The Intercept has the story. The FBI can’t find real terrorists, so they use women to coax nonviolent-yet-impressionable Muslim men to agree to commit violence in order to impress them.
This evil disregard for innocent life is how terrorism is created. Sputnik News
Saudi bomber-maker who took pilot lessons with 9/11 hijackers hid his flight certificate at the Saudi embassy in Washington DC. NY Daily News
According to Reporters Without Borders, who blame a rise in paranoia over legitimate journalism in world leaders. Christian Science Monitor
NATO, that is. Then again, where would they be without their dearest enemy? Antiwar
Excellent post by Daniel Larison up at The American Conservative in which he describes the horrific conditions that the Saudi war on Yemen has imposed upon the people there. Millions are at risk of starvation, but the world doesn’t seem to care.
The Guardian. Prohibition is far too rich a vein of money and power for world governments to just throw it away.
In one more example of how the Drug War corrupts character on the Blue side of the law, Florida cops were caught lying about the details of an arrest after footage surfaced contradicting their premeditated fabrications. In a twist, however, they’ve actually been charged with a crime, and the innocent victim of their little escapade had his charges dropped. Rare, indeed. Cop Block
It can’t be pointed out often enough how artificial all these interactions between crooked cops and civilians are. Without the Drug War, all the stings, no-knock raids, and undercover operations that police now engage in would never happen. Police could deal with actual crime, rather than get sucked into the corrupting environment of black markets.
Admits the Drug War has failed. LA Times