Our ongoing reality show about Jamal Khashoggi might called, Law & Order: Special Assassination Unit. In this daily drama, law enforcement officials investigate a tough to crack case of extra-judicial political homicide In the current episode we are watching as the cops gather at the crime scene, and ask, Where is the evidence? Meanwhile, on the...
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Behold the Ruins of Aralsk-7, Abandoned Soviet Bioweapons Lab
From the Russian news site, Meduza From the 1960s to the late 1980s, the closed military city was home to roughly 1,500 people — mostly scientists working at the laboratory, testing different viruses and bacteria on animals. For more haunting photos and a cool video (from a drone), go here.
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Former Spy Chiefs Liken Trump to ISIS Recruiters
If you think some former U.S. intelligence officials have been harsh in their criticism of President Trump, well, they’re getting harsher. In the wake of the mail bomb arrest and the Pittsburgh synagogue shootings, James Clapper and Michael Hayden are likening President Trump’s political rhetoric to radicalization tactics used by terrorists. Clapper, former director of...
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Saudi Arabia and Trump Are Coordinating a Plan to Get Away with Murder
As the mighty monsoon of information (and disinformation) known as the news cycle moves from the apparent assassination of Jamal Khashoggi to the attempted terror bombing of President Trump’s critics, the case of the murdered journalist may soon fade from the front pages and the news shows. Many people in Washington and Saudi Arabia certainly...