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Florida Firm Cites BMW Posts in News Release

May 11th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Officials at the National Institute for Truth Verification issued the following news release today, four days after I published the second post in a two-part series about the U.S. military’s use of portable lie detectors in combat:
Two-Part Investigative Series: Military ‘Turf War’ Places Americans at Increased Risk
In a recently-published two-part investigative series, a former Air [...]

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John McCain Must Be Feeling Re-Election Pressure

May 8th, 2009 · No Comments

Challenged by Chris Simcox, co-founder of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps in Arizona and a man with more statewide name recognition than most of the senator’s previous primary opponents, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) must be feeling quite a bit of re-election pressure this time around.  As a result, he’s advertising already.
Today, I happened to stumble [...]

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If Not for Memo, Torture Might Not Be An Issue (Updated)

May 6th, 2009 · 1 Comment

By Bob McCarty
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The question of whether members of the U.S. military and intelligence communities should be allowed to use waterboarding and other forms of torture during interrogations might be largely irrelevant today [...]

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BMW Following Two Big Stories this Week (Updated)

April 27th, 2009 · No Comments

This week, I’ll be writing follow-up pieces on two interesting subjects, both of which hinge on discovering who is telling the truth in pressure-packed situations:

Later this morning, I’ll be interviewing Andrew Woods, a Huffington Post blogger and Harvard Law School graduate who is one of the attorneys for the Amazon Defense Coalition in its [...]

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Domestic Terrorist Added to FBI Most-Wanted Terrorists List is NOT a Veteran!

April 21st, 2009 · 2 Comments

In what must be a huge surprise to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, the first domestic terrorist named to the FBI’s list of Most-Wanted Terrorists appears to have no military experience.  In other words, he’s not what Napolitano would describe as a “right-wing extremist” who needs to be watched by law enforcement.
The FBI added Daniel [...]

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