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− | |description=Named as an outlet of "[[Fake News]]" by [[PropOrNot]] and the [[Poynter Institute]]. Domain confiscated by the US government in 2020. | + | |description=Named as an outlet of "[[Fake News]]" by [[PropOrNot]] and the [[Poynter Institute]]. Domain confiscated by the US government in 2020, site soon up again with Canadian domain name, but again seized by US warrant. |
− | |members= Alexandra Whitney, Max Blumenthal, Abigail Curlew, Adrian Holliday, Adriel Kasonta, Ahmad Moussa, Ajamu Baraka, Alan MacLeod, Alex Rubinstein, Ali Hassan Heidari, Ali Salaam, Alison Broinowski, Anastasia Fatima Ezhova, Andre Vltchek, Andrew Dobbs, Andrey Kortunov, Ann Garrison, B. J. Sabri, Barbara Honegger, Barry K. Grossman, Becky Akers, Belén Fernández, Ben Freeman, Bill Van Auken, Binoy Kampmark, Caitlin Johnstone, Cat McGuire, Catherine Shakdam, Charles Hugh Smith, Christopher Bollyn, Chuck Millar, Cindy Sheehan, Rick Sterling, C. J. Werleman, Craig Murray, Dakotah Lilly, Daniel Haiphong, Daniel Haqiqatjou, Daniel Kovalik, Daniel McAdams, Darius Shahtahmasebi, David Brooks, David Macilwain, David Morrison, David Rosen, David Swanson, David William Pear, Deena Stryker, Denis Rancourt, Devon D. Bowers, Diana Johnstone, Dina Elmuti, Donald Liebich, Alireza Bazargan, Elijah J. Magnier, Eoin Higgins, Eric Margolis, Eric Walberg, Eric Zuesse, Esmaeel Mosallanejad, Mohammad Mosallanejad, Estefania Aguirre, Eva Bartlett, Eva Mykytyn, Evan Jones, Federico Acosta Rainis, Federico Pieraccini, Finian Cunningham, Fraz Ash'hab Syed, Fred Burks, Gareth Porter, Gavin O'Reilly, Gearóid Ó Colmáin, George Galloway, Giovanni Sorbello, Hadi Abdulmatin, Hafsa Kara-Mustapha, Heba Mourad, Henry Lowendorf,Hiroyuki Hamada, Inderjeet Parmar, Ismael Hossein-zadeh, Ivan Kesić, J. Michael Springmann, Jack Balkwill, Jamal Kanj, James Bovard, James M. Dorsey, Jan Oberg, Jason Hirthler, Javad Heirannia, Jeremy Salt, Jesse Rubin, Jessica Ernst, Joe Emersberger, John C. O'Day, John McMurtry, John Pilger, John Whitehead, John Wight, Jonathan Cook, Jonathan Turley, Joshua Blakeney, Juan Cole, Julie Hyland, Karim Charara, Kate Harveston, Katharine J. Tobal, Kevin Barrett, Kevin Reed, Kim Petersen, B. J. Sabri, Lawrence Davidson, Leila Fawaz, Ludwig Watzal, M. R. Islam, Margaret Kimberley, Margot Kidder, Mark Taliano, Marwa Osman, Massoud Maalouf, Matt Peppe, Matthew Hoh, Michael Howard (Journalist), Michael Lesher, Michel Raimbaud, Mike Robinson, Miko Peled, Milad Amini Movahhed, Mohammad Ghaderi, Javad Heirannia, Mohsen Abdelmoumen, Monika Schaefer, Nader Talebzadeh, Nick Fillmore, Nick Pemberton, Norman Solomon, Olsi Jazexhi, Owen Holmes, Patrick Martin, Paul Craig Roberts, Paul Viminitz, Peter Dale Scott, Philip Giraldi, Piers Robinson, | + | |members= Alexandra Whitney, Max Blumenthal, Abigail Curlew, Adrian Holliday, Adriel Kasonta, Ahmad Moussa, Ajamu Baraka, Alan MacLeod, Alex Rubinstein, Ali Hassan Heidari, Ali Salaam, Alison Broinowski, Anastasia Fatima Ezhova, Andre Vltchek, Andrew Dobbs, Andrey Kortunov, Ann Garrison, B. J. Sabri, Barbara Honegger, Barry K. Grossman, Becky Akers, Belén Fernández, Ben Freeman, Bill Van Auken, Binoy Kampmark, Caitlin Johnstone, Cat McGuire, Catherine Shakdam, Charles Hugh Smith, Christopher Bollyn, Chuck Millar, Cindy Sheehan, Rick Sterling, C. J. Werleman, Craig Murray, Dakotah Lilly, Daniel Haiphong, Daniel Haqiqatjou, Daniel Kovalik, Daniel McAdams, Darius Shahtahmasebi, David Brooks, David Macilwain, David Morrison, David Rosen, David Swanson, David William Pear, Deena Stryker, Denis Rancourt, Devon D. Bowers, Diana Johnstone, Dina