Hiroshima Series, Part 2 — How They Hid the Worst Horrors of Hiroshima
The second installment in our series on how the worst of the devastation caused by the atomic bomb was deliberately concealed from Americans for decades.
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MediaFail: The Sony Hack, North Korea and Tales Swallowed Whole
It’s “Morning Again in America,” and the new year is dawning with some hopeful signs of skepticism from people with a platform. Russ Baker looks at the rising tide of voices that aren’t swallowing the official story about the Sony hack.
Google’s Intelligence Ties & Jeb’s Big Boat: Jan. 23, 2015
NOW LIVE ON WhoWhatWhy A Landslide for Guilty at the Boston Marathon Bombing Trial? by Andy Thibault If the prospective jurors in Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s Boston Marathon Bombing trial were deciding a presidential election, it would be a landslide—for a guilty verdict. Andy Thibault reports from federal court in Boston. WHO Compare and Contrast: Obama’s Reaction to […]
Appeals Court Will Hear Tsarnaev’s Change of Venue Request
The First Circuit Court of Appeals will hear Boston Marathon Bombing defendant Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s argument that he can’t get a fair trial in Boston. Don’t hold your breath for any revelations though: the appellate court has forbidden lawyers for either side to talk about the details at the heart of the argument.
Police State Gears Up
Does your local police department really need an armored vehicle capable of surviving explosive devices like those buried in the roads of Afghanistan or Iraq? A Republican legislator in New Hampshire, troubled by the increasingly militarized police force in his town, is trying to do something about it.
Police Bring Used Weapons of War onto Main Street, U.S.A.
WhoWhatWhy first brought you the story of the disturbing trend of police departments arming themselves with surplus weapons from the battlefields of Afghanistan and Iraq to patrol Main Street, U.S.A. Others are finally picking up on this explosion of police firepower.
Carmen Ortiz’s Sordid Rap Sheet
Carmen Ortiz has garnered much attention following the suicide of information activist Aaron Swartz, considering her office threw the book at him for a very minor offense. But what other skeletons hang in her closet, and what does it tell us about federal prosecutions these days?
NY/NJ Bombing: The Curious Case of the Incurious Security Guards
According to officials, two EgyptAir security guards who happened upon the NY/NJ bomber’s pressure-cooker bomb took the luggage it was hidden in, but had no idea they were looking at an IED. Really?
How the US Trained Arrested Guatemalan President, TPP Benefits the Rich — Duh, and Media Thinks US Bombing Hospital in Afghanistan Not War Crime. Oct 06, 2015
VOLUNTEER! Call for Image Finders/Editors: Do you have experience with sourcing and editing photos? We need volunteers to help with this. Now Live on WhoWhatWhy Otto Perez Molina, former President of Guatemala. Photo credit: Michael Wuertenberg / World Economic Forum / Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 2.0) Why Americans Should Closely Watch Unfolding Events in Guatemala, Part 1 By Edward Curtin This […]
Closing Off The Courtroom: Latest from the Boston Marathon Bombing Trial
Judge George O’Toole Jr. excluded the press from what’s supposed to be a public trial, in a case that’s already been swathed in secrecy. Here’s the latest on the trial of Boston Marathon Bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, reported by WhoWhatWhy’s team in and out of the courtroom.
Does US “Death Sentence” in Boston Case Equal Silence?
It might seem the most normal thing in the world for the US government to seek the death penalty in the case of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the younger of two brothers accused of planting the Boston Marathon bombs. But in a murky case with continued strange goings-on, we’d be wise to consider where this death penalty strategy will lead. Will it help us learn the truth, or will it bury the truth forever?
Why Paris Isn’t Boston & Why Arabs Fight The West: Jan. 8, 2015
NOW LIVE ON WhoWhatWhy Paris and Boston: That Other, Missing, Comparison by Russ Baker The attack on a Paris magazine by apparent Islamists prompted some in the media to compare it with the Boston Marathon Bombing. Russ Baker looks at a crucial similarity between the cases that’s missing from other accounts: the fact the security […]