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By Whowhatwhy Editors 10/14/2015

Editors’ Picks for Oct 14

Why US training of foreign troops keeps failing, DHS to revise terror alert system again, confessions of a Saudi beheader, and more Picks.

By David Talbot 10/14/2015

New Book on CIA Master-Plotter Dulles, Sneak Peek: Part 3

In this third excerpt from The Devil’s Chessboard, the Warren Commission is revealed as a whitewash and a fraud. The CIA, under suspicion that it was involved in the Kennedy assassination, steers attention away from itself, to everyone else — including other parts of the government. And one former Commission staffer, becoming aware he had been duped, gets a threat.

By David Talbot 10/13/2015

New Book on CIA Master-Plotter Dulles, Sneak Peek: Part 2

In this second excerpt from the new book The Devil’s Chessboard, by David Talbot, we examine the formation and activities of the Warren Commission. And we note the central role in guiding the Commission’s “probe” of none other than Allen Dulles — a professional coup planner who might under normal circumstances have been considered a prime suspect.

By Whowhatwhy Editors 10/06/2015

Editors’ Picks for Oct 6

TPP benefits the rich — duh, US media thinks US bombing Doctors Without Borders hospital in Afghanistan was not a war crime, NASA scientist disappointed with climate change deniers, and more Picks

By Jeff Schechtman 10/02/2015

The Pentagon’s Brain

In her last work, Annie Jacobsen gave us a look at Area 51. Now she talks to WhoWhatWhy’s Jeff Schechtman about the trove of government secrets connected to DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency. That’s the secret military R&D labs that gave us the Internet, Agent Orange, drones, and advanced research into human cloning.

By Jeff Schechtman 09/18/2015

The Hidden Truth About Mass Incarceration

Everywhere you turn, these days, it seems they’re talking about “mass incarceration.” But count on this site for a fresh perspective. In this podcast, a former member of the Symbionese Liberation Army, who spent time in prison for a 1975 bank robbery and is now a professor at the University of Illinois, talks to WhoWhatWhy’s Jeff Schechtman about how prison has become a panacea for a wide range of our social ills. And why the 1980s ushered in “the most extensive campaign of prison building and incarceration in modern history.”

By Russ Baker 09/11/2015

Classic WWW: The Untold Saudi Royal Connection to 9/11

WhoWhatWhy has found evidence linking the Saudi royal family to Saudis in South Florida who reportedly had direct contact with the 9/11 hijackers before fleeing the United States just prior to the attacks.

By Whowhatwhy Editors 09/08/2015

Editors’ Picks for Sept 8

A new feature: articles from around the web, selected and summarized by our editors. Help us identify interesting articles — see the details.

By DonkeyHotey and Maria Adelmann 09/07/2015

Do You Have Today Off? Here’s Who You Can Thank

If you’re a US worker who has ever taken advantage of work-free weekends, lunch breaks, paid vacation, sick leave, social security benefits, minimum wage, overtime pay, or a 40-hour work week, you can thank the American labor movement. This collection of images shows historic parades, strikes, and tragedies that ultimately made way for significantly better working conditions in the US.