Editors’ Picks for Sept 9
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Visas for Al-Qaeda, Part 1: A Sordid Tale
In this remarkable first-hand account, a former US consular official describes a pipeline created by the CIA that enabled terrorists to slip into the US with ease. Among them were the mujahideen of Afghanistan — who later became al-Qaeda. Authentic and mind-blowing.
WhoWhatWhy Now: Katrina’s Cronies, Europe’s Migrants & Endless War: Aug 28, 2015
VOLUNTEER! Do you have skills you’d like to offer? We have all kinds of needs. For more info, visit our Volunteer Page. PUBLICITY NOTES: We’re getting more requests all the time for Russ and others to appear on radio shows and podcasts. In addition, we see our articles frequently picked up, cited, or linked to. For […]
The Court’s Bloody Joke, Bush’s Cronies & Climate Refugees: Aug 26, 2015
VOLUNTEER! Do you have skills you’d like to offer? We have all kinds of needs. For more info, visit our Volunteer Page. PUBLICITY NOTES: We’re getting more requests all the time for Russ and others to appear on radio shows and podcasts. In addition, we see our articles frequently picked up, cited, or linked to. For […]
The Abortion Debate, Friendly Dictators & Global Markets Crash: Aug 18, 2015
VOLUNTEER! Do you have skills you’d like to offer? We have all kinds of needs. For more info, visit our Volunteer Page. With the Boston Marathon Bombing defense seeking a new trial, in part because of prejudicial media coverage, we figure this is a good time to remind people about one news organization that worked overtime […]
Stolen Votes, Jewish Fanaticism & Profiling Darren Wilson: Aug 03, 2015
NOW LIVE ON WhoWhatWhy Who’s Stealing Your Vote? A Documentary By John Wellington Ennis This documentary examines America’s broken electoral system, focusing in particular on shenanigans in the fiercely contested election and reelection of George W. Bush. Though released in 2006 to a limited audience, its lessons have never been more relevant. WHO The Man Who […]
Iran’s Business Plan, Obama’s Turkish Bargain & Oil Crashes: July 27, 2015
NOW LIVE ON WhoWhatWhy Ten Indications Iran Wants Business Not Bombs By Charles Glass Longtime Middle East correspondent Charles Glass offers his droll, insightful, and entertaining personal take on the much-debated threat presented by Iran. He sees every indication that the country is much more interested in business than in war. WHO Obama Paid a High […]
Ten Indications Iran Wants Business Not Bombs
Longtime Middle East correspondent Charles Glass offers his droll, insightful, and entertaining personal take on the much-debated threat presented by Iran. He sees every indication that the country is much more interested in business than in war.
Classic WhoWhatWhy: Only “Lone Wolves” Commit Terror?
The Chattanooga shootings in which nine Marines were gunned down by a 24-year-old shooter is one of a long string of such unnerving events. Early word from law enforcement suggests the attack, like so many others in recent years, is being blamed on a “lone wolf”—someone with no connection to known terrorist or other organizations. The authorities almost always assure us that such incidents are isolated, carried out by individuals who are either mentally ill or irrationally hostile to “our way of life.” Back in 2012, WhoWhatWhy Editor-in-Chief Russ Baker questioned this analysis. Examining the larger historical role such violence has played, Baker shows how certain incidents—including “false flag” attacks instigated by governments but blamed on dissidents—have radically transformed societies. His article is as relevant today as ever.
Drone Pilot Payday, A Freakishly Hot Planet & The Loch Ness Catfish: July 17, 2015
NOW LIVE ON WhoWhatWhy RadioWhoWhatWhy: Should We All Become Whistleblowers? By Jeff Schechtman In his work on leadership for both government and corporations, Ira Chaleff has become something of an expert on followers. What he’s found—and what he argues in his book Intelligent Disobedience and in his conversation with WhoWhatWhy’s Jeff Schechtman—is that we have to learn […]
Syria Is Burning, The Pope Is Pontificating & Bumblebees Are Dying: July 10, 2015
NOW LIVE ON WhoWhatWhy RadioWhoWhatWhy: Fanning the Flames of Syria By Jeff Schechtman Just how bad is the situation in Syria? Four million Syrians have fled the country in the past four years as its cities smolder and civil war rages on. Strategic dysfunction on the part of the international community, led by the US, continued airstrikes, and […]
RadioWhoWhatWhy: Fanning the Flames of Syria
Just how bad is the situation in Syria? Four million Syrians have fled the country in the past four years as its cities smolder and civil war rages on. Strategic dysfunction on the part of the international community, led by the US, continued airstrikes, and growing violence perpetrated by the Islamic State are definitely part of the story that led to Syria’s descent into chaos. RadioWhoWhatWhy’s Jeff Schechtman sits down with Charles Glass, author of Syria Burning, to learn the rest of it.