Why Mueller Hearings Were Not Duds
Robert Mueller may not have lived up to the media hype, but his testimony before Congress offered the public a day-long tutorial on his investigation.
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JFK Assassination Anniversary: Oswald Murder Witness Speaks
Not long before he died this year, James Leavelle granted an exclusive interview to WhoWhatWhy. The Dallas homicide detective, who was chained to Lee Harvey Oswald when Oswald was shot and killed by Jack Ruby, said some interesting and surprising things.
Like a Fox — How a TV Channel Is Tearing America Apart
For two decades, Fox News has made piles of money from creating a fictional America in which conservatives are under assault and can play the victim. Under Trump, the network stopped pretending that it is fair and balanced.
Deadly Clashes in Beirut as Lebanon Holds Its Breath
Deadly fighting erupted in Lebanon’s capital after protests against the controversial judge leading an investigation into Beirut’s devastating port explosion.
Why ‘JFK Revisited’ Is Necessary
Why did Oliver Stone revisit JFK? For the same reason every American must.
Black Secret Service Agent, Jailed for JFK Plot Warning, Cleared: The Full Story
Abraham Bolden broke the color barrier to join the presidential security detail, but his white colleagues never trusted him, even before Bolden identified flaws in John F. Kennedy’s security ahead of the president’s assassination. Now Joe Biden has pardoned Bolden for crimes he never committed, but the record is still not corrected.
The Law Firm Protecting Trump and the Extreme Right
Like mob lawyers protecting their clients, the Jones Day law firm cocoons the extreme right and defends the worst excesses of corporate America.
Everything They’re Telling Us About Syria….is False?
A “defecting” general, the Houla massacre, and more—so much of the news out of Syria seems pretty far from the truth. If you’re not asking questions yet, you should be.
The Death of a Journalist Who Knew Too Much
Dorothy Kilgallen was ahead of her time as she straddled gossip, politics and real journalism. When she got too deep into the JFK assassination, she was found dead.
The Captive and the Spy
A tale of intrigue during the Vietnam War that seems straight out of a Le Carré novel, but with a surprise ingredient — the stunning consequences of an act of kindness.
WhoWhatWhy’s Best Stories of 2023
Here are some of our favorite stories from 2023.
Boston Carjacking Unravels 2
Recently, we published evidence of disturbing contradictions in the public accounts of the man who put the guilty stamp on the Tsarnaev brothers in the Boston bombing case. In this second part of a series, we take an in-depth look at that man, the mystery witness. We examine his crucial but little understood role in rapidly ending the investigation of the bombing. Meet “Danny,” the “magic bullet” of the Boston bombing story.