Elmuti, Donald Liebich, Alireza Bazargan, Elijah J. Magnier, Eoin Higgins, Eric Margolis, Eric Walberg, Eric Zuesse, Esmaeel Mosallanejad, Mohammad Mosallanejad, Estefania Aguirre, Eva Bartlett, Eva Mykytyn, Evan Jones, Federico Acosta Rainis, Federico Pieraccini, Finian Cunningham, Fraz Ash'hab Syed, Fred Burks, Gareth Porter, Gavin O'Reilly, Gearóid Ó Colmáin, George Galloway, Giovanni Sorbello, Hadi Abdulmatin, Hafsa Kara-Mustapha, Heba Mourad, Henry Lowendorf,Hiroyuki Hamada, Inderjeet Parmar, Ismael Hossein-zadeh, Ivan Kesić, J. Michael Springmann, Jack Balkwill, Jamal Kanj, James Bovard, James M. Dorsey, Jan Oberg, Jason Hirthler, Javad Heirannia, Jeremy Salt, Jesse Rubin, Jessica Ernst, Joe Emersberger, John C. O'Day, John McMurtry, John Pilger, John Whitehead, John Wight, Jonathan Cook, Jonathan Turley, Joshua Blakeney, Juan Cole, Julie Hyland, Karim Charara, Kate Harveston, Katharine J. Tobal, Kevin Barrett, Kevin Reed, Kim Petersen, B. J. Sabri, Lawrence Davidson, Leila Fawaz, Ludwig Watzal, M. R. Islam, Margaret Kimberley, Margot Kidder, Mark Taliano, Marwa Osman, Massoud Maalouf, Matt Peppe, Matthew Hoh, Michael Howard (Journalist), Michael Lesher, Michel Raimbaud, Mike Robinson, Miko Peled, Milad Amini Movahhed, Mohammad Ghaderi, Javad Heirannia, Mohsen Abdelmoumen, Monika Schaefer, Nader Talebzadeh, Nick Fillmore, Nick Pemberton, Norman Solomon, Olsi Jazexhi, Owen Holmes, Patrick Martin, Paul Craig Roberts, Paul Viminitz, Peter Dale Scott, Philip Giraldi, Piers Robinson, Anthony Hall, Rafiq, Ramona Wadi, Ramzy Baroud, Rana Alshami, John Bryson Chane, Richard Behan, Richard Falk, Richard Forer, Richard Hardigan, Richard Silverstein, Rick Sterling, Robert Carter, Robert David Steele, Robert David Steele, Cynthia McKinney, Robert Fantina, Robert Inlakesh, Robert Jensen, Robert Reich, Robin Mathews, Rodrigo Acuña, Rohullah Naderi, Sam Husseini, Sameera Khan, Sarah Abed, Saurav Dutt, Scott Bennett, Shabbir Hassanally, Sheldon Richman, Sondoss Al Asaad, Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich, Stanley L. Cohen, Stansfield Smith, Stephen Lendman, Stephen Yearwood, Steve Breyman, Steve Hough, Steven Sahiounie, Stuart Littlewood, Sundeep Waslekar, Susan Dirgham, Susan Lindauer, Thomas C. Mountain, Tim Anderson, Tim King, Tom Secker, Tony Cartalucci, Tony Smario, Vanessa Beeley, Vicente Quintero, Vivian Lee, Warren Beale, Whitney Webb, William A. Cook, William Blum, Yuram Abdullah Weiler, Yves Engler, Zafar Bangash |
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− | The '''American Herald Tribune''' (AHT) | + | The '''American Herald Tribune''' (AHT) was an independent media site with many members, often fiercely critical of US foreign policy. Its editor in chief, [[Anthony Hall]], is based in [[Canada]]. In November [[2020]], its aht.com domain name was seized by the US government, but by December it was up and running again as the Canadian https://ahtribune.ca. By March 2021, also the Canadian site had a note stating it was seized by the [[FBI]] and the attorney's office for the Northern district of California<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20210410181040/http://ahtribune.ca/</ref> |
==Shut down by the US government== | ==Shut down by the US government== | ||
