The Terrorist Threat Concealed by Saudi ‘Soft Power’
Reading Time: 16 minutes Saudi Arabia has poured billions of dollars into promoting Wahhabism around the world, engendering violence from behind the cover of NGOs and government agencies.
Judges and Juries Increasingly Skeptical of FBI
Reading Time: 4 minutes Since 9/11, the FBI has had little trouble winning prosecutions against anyone it says is a “terrorist.” That might be changing.
Did Inflated Stories on Aid Theft Lead to Black Hawk Down?
Reading Time: 4 minutes On the 25th anniversary of the US mission to Somalia that led to the Battle of Mogadishu, a veteran reporter tells how the whole episode was predicated on a lie.
Bad Week for Turkey’s Syria Policy Continues
Reading Time: 2 minutes Twitter and other social media were briefly blocked on Friday morning in Turkey as the government in Ankara sought to suppress a gruesome Islamic State (IS) video that appeared to show the extremists burn alive two captured Turkish soldiers. That and the news that at least 16 more Turkish soldiers were killed in a failed, Read More
FBI Version of NY/NJ Bombing Story Sounds Very Familiar
Reading Time: 6 minutes The FBI can’t seem to get its story straight about its prior relationship with the New York and New Jersey bomber — same thing with one of the Boston bombers. What could possibly be the reason for these garbled explanations?
28 Pages Deadline Passes
Reading Time: 2 minutes Well, June came and went with no official word on the notorious “28 Pages” and whether or not the redacted, 2002 Joint Inquiry chapter into the attacks of 9/11 should ever see the light of day. Two months ago, White House spokesman Josh Earnest (yeah, that’s his name) assured the press the Office of the Director of National Intelligence would Read More
Orlando — Huh?
Reading Time: 2 minutes Despite abundant accounts of what took place in the Pulse nightclub, most of the time Omar Mateen was in there is largely unaccounted for.
Every Belgian Gets Anti-radiation Pills in Case of Nuclear Emergencies
Reading Time: < 1 minute Nuclear safety concerns prompt Belgian government to hand out anti-radiation pills to all its citizens instead of shutting down its aging reactors.
The Boston Bombing Anniversary: A Legacy of Unanswered Questions
Reading Time: 7 minutes On the third anniversary of the Boston Marathon Bombing, Russ Baker remembers the victims, the multiple mysteries, and the damning discrepancies that will never allow the case to rest.
Deep History and the Global Drug Connection, Part 1
Reading Time: 11 minutes Part 1 of a riveting account of the many varieties of violence from an elusive and unauthorized source, what the author calls “deep force violence.”