The number of informants executed in the debacle is higher than initially thought. By Zach Dorfman.

Confederate monuments don’t embody American history; they were built on lies about American history. By Ed Kilgore.

New evidence proves that Richard Nixon sabotaged peace talk plans in 1968, a move that may be worse than Watergate. By John A. Ferrell.

Malheur National Wildlife Refuge occupier Ryan Bundy filed a series of court motions late Thursday, declaring himself a sovereign citizen who isn’t subject to federal laws. By Ryan Haas.

“Deny everything,” British traitor Kim Philby said, explaining how the powerful can bluff past their crimes, a truism known to George H.W. Bush when he denied charges of his own near treason in the October Surprise case, writes Robert Parry.