On 4. November 2020, the [[US Department of Justice]] (DOJ) shut down the newspaper's website, along with 27 other online domains, claiming the websites were controlled by Iran’s [[Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps]] (IRGC). The AHT and 4 other domains were confiscated under the [[Foreign Agents Registration Act]], the remaining 23 domains were seized "as they targeted audiences in other parts of the world."<ref>https://www.zdnet.com/article/us-seizes-another-crop-of-iranian-propaganda-domains-masked-as-news-outlets/</ref><ref>http://archive.today/2020.11.05-020531/http://ahtribune.com/?fbi</ref> | On 4. November 2020, the [[US Department of Justice]] (DOJ) shut down the newspaper's website, along with 27 other online domains, claiming the websites were controlled by Iran’s [[Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps]] (IRGC). The AHT and 4 other domains were confiscated under the [[Foreign Agents Registration Act]], the remaining 23 domains were seized "as they targeted audiences in other parts of the world."<ref>https://www.zdnet.com/article/us-seizes-another-crop-of-iranian-propaganda-domains-masked-as-news-outlets/</ref><ref>http://archive.today/2020.11.05-020531/http://ahtribune.com/?fbi</ref> | ||
− | + | Particular contributors that might have motivated the government's ire, are people like the AHT independent writer [[Philip Giraldi]], an 18-year veteran of the [[CIA]]’s Clandestine Service and and an articulate critic of US wars in the [[Middle East]] and of [[Israeli influence on American policy and politics]]; or [[Miko Peled]], an Israeli peace activist. | |
[[Image:Aht seizure.png|thumbnail|500px|left|Screenshot of Ahtribune.com after the confiscation]] | [[Image:Aht seizure.png|thumbnail|500px|left|Screenshot of Ahtribune.com after the confiscation]] | ||
Latest revision as of 05:21, 7 May 2021
Named as an outlet of "Fake News" by PropOrNot and the Poynter Institute. Domain confiscated by the US government in 2020, site soon up again with Canadian domain name, but again seized by US warrant. |
Member of: Poynter Institute/List, PropOrNot/List
Members: Alexandra Whitney, Max Blumenthal, Abigail Curlew, Adrian Holliday, Adriel Kasonta, Ahmad Moussa, Ajamu Baraka, Alan MacLeod, Alex Rubinstein, Ali Hassan Heidari, Ali Salaam, Alison Broinowski, Anastasia Fatima Ezhova, Andre Vltchek, Andrew Dobbs, Andrey Kortunov, Ann Garrison, B. J. Sabri, Barbara Honegger, Barry K. Grossman, Becky Akers, Belén Fernández, Ben Freeman, Bill Van Auken, Binoy Kampmark, Caitlin Johnstone, Cat McGuire, Catherine Shakdam, Charles Hugh Smith, Christopher Bollyn, Chuck Millar, Cindy Sheehan, Rick Sterling, C. J. Werleman, Craig Murray, Dakotah Lilly, Daniel Haiphong, Daniel Haqiqatjou, Daniel Kovalik, Daniel McAdams, Darius Shahtahmasebi, David Brooks, David Macilwain, David Morrison, David Rosen, David Swanson, David William Pear, Deena Stryker, Denis Rancourt, Devon D. Bowers, Diana Johnstone, Dina Elmuti, Donald Liebich, Alireza Bazargan, Elijah J. Magnier, Eoin Higgins, Eric Margolis, Eric Walberg, Eric Zuesse, Esmaeel Mosallanejad, Mohammad Mosallanejad, Estefania Aguirre, Eva Bartlett, Eva Mykytyn, Evan Jones, Federico Acosta Rainis, Federico Pieraccini, Finian Cunningham, Fraz Ash'hab Syed, Fred Burks, Gareth Porter, Gavin O'Reilly, Gearóid Ó Colmáin, George Galloway, Giovanni Sorbello, Hadi Abdulmatin, Hafsa Kara-Mustapha, Heba Mourad, Henry Lowendorf, Hiroyuki Hamada, Inderjeet Parmar, Ismael Hossein-zadeh, Ivan Kesić, J. Michael Springmann, Jack Balkwill, Jamal Kanj, James Bovard, James M. Dorsey, Jan Oberg, Jason Hirthler, Javad Heirannia, Jeremy Salt, Jesse Rubin, Jessica Ernst, Joe Emersberger, John C. O'Day, John McMurtry, John Pilger, John Whitehead, John Wight, Jonathan Cook, Jonathan Turley, Joshua Blakeney, Juan Cole, Julie Hyland, Karim Charara, Kate Harveston, Katharine J. Tobal, Kevin Barrett, Kevin Reed, Kim Petersen, B. J. Sabri, Lawrence Davidson, Leila Fawaz, Ludwig Watzal, M. R. Islam, Margaret Kimberley, Margot Kidder, Mark Taliano, Marwa