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Category: Fact Check
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Fact Check: The El Paso-MKULTRA Conspiracy Theory
A reader asked me to check out a story on the internet about the possible connection between the El Paso shootings and the CIA’s notorious MKULTRA mind control program. So I did. I doubted there was any connection between MKULTRA (which was shut down in 1971) and the El Paso shootings 48 years later. But...
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Fact Check: Seth Rich Conspiracy Theorists Debunked
In a rare interview, Aaron Rich talks with Mike Isikoff about conspiracy theorists who seek to profit off of lies about his deceased brother, Seth Rich. The first lie is that Seth Rich leaked the DNC emails to Wikileaks. Now, the lie is that Aaron Rich was involved too. The lies of conspiracy theorist Matt...
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Gina Haspel’s Classmates Set the Record Straight on Lakenheath High
My story about Gina Haspel’s education, “The Girl Who Became Spymaster” has generated a furry of comments from Lakenheath alumni. Several took exception to some or all of my description of Haspel’s experience there as “insulated, demanding and militarized.” So let’s hear what they have to say. Was the school demanding, ie., did it have...
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Fact Check: War in Afghanistan, By the Numbers
The U.S. war in Afghanistan is 17 years old today (October 7, 2018). Official pronouncement about “progress” and “turning the corner” are inevitable and, at this point, incredible. Veteran correspondent Mark Thompson of the Project on Government Oversight, takes a more realistic approach in a new report, The Afghan War…By the Numbers. My favorite stat concerns...
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