that we simply take it for granted that we enjoy both." “Better that right counsels be known to enemies than that the evil secrets of tyrants should be concealed from the citizens. They who can treat secretly of the affairs of a nation have it absolutely under their authority; and as they plot against the e...