FBI: Hanging By A Hair
The incorrect or erroneous testimony of FBI agents could have sent hundreds of innocent people to jail or to their death.
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Tsarnaev Family Besieged by Media, Angry Bostonians
Tensions are running high with members of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s family now in the Boston area for the sentencing phase of his trial. Their hotel was besieged with cancellations and complaints–and bombing victims expressed outrage that the defense paid for the trip out of their taxpayer-funded budget. But this one is not a simple matter of wasteful spending, and the family is worth a closer look.
Boston Bomber’s Deafening Silence: What Would Tsarnaev Reveal?
Convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has not been allowed to speak in his own defense. What do his defense attorneys—or governmental security agencies—have to gain by his silence?
The FBI’s Trickery, China’s Slide & Pot Profits: July 8, 2015
NOW LIVE ON WhoWhatWhy FBI’s Amazing Trick to Avoid Accountability By Matt Connolly Only the astonishingly unaccountable FBI could get away with consistently not recording its investigative interviews not only of suspects but of witnesses—then having its agents write up reports based on “memory.” A former Deputy District Attorney tells the story of one […]
Marathon Bomber Appeals Conviction: Do His Lawyers Know Something We Don’t?
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s lawyers continue the legal formalities necessary to build a case for appeal, despite an unequivocal admission by the defendant of his own guilt. Is there anything to be gleaned from an appeals trial about the backstory of the Boston Marathon bombing? Something that may help the public understand the shadowy relationship between the national security apparatus and “domestic terrorists”?
Hiroshima Series, Part 3 — Death and Suffering, in Living Color
The third installment in our series on how the worst of the devastation caused by the atomic bomb was deliberately concealed from Americans for decades.
The Ferguson Report, Part 2: African-Americans: No Longer Cash Cow for the City?
In our excerpts from The Ferguson Report, Part 1: Breathing While Black, and Other Offenses, we presented a number of shocking incidents that showed what African-Americans were subjected to every day by the Ferguson Police Department. These outrages were driven by racism at its rawest. But there was another dimension to this predatory behavior: Money. The more tickets the police wrote, the more money they earned for the city. And the more brownie points they earned for themselves. In Part 2 of this two-part series, we present excerpts that show — in appalling detail — how those in authority encouraged illegal predation, and even threatened punishment for police officers who preferred to play it straight. We also present a short happy report on some of the dramatic reforms that are taking place.
Editors’ Picks for Sept 28
A new feature: articles from around the web, selected and summarized by our editors. Help us identify interesting articles — see the details.
The CIA, Mafia, Mexico — and Oswald, Part 6
This is a complex story, as fascinating as it is appalling. It is about how the CIA and FBI suppressed a major clue to the existence of a pre-JFK-assassination conspiracy. And about how alleged evidence of Lee Harvey Oswald in Mexico was manipulated and altered by elements in the CIA and their Mexican clients, the Dirección Federal de Seguridad (DFS).
Editors’ Picks for Dec 16
Star Wars Fans Meet the Dark Side, Chicago’s Guantanamo, Bombs at School, and More Picks
William Turner: From G-Man to Newsman
Bill Turner did not like what he saw happening at the FBI during his time there. Unlike many, he did not keep his mouth shut. We honor his memory.
Disinformation Part 1: How Trolls Control an Internet Forum
This is the first of a three-part series on the techniques of trolls, spooks, feds, saboteurs, provocateurs, and disinformants. As you read about these dirty tricks, you may have a sense of deja-vu.