Osman, Massoud Maalouf, Matt Peppe, Matthew Hoh, Michael Howard (Journalist), Michael Lesher, Michel Raimbaud, Mike Robinson, Miko Peled, Milad Amini Movahhed, Mohammad Ghaderi, Javad Heirannia, Mohsen Abdelmoumen, Monika Schaefer, Nader Talebzadeh, Nick Fillmore, Nick Pemberton, Norman Solomon, Olsi Jazexhi, Owen Holmes, Patrick Martin, Paul Craig Roberts, Paul Viminitz, Peter Dale Scott, Philip Giraldi, Piers Robinson, Anthony Hall, Rafiq, Ramona Wadi, Ramzy Baroud, Rana Alshami, John Bryson Chane, Richard Behan, Richard Falk, Richard Forer, Richard Hardigan, Richard Silverstein, Rick Sterling, Robert Carter, Robert David Steele, Robert David Steele, Cynthia McKinney, Robert Fantina, Robert Inlakesh, Robert Jensen, Robert Reich, Robin Mathews, Rodrigo Acuña, Rohullah Naderi, Sam Husseini, Sameera Khan, Sarah Abed, Saurav Dutt, Scott Bennett, Shabbir Hassanally, Sheldon Richman, Sondoss Al Asaad, Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich, Stanley L. Cohen, Stansfield Smith, Stephen Lendman, Stephen Yearwood, Steve Breyman, Steve Hough, Steven Sahiounie, Stuart Littlewood, Sundeep Waslekar, Susan Dirgham, Susan Lindauer, Thomas C. Mountain, Tim Anderson, Tim King, Tom Secker, Tony Cartalucci, Tony Smario, Vanessa Beeley, Vicente Quintero, Vivian Lee, Warren Beale, Whitney Webb, William A. Cook, William Blum, Yuram Abdullah Weiler, Yves Engler, Zafar Bangash
The American Herald Tribune (AHT) was an independent media site with many members, often fiercely critical of US foreign policy. Its editor in chief, Anthony Hall, is based in Canada. In November 2020, its aht.com domain name was seized by the US government, but by December it was up and running again as the Canadian https://ahtribune.ca. By March 2021, also the Canadian site had a note stating it was seized by the FBI and the attorney's office for the Northern district of California[1]
Contents
Shut down by the US government
On 4. November 2020, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) shut down the newspaper's website, along with 27 other online domains, claiming the websites were controlled by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The AHT and 4 other domains were confiscated under the Foreign Agents Registration Act, the remaining 23 domains were seized "as they targeted audiences in other parts of the world."[2][3]
Particular contributors that might have motivated the government's ire, are people like the AHT independent writer Philip Giraldi, an 18-year veteran of the CIA’s Clandestine Service and and an articulate critic of US wars in the Middle East and of Israeli influence on American policy and politics; or Miko Peled, an Israeli peace activist.
US government machinations for ban on Social Media
In 2018, the FBI encouraged Facebook, Instagram and Google to remove or restrict ads on the American Herald Tribune. Editor Anthony Hall stated[4] that the removals occurred at the end of August 2018, but there was no announcement of the move by Facebook. Nor was it reported by the corporate news media until January 2020, when CNN elicited a confirmation[5] from a Facebook spokesman that it had indeed done so in 2018.
The ban was also boosted by the cybersecurity firm FireEye, which has been used by the Department of Homeland Security as a primary source of “threat intelligence”. CNN cited an unnamed official of FireEye stating that the company had “assessed” with “moderate confidence” that the AHT’s website was founded in Iran and was “part of a larger influence operation.” ( The bland term “moderate confidence” comes from US intelligence agencies parlance and means there is plenty of room for doubt[6].)
