One of the Paris terror suspects was radicalized by outrage over American torture and the invasion of Iraq. The Huffington Post reports: "The Associated Press said that Cherif Kouachi was tried in 2008 for helping funnel fighters to Iraq and sentenced to 18 months in...
NY Times Deceived Americans on WMDs and Iraq Once Again, This Time with Help From The Drudge Report
Last October, The New York Times ran a story about the effects of abandoned chemical weapons in Iraq from a program that was abandoned in the early 90s, and so had nothing to do with Bush Administration WMD accusations that were used to justify the 2003 invasion of...
Blowback: Paris Terror Suspects Recently Returned from Syria and Demonstrated Military Training
Briefly noted in the third paragraph of a USA Today report about the suspects in today's Paris terror attack: "Both brothers returned from Syria this summer." What would French radical Islamists be doing in Syria around that time? Quite possibly getting training from...
In Defense of a CIA Whistleblower
The trial of former CIA officer Jeffrey Sterling, set to begin in mid-January, is shaping up as a major battle in the U.S. government’s siege against whistleblowing. With its use of the Espionage Act to intimidate and prosecute people for leaks in “national security”...
‘Dos’ and ‘Don’ts’: Things I Learned Writing about the Middle East
Writing about and reporting the Middle East is not an easy task, especially during these years of turmoil and upheaval. While physical maps remain largely intact, the geopolitical map of the region is in constant influx. Following and reporting about these constant...
