A Chicago police officer and multiple other people, including an apparent shooter, were wounded in an “active shooter” attack at Mercy Hospital on the Near South Side that brought out a large police presence Monday afternoon, authorities said. The officer was critically injured in the shooting attack at and near the hospital, 2525 S. Michigan […]
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At Gitmo 9/11 Trial, Prosecutor Gives Lurid Details of CIA Prisons. Defense Says: Not Enough…
A Sept. 11 trial prosecutor on Thursday read aloud ghastly descriptions of what the CIA did to its prisoners: An alleged plot mastermind was taken nude from interrogation to a medical officer, who put fluids up his rectum then returned him nude to interrogation. Some captives were kept like “cowering dogs,” subjected to standing sleep […]
U.S. Embassy Bamako: Two Navy Seals, Two Marines Face Multiple Charges in Melgar Death…
This is a follow-up to our post in October 2017 about the death of Army Staff Sgt. Logan J. Melgar who was found dead in his room at post housing in Bamako, Mali on June 4, 2017. Two members of the Navy’s elite SEAL Team Six were reportedly under investigation in his death. (see U.S.Embassy […]
New Salvadoran Migrant Caravan Forms As Hundreds Wait at U.S.-Mexico Border…
At least 150 Salvadorans have set off from their impoverished Central American country in a U.S.-bound caravan, ignoring their likely rejection at the U.S.-Mexico border where a larger caravan of mostly Hondurans has been stalled for days. Guarded by police officers, the men, women and children of the gathering caravan marched on Sunday through San […]
Guardsman Charged with Smuggling Migrants into U.S….
A California National Guardsman was arrested earlier this month for allegedly smuggling migrants into the United States for money. Private First Class Edward Jair Acosta-Avila was pulled over in San Diego, about two miles from the U.S.-Mexico border, USA Today reported. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials arrested Acosta-Avila and four other individuals – including […]
UN Report Finds ISIS Given “Breathing Space” in U.S.-Occupied Areas of Syria…
A recent report from the UN Security Council’s Sanctions Monitoring Team has found that many of the places in Syria where the terror group Daesh (ISIS) continues to operate, recuperate and extract oil for profit are in areas of the country occupied by the United States. According to the report’s executive summary: Islamic State in […]
Sen Kamala Harris Wannabe President Compares ICE to the KKK…
California Democrat and likely 2020 presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris drew fury after comparing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to the Ku Klux Klan during a hearing on Capitol Hill. She asked Ronald Vitiello, President Trump’s nominee to lead ICE, whether he shares what she said was the public’s view that ICE was spreading […]
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Mexico Offers 7k to 10k Temporary Jobs to Migrants in Caravan Heading to U.S….
Mexico’s government and business sector on Thursday offered thousands of temporary jobs to migrants of caravans heading for the United States. The jobs, targeting caravans of Central American migrants heading for the United States, are provided in Mexico’s border maquiladoras, or assembly plants, whose products are mainly destined for the U.S. market. “Today there are […]
Judge Rules Veterans with PTSD Can Move Forward with Lawsuit Over VA Benefits…
A federal judge in Connecticut has ruled that thousands of Navy and Marine Corps veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan who developed post-traumatic stress disorder but were denied Veterans Affairs benefits can sue the military. Senior U.S. District Judge Charles Haight Jr. on Thursday certified a class-action lawsuit against Navy Secretary Richard Spencer by veterans who […]
America Has Spent a Whopping $5.9 Trillion on Wars in the Middle East and Asia Since 9/11. 244k Have Been Killed. 10 Million Have Been Displaced…
The U.S. wars and military action in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Pakistan have cost American taxpayers $5.9 trillion since they began in 2001, according to a new study. That total is almost $2 trillion more than all federal government spending during the recently completed 2017-18 fiscal year. The report, from Watson Institute of International and […]
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Clapper Admits Gross Intelligence Failure on Iraq WMDs But Still Escapes Justice…
Former National Intelligence Director James Clapper’s key role in helping the Cheney/Bush administration “justify” war on Iraq with fraudulent intelligence was exposed on Tuesday at the Carnegie Endowment in Washington. His own words were quoted back to him from his memoir “Facts and Fears: Hard Truths From a Life in Intelligence.” Hard truths, indeed. Clapper […]
More Than 650 Illegal Immigrants Crossing Southern Border Detained in Arizona…
As thousands of troops deployed to the southern border await the arrival of a caravan of migrants heading towards the U.S., border patrol agents in Arizona have already been busy, detaining more than 650 illegal immigrants in just two days this week. Agents in the Yuma Sector said they detained 654 people – most reportedly […]
Parkland Massacre Cop Scot Peterson No-Shows at State Panel…
Scot Peterson, the disgraced school resource officer at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School who failed to act when a former student shot and killed 17 people and injured 17 more, did not show up at the state commission where he was subpoenaed to testify Thursday. Instead, Peterson is suing the commission created to investigate the […]
Secret CIA Document Shows Plan to Test Drugs on Prisoners…
One of the most important lessons of the CIA’s torture program is the way it corrupted virtually every individual and institution associated with it. Over the years, we have learned how lawyers twisted the law and psychologists betrayed their ethical obligations in order to enable the brutal and unlawful torture of prisoners. Now we’ve won […]
20,667 Drunken-Driving Convictions Tainted by Bad Breathalyzer Test in New Jersey…
More than 20,000 drunken-driving convictions in New Jersey could be in jeopardy after the state’s highest court ruled on Tuesday that breathalyzer tests used to win those judgments were inadmissible. The unanimous ruling by the Supreme Court stems from criminal charges brought more than two years ago against a State Police sergeant who was accused […]
DC Neo-Nazi Who Called Pittsburgh Murders a ‘Dry Run’ Arrested; Has Deep Ties to ‘Alt Right’…
Jeffrey Clark, the 30-year-old man federal agents arrested here Friday after he called the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting a “dry run” and his relatives worried he might try to launch a race war, wasn’t shy about being a neo-Nazi. In April 2017, when someone asked Clark at a White House rally organized by “alt-right” coiner Richard […]
President Trump Embraces Prison Sentencing Reforms as ‘Right Thing To Do’…
Shorter sentences for federal prison sentences may be on the horizon, with President Trump’s blessing. Trump endorsed new legislation Wednesday that would reduce some federal prison sentences, arguing it’s “the right thing to do” and that only “truly bad criminals” deserve harsh penalties. “Today’s announcement shows that true bipartisanship is possible, and maybe it will […]
OPINION: The End Game in Afghanistan Is Beginning…
China and Pakistan have plainly stated their plans for Afghanistan and South Asia. According to a press release from the November 12 conference held at Islamabad’s Pakistan-China Institute, “Pakistan-Afghanistan-China Trilateral Dialogue supports the CPEC [China-Pakistan Economic Corridor] as key to peace and regional cooperation.” Pakistani news outlets emphasized the point, one stating, “Pakistan and China […]
Migrants Determined to Cross U.S. Border as DOD Secures Ports of Entry…
Riding on nine buses, with a Honduran flag flying out of one of them, about 400 migrants arrived in Tijuana on Tuesday, after a month long journey from Central America. Ports of entry at the U.S.-Mexico border will be experiencing longer wait times starting today, as U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) prepare for the […]
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The New York Times’ Misleading Story on North Korean Missiles…
That is the ominous lede of a story by David Sanger and William Broad in The New York Times on Monday, November 12. Substituting tendentious hyperbole for sound reporting may convince editors to feature a story on page one, but it is a disservice to readers. The United States and North Korea have yet to […]
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