Known members
55 of the 199 of the members already have pages here:
Member | Description |
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Tim Anderson | |
Bill Van Auken | |
Ajamu Baraka | US cultural and political critic. Called Obama "moral disaster" and one of "the worst things that has happened to African-American people". |
Kevin Barrett | An academic and 9-11/Dissident. |
Eva Bartlett | Canadian independent journalist much attacked by the deep state |
Vanessa Beeley | British investigative journalist focused on the Middle East. Helped expose the White Helmets. |
Scott Bennett | Spent 2 years in jail as a result of speaking his mind and attempting to blow the whistle on fraud and corruption inside the US war machine. |
Black Agenda Report | Independent media outlet with a black American left-wing angle. Covers deep politics. |
William Blum | A prominent critic of US empire |
Max Blumenthal | US journalist, blogger, film maker whom the Times Of Israel tagged an "anti-zionist" |
Christopher Bollyn | |
Jonathan Cook | UK journalist based in Nazareth, Israel, since 2001. |
Finian Cunningham | |
Richard Falk | Professor Emeritus of International Law at Princeton University and former UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories |
George Galloway | Pro-Palestinian anti-Zionist Scottish politician |
Philip Giraldi | CIA/DIA spook and “terrorism expert” |
Anthony Hall | Academic targeted by B'nai B'rith in 2016 for "using his academic credentials to deny the Holocaust and promote 9/11 conspiracy theories." |
Matthew Hoh | |
Barbara Honegger | |
Robert Jensen | Critic of war, pornography and "transgender ideology". |
Caitlin Johnstone | Australian deep state aware activist anarchist |
Diana Johnstone | |
Stephen Lendman | US independent journalist and analyst |
Susan Lindauer | A back channel to Saddam Hussein who had more integrity than her CIA handlers bargained for. Charged under the Patriot Act. |
Stuart Littlewood | Independent journalist |
Alan MacLeod | Staff writer at Mintpress, contributed to Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting and the Grayzone |
Eric Margolis | US/Canadian journalist who touches on deep subjects |
Cynthia McKinney | American politician who did question the official narrative of 9/11 early on. |
John McMurtry | John McMurtry is a professor of philosophy at Guelph university and a Fellow of the Canadian Royal Society |
Craig Murray | A UK ambassador to Uzbekistan who stood up and did the right thing when confronted with evidence of torture. Smeared and dismissed by the UK deep state, he continues his activism exposing Establishment lies and hypocrisy. |
Miko Peled | Israeli-American peace activist and author. Proponent of Israeli-Palestine single-state. |
Catherine Perez-Shakdam | A suspected Israeli spy who infiltrated Iran under journalistic cover. To create a legend, she got herself hired by among others the independent media outlets MintPress News and American Herald Tribune. |
Kim Petersen | |
John Pilger | John Pilger, an Australian crusading journalist, has achieved fame in spite of a refusal to kowtow to the establishment by avoiding controversial issues. |
Gareth Porter | American investigative journalist, author and policy analyst |
Denis Rancourt | Formerly a former tenured professor of physics, Rancourt was dismissed after covert surveillance and legal maneuverings by the University of Ottawa in Canada. |
Robert Reich | United States Secretary of Labor under Bill Clinton |
Paul Craig Roberts | A former US establishment insider who became an independent journalist |
Mike Robinson | |
Piers Robinson | One of "Assad's Useful Idiots", a deep political researcher, founded the Working Group on Propaganda and the 9/11 global "War on Terror" |
Steven Sahiounie | Syrian journalist who has written for among others 21st Century Wire, Sputnik News and MintPress News about the the Syrian war. |
Peter Dale Scott | Peter Dale Scott is the early 21st century Doyen of Deep Political Theory. |
Tom Secker | Tom Secker is a UK-based writer, researcher and filmmaker with a special interest in the use of entertainment by the Deep State |
Darius Shahtahmasebi | |
Cindy Sheehan | American anti-war activist particularly known for her extended antiwar protest at a makeshift camp outside President George W. Bush's Texas ranch in 2005. |
Michael Springmann | Head of the visa section in Saudi Arabia, who blew the whistle on the granting of visas for training of terrorists and was fired as a result. |
Robert Steele | American spook who became a "conspiracy theorist" and died of COVID. |
David Swanson | |
André Vltchek | Andre Vltchek is a philosopher, novelist, filmmaker and investigative journalist. |
Whitney Webb | Investigative journalist who has published many aspects of The Deep State |
... further results |
Documents sourced from American Herald Tribune
References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20210410181040/http://ahtribune.ca/
- ↑ https://www.zdnet.com/article/us-seizes-another-crop-of-iranian-propaganda-domains-masked-as-news-outlets/
- ↑ http://archive.today/2020.11.05-020531/http://ahtribune.com/?fbi
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20190805002947/https://ahtribune.com/culture-media/2476-facebook-removes-american-herald-tribune-page.html
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20201106111616/https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/24/tech/iran-info-ops/index.html
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20160613071614/http://cryptocomb.org/IC_Consumers_Guide_2011.pdf