James Bamford talks about the case of Maria Butina, a young Russian woman educated in the U.S. who was accused of spying for the Russians and sabotaging the 2016 presidential election. Butina was indicted and spent months in solitary confinement, which is technically...
9/11
News Roundup 2/20/19
US Heather Nauert withdraws her nomination to be US Ambassador to the UN. [Link] The 9/11 Victims Fund cuts payouts by 70%. [Link] 12 TSA employees are charged with smuggling over $100 million in cocaine. [Link] The Pentagon will buy up to 80 F-15Xs because of the...
2/15/19 Daniel McAdams on the Death of Congressman Walter Jones
Daniel McAdams remembers Congressman Walter Jones, who passed away last week. Jones initially supported the War in Iraq, but after realizing his mistake began trying everything in his power to atone for it. He wrote over 12,000 letters to killed and wounded soldiers...
Bill Arkin Resigns from NBC, Slams Their Militarism
A veteran national security journalist with NBC News and MSNBC blasted the networks in a Monday email for becoming captive and subservient to the national security state, reflexively pro-war in the name of stopping President Donald Trump, and now the prime propaganda...
12/21/18 Neta Crawford on the Costs of America’s Post-9/11 Wars
Neta Crawford discusses her work on the Costs of War project, which tries to assess the costs, in both lives and dollars, of America's wars in the Middle East. The project has estimated the 500 thousand have been killed due to combat, which includes American soldiers,...
12/21/18 Daniel Davis on Pulling Troops out of Syria and Afghanistan
Retired Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Davis joins the show to discuss President Trump's announcements that he wants to pull troops out of both Syria and Afghanistan. Davis is pleased with this news, and addresses the common but unfounded concern that if America pulls out...
Elites United in Panic Over Syria Pullout, Afghanistan Drawdown
Open-ended war continuation has so much momentum in the US that President Trump’s announced pullout from Syria shocked the nation. Followed up the same week with a drawdown from Afghanistan, the mainstream is now completely apoplectic. On the left and right, comfort...
Bring the Troops Home
You know where you were. Chances are if you're over the age of 30 you not only remember where you were but how you felt that tragic day. There was no escaping the images of pluming smoke clouds encompassing New York City, flames exploding from the windows of the twin...
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