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 […]
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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 […]
Trump Closed an Office That Tracked Ex-Gitmo Inmates. Now We Don’t Know Where Some Went…
The Trump administration closed a diplomatic office designed to keep track of released Guantánamo inmates and make sure they didn’t return to their insurgencies. And now the U.S. government has lost track of several of them, including one who has returned to a terrorist-held part of Syria, a McClatchy investigation has found. The Obama administration […]
Happy Birthday to the U.S. Marine Corps — A Daily Caller Salute to Heroes at Home and Abroad…
The U.S. Marine Corps turns 243 years old on Saturday, marking nearly two and and half centuries of protecting America at home and abroad. Marines have fought in every major war in U.S. history — in fact, the Marine Corps is older than the country itself and traces its roots to the Continental Marines of […]
Migrant Caravan Leaves Mexico City, with Eyes on March to U.S. Border…
The caravan of several thousand Central American migrants resumed their march Saturday toward the U.S. border, departing Mexico’s capital city on a trek north to where troops have been deployed by President Trump to stop them. The caravan, which now is made up of about 4,000 migrants, had been in Mexico City for the past […]
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Trump Administration Takes Action to Protect Overburdened Asylum System…
Acting Attorney General Matthew G. Whitaker is wasting no time settling into his new role. On Nov. 8, his second day on the job, Whitaker took much-needed action in a crucial area of national security, as revealed in an announcement that suddenly appeared on the Department of Justice’s official website. The announcement is about a […]
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U.S. to Stop Refueling Saudi Jets Bombing Yemen…
The decision is unlikely to have much of an impact on Saudi capabilities to carry out strikes in Yemen. The move comes as the US Congress has threatened to take action to end American involvement in the Yemen war. The United States will stop aerial refueling of Saudi aircraft bombing Yemen, Saudi Arabia said Saturday, […]
“He knew what he was doing”…California Bar Shooting Leaves 12 Dead, Including Sheriff’s Sergeant…
A former Marine — armed with a Glock 21 .45-caliber handgun with an illegal extended magazine — opened fire on a packed California country music bar Wednesday night, killing 12 people, including a veteran sheriff’s sergeant nearing retirement, officials said. Authorities believe Ian David Long eventually turned the gun on himself, but not before the […]
Syria: U.S. Calls on Russia to Allow Israeli Airstrikes on Iranian Targets…
What Happened: U.S. Syria Envoy James Jeffrey has called on Russia to continue to permit Israeli airstrikes against Iranian targets in Syria, The Jerusalem Post reported Nov. 7. Why It Matters: The development shows that the U.S. government intends to push back against Iranian forces in Syria despite concerns from the U.S. military over possible […]
NYC Synagogue Vandalism Suspect Is Former City Hall Anti-Hate Crime Intern…
The suspect in the vandalism of a New York synagogue was a Democratic activist and former City Hall intern who worked on anti-hate crime issues, The Daily Caller News Foundation has learned. He is a “queer” black man informally adopted by a Jewish couple, and The New York Times’ charity, the Neediest Cases, helped pay […]
OPERATION FAITHFUL PATRIOT…Troops Begin to Arrive at Border…
The first 100 active-duty troops have arrived at the U.S.-Mexican border to provide support for Border Patrol agents as a caravan of migrants slowly makes its way northward from Central America, a Defense Department official told Fox News on Thursday evening. The troops are doing initial assessments at the port of entry in McAllen, Texas. […]
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THIS IS A MUST READ: The CIA’s Communications Suffered a Catastrophic Compromise. It Started in Iran…
In 2013, hundreds of CIA officers — many working nonstop for weeks — scrambled to contain a disaster of global proportions: a compromise of the agency’s internet-based covert communications system used to interact with its informants in dark corners around the world. Teams of CIA experts worked feverishly to take down and reconfigure the websites […]
Money Man Behind 9/11 Terror Attack Back on the Streets…Greeted by Well Wishers…
One of only two men to be jailed over the 9/11 terror attacks is back in his home country as a free man – where he is being given a hero’s welcome. The Daily Mail tracked down Mounir el-Motassadeq to a suburb of Marrakesh where he is now living in the family home with his […]
Is Riddle Resolved?: Who Dimed Out American Traitor and Super-Spy, Robert Hanssen?…
For over two decades, students of the spy wars between Russia and America have pondered one of the great remaining mysteries of the Cold War: Who finally dimed out Robert Hanssen, the FBI turncoat said to be the most destructive traitor in the annals of U.S. intelligence? Now we know, according to an posthumously published […]
Harry Reid in 1993: ‘No Sane Country’ Would Provide Birthright Citizenship…
Top Republicans are pointing to an impassioned 1993 speech by then-Nevada Sen. Harry Reid, in which the future Democratic Senate majority leader argued that “no sane country” would award citizenship to children of illegal immigrants born on its soil and promoted his own legislation to end the practice here. President Trump ignited a national debate […]
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