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A drawing of a hippopotamus with its mouth open wide.

American Hippopotamus

A bracing and eccentric epic of espionage and hippos.

by Jon Mooallem via The Atavist on November 28, 2013

Wrongly Accused of Terrorism: The Sleeper Cell That Wasn't

Six days after 9/11, the FBI raided a Detroit sleeper cell. But, despite a celebrated conviction, there was one problem — they’d gotten it wrong.

via Retro Report on November 19, 2013

National Security Agency headquarters.

They Know Much More Than You Think

US intelligence agencies seem to have adopted Orwell’s idea of doublethink—“to be conscious of complete truthfulness while telling carefully constructed lies.”

by James Bamford via New York Review of Books on August 15, 2013

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Lie by Lie: A Timeline of How We Got Into Iraq

Mushroom clouds, duct tape, Judy Miller, Curveball. Recalling how Americans were sold a bogus case for invasion.

by Tim Dickinson, Jonathan Stein via Mother Jones on December 20, 2011

George Kennan Speaks Out About Iraq

George Kennan discusses the steps that are being taken in regards to the conflict with Iraq and questions President Bush's strategy.

by Albert Eisele via HNN on September 26, 2002

The Iraq Project

Documenting U.S. policy toward Iraq for more than two decades.

via National Security Archive on January 1, 1994

Drawing of a memorial, with two cutout, brown walls at the front of a walkway that read: reckoning. At the end of the walkway is a monument with a picture of Fred Rouse, and an inscription below it.

Fort Worth's Forgotten Lynching: In Search of Fred Rouse

Retracing the steps of a Texan lynched in 1921 requires a trip through dark days in state history.

by Karen Olsson via The Texas Observer

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