The Boston Bombing Trial Starts, But Answers Aren’t on the Docket
The trial of accused Boston Marathon Bombing co-conspirator Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is starting, but answers about what really happened aren’t likely to be on the docket.
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Our Most Important Stories in 2014
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Boston Marathon Bombing: A Primer
As the defining domestic national security event since 9/11, the Boston Marathon Bombing has played a major role in expanding the power of the security state. Although the media quickly accepted the government’s assertions that it had captured the culprits, that the culprits were “lone wolves” and that there was nothing more to the story, an ongoing exclusive […]
Torturing the Truth: Why the CIA Report Won’t Change Anything
The CIA torture report is as grim as can be imagined, and damning enough proof to change things. But it won’t.
Who Really Used Chemical Weapons in Syria?
Who Really Used Chemical Weapons in Syria? Journalist Reese Erlich digs into that question in this exclusive excerpt from his new book “Inside Syria: the Backstory of Their Civil War and What the World Can Expect”.
Executive Privileges & Monsanto Uber Alles: Nov. 19, 2014
NOW LIVE ON WhoWhatWhy ICYMI: Boston Bombing Prosecutor: Witnesses ‘Afraid’ to Testify, by Joseph L. Flatley Prosecutors in the Boston Bombing case claim that government witnesses are scared to testify. Yet it’s the defense witnesses who should be afraid, given the long official intimidation campaign against them. WHO Who thinks the NSA is completely out of […]
Follow The Money & Dodge The Drones: Nov. 18, 2014
NOW LIVE ON WhoWhatWhy Boston Bombing Prosecutor: Witnesses ‘Afraid’ to Testify, by Joseph L. Flatley Prosecutors in the Boston Bombing case claim that government witnesses are scared to testify. Yet it’s the defense witnesses who should be afraid, given the long official intimidation campaign against them. WHO Who just warned of a looming second global […]
Double and Even Triple Government: Russ Baker on Deep Politics and the Bushes
Russ Baker speaks to OpEd News’ Joan Brunwasser about the mainstream media’s growing acknowledgment that there is a “Double Government” and possibly even a Triple Government. Russ then discusses how the Bush family is preparing to put a third president in office.
Cops, Cameras and The Thin Blue Lie
The Ferguson riots fast-tracked the debate over whether police should be forced to wear cameras, to protect citizens from abuse and cops from false accusations. Yet officers in Ferguson and elsewhere have demonstrated rogue behavior when they’re being filmed, and few are being reined in. Are more cameras the answer to deeper problems underlying police accountability?
BOSTON UPDATE: Is Officer Collier’s Killer Still at Large?
In the rush to pin the blame on the Tsarnaev brothers for virtually every crime in Boston around the time of the marathon bombing, is it possible that law enforcement has left the real killer on the loose?
The Secret Service’s Open-Door Policy
The Secret Service cordon around President Obama is looking more like a sieve after two security breaches in as many days. The most serious one involved a former soldier getting into the front door. He’d already been stopped outside the White House a month before—carrying a hatchet. Is he another “lone nut” to be dismissed reflexively or a sign of something else?
UPDATE: Louis Freeh’s Curious Car Accident
An update on the strange one-car crash involving ex-FBI chief Louis Freeh. He nearly took out several motorists. An unidentified FBI man materialized quickly at the rural scene. And more curiosities.