Forty-three years after the Supreme Court reversed course and reinstated the death penalty, reliable data on the individuals sent to death row is maddeningly difficult to obtain. The Intercept set out to compile a comprehensive dataset on everyone sentenced to die in active death penalty jurisdictions since 1976. Our findings show that capital punishment remains […]
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The Afghanistan Papers – “the American people have constantly been lied to.”
A confidential trove of government documents obtained by The Washington Post reveals that senior U.S. officials failed to tell the truth about the war in Afghanistan throughout the 18-year campaign, making rosy pronouncements they knew to be false and hiding unmistakable evidence the war had become unwinnable. The documents were generated by a federal project […]
‘Full Measure of Sorrow’: Three Fatal Incidents in a Week Hit Navy, Leaving Seven Dead…
Three different attacks on three Navy facilities over the last six days have left seven people dead and at least 11 wounded. The most recent attack took place on Friday morning at Naval Air Station Pensacola, in Florida, where a gunman opened fire on a classroom killing three and injuring at least 10. Escambia County […]
Terror Related?: Saudi Air Force Trainee Who Opened Fire in Pensacola Naval Base Classroom Killing Three and Wounding Eight…
The suspected gunman who opened fire at a naval base in Florida, killing three people and injuring eight, has been been identified as a Saudi aviation student. Authorities are now investigating if the attack at Naval Air Station in Pensacola early Friday morning was terrorism-related. The shooter, who was shot dead by police, was first […]
An 8-Year-Old Girl Was Strip Searched at a Virginia Prison. She Was Told It Was the Only Way to See Her Dad…
An 8-year-old girl was stripped naked and searched by Virginia Department of Corrections staff after she was led to believe refusal would result in not being allowed to see her father. State policy allows for such searches at the Buckingham Correctional Center in Dillwyn, about 60 miles west of Richmond, and other state DOC prisons. […]
Inspector General Ramps Up Investigaton of FBI Employees…
Open investigations of FBI employees by the Justice Department’s Inspector General (IG) have about doubled in recent years and, as far as available records go, there have never been so many investigations of this kind. The Office of IG Michael Horowitz had 104 “open criminal or administrative investigations of alleged misconduct related to FBI employees” […]
Whistleblower Lawsuit Says Defense Contractor Defrauded the Marines of $1.3B for Vehicle Parts…
A government contractor allegedly defrauded the Pentagon of $1.3 billion by inflating prices for armored vehicle parts sold to the Marine Corps, according to court documents filed in a whistleblower case. Navistar Defense allegedly forged fraudulent invoices and other documentation so that it could inflate prices for suspension systems on mine-resistant ambush protected vehicles, or […]
‘Operation Throne Down’: Officials Arrest 56 ‘Latin Kings’ Gang Members in Early Morning Sting Near Boston…
More than 650 federal, state, and local law enforcement officers arrested 56 people during a single morning in New England suspected of belonging to one of the world’s largest Hispanic street gangs, the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation. Law enforcement early Thursday morning served 31 search warrants at 24 locations in what is the […]
Mexican Authorities Detain Three Suspects Connected to Cartel Ambush That Killed Nine Americans…
Three individuals connected to a recent attack that left nine Americans dead last month were detained by Mexican authorities Sunday, CBS News has confirmed. According to the report, the operation was a coordinated effort between Prosecutor General, the National Guard and the National Center for Intelligence. The attack left three women and six children dead […]
Australian Taliban Hostage Believes U.S. Navy SEALs Attempted to Rescue Him 6 Times…
An Australian teacher who arrived home this week after being held hostage by the Taliban for more than three years believes U.S. Navy SEALs attempted to rescue him six times, he told a press conference on Dec. 1. Timothy Weeks, 50, landed in Sydney on Nov. 28 after being released by the terror group in […]
Peace Is the Prize – President Trump Holds Bilateral Meeting with Afghan President Ghani on Thanksgiving Day – Video and Transcript…
After President Trump met with North Korean Chairman Kim Jong-un to stop a region headed toward military crisis, the President was asked about the Nobel peace prize for his efforts with South Korean Moon Jae-in. President Trump responded: “Peace is the prize“. Yesterday U.S. President Donald Trump secretly flew to Afghanistan to spend time with […]
Texas Cities Evacuated After Second Explosion at Chemical Plant; Three Injured in First Blast…
A second explosion Wednesday at an East Texas chemical plant prompted officials to issue evacuation orders for three small cities and a portion of another as flames and smoke surged into the sky. KBMT-TV reported that an afternoon blast at the TPC Group plant in Port Neches, about 80 miles east of Houston, followed a […]
President Trump Says Mexico’s Top Drug Cartels ‘Will Be Designated’ Foreign Terrorist Organizations…
President Donald Trump said in an interview Tuesday that he will designate Mexican drug cartels as terrorists over their role in drug and human trafficking. This is a huge development in the fight against the narco-trafficking organizations and will open up federal government resources to target the drug king pins that have amassed hundreds of […]
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NAVY ADMIRALS DISOBEYING ORDERS?…
Amid a crisis in traditional civilian-military relations, an unconventional commander in chief took to Twitter on Thursday to telegraph his displeasure with Navy leaders who tried to take a SEAL’s trident. “The Navy will NOT be taking away Warfighter and Navy Seal Eddie Gallagher’s Trident Pin,” President Donald J. Trump tweeted. “This case was handled […]
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Coast Guard Seizes Shocking $69 Million Worth of Cocaine from Drug-Running Sub…
The U.S. Coast Guard seized about $69 million worth of cocaine last month from a submarine-like craft in the Pacific Ocean, the service announced last week. Video shows the crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Harriet Lane removing 5,000 pounds of cocaine from the semi-submersible vessel on Oct. 23 after a maritime patrol stopped […]
Navy’s Top SEAL Can Revoke Tridents. Here’s Why He’s Sending Gallagher to a Board Instead…
Enlisted Navy SEALs can have their hard-earned tridents revoked by superior officers, but Rear Adm. Collin Green wants other sailors to decide whether Chief Eddie Gallagher should retain the device. “Admiral Green felt very strongly about the board process,” a Navy official who spoke on the condition of anonymity told Military.com. “He values the opinion […]
Smugglers Cut Hole in Border Wall Big Enough for a Truck to Drive Through…
Human smugglers cut a hole big enough to drive a truck through in the wall on the United States-Mexico border on Wednesday. According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the smugglers drove a Dodge utility truck through the hole near Campo, California, about 80 kilometers east of San Diego, around 3:45pm on Wednesday. Federal […]
104 Arrested in Undercover Florida in Human Trafficking Operation…
More than 100 people were arrested during an undercover human-trafficking sting dubbed “Operation Trade Secrets II” in Tampa, Florida, authorities announced earlier this week. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) said in a Nov. 18 statement that of the 104 people arrested, 75 were men purchasing sex, and 28 were women who engaged in the […]
Documents May Be Breakthrough in Case of FBI Veteran Robert Levinson, Who Vanished in Iran…
Documents obtained years ago by the family of retired FBI agent Robert Levinson, who has been missing in Iran for more than a decade, may provide the most convincing evidence yet that he was arrested and held by Iranian intelligence agents after a new statement from the country recently came to light. Levinson, a veteran […]
House Passes 2 Hong Kong Bills in Support of Protests; To Be Sent To President for Approval…
The U.S. House of Representatives on Nov. 20 passed two Hong Kong bills supporting the ongoing pro-democracy protests, sending them to the White House for the President to sign or veto. The House voted 417 to 1 for the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, which unanimously passed the Senate a day earlier. The […]