The Only Employee at State Who May Be Fired Because of WikiLeaks By Peter Van Buren Reposted by arrangement with Tom Dispatch On the same day that more than 250,000 unredacted State Department cables hemorrhaged out onto the Internet, I… Continue Reading
In 1994, the U.S. Department of State produced a comprehensive report exposing the Mujahideen-e-khalq (MEK) for what it is — an exiled Iranian fringe group with a record of terrorism, violence, political opportunism and the abuse of its own members.… Continue Reading
The official position of the U.S. on Iran is still — rightfully — that no one can be sure that the Iranians are bent on making a nuclear weapon. In a briefing yesterday, acting State Department spokesperson Mark Toner put an… Continue Reading
The State Department seems to have taken to heart a recent criticism that was delivered sharply by a questioner in the daily press briefing. Addressing State’s proactive stance on Iran, which was compared to being publicly behind the curve on Egypt,… Continue Reading
The U.S. State Department has set up a Twitter account where it tweets messages in Farsi, a press officer from Foggy Bottom confirmed to LobeLog. As of writing this, there are three tweets so far from the “USAdarFarsi” twitter feed.… Continue Reading