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THE REAL FIGHT AGAINST FAKE NEWS

Written by PAUL ROSENBERG Posted October 8, 2018 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

Project Censored’s top censored stories of 2018

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: cell phones, CIA, Environment, intelligence, Journalism, media, news, Project Censored, Russiagate, science

DRUG WARRIORS: CIA-CONTRA COCAINE CONSPIRACY FALL GUY “FREEWAY” RICKY ROSS TALKS OLIVER NORTH

Written by BRANDON SODERBERG Posted May 29, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Democracy in Crisis, NEWS+OPINIONS

As outrageous amounts of cocaine entered the country, guys like Ross bought and sold it, and the boys below him cooked it up and sold it as crack, creating an epidemic in neighborhoods that cops couldn’t give a shit about—at least until they could arrest everybody for the drugs the government allowed into the country with a wink and a nod.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Democracy in Crisis, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: CIA, Democracy in Crisis, gun lobby, guns, NRA, Oliver North, Parkland, Real Ricky Ross, Rick Ross

THE FBI AND DIRTY COPS

Written by BAYNARD WOODS Posted February 14, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Democracy in Crisis, NEWS+OPINIONS

The Memo hysteria and a Baltimore corruption trial highlight the state of law enforcement in 2018

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Democracy in Crisis, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Baltimore, CIA, Derek Hines, dirty cops, Donald Trump, FBI, Leo Wise, Police

CRITICAL HISTORY: LOBOTOMASS

Written by JONATHAN RILEY Posted June 1, 2017 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction, Specials

From mind control experiments to taxpayer-funded black magic to housing Nazi scientists in Boston Harbor, the Commonwealth has an unparalleled dark side to its noted innovation legacy—with many shadows leading to today’s technological titans.

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction, Specials Tagged With: Allen Dulles, Artichoke, Bien Hoa Hospital, Bluebird, Boston Dynamics, Central Intelligence Agency, CIA, Directorate of Science and Technology, Donald Rumsfeld, Dr. George Bach-y-Rita, Edwin Land, Errol Elshtain, Frank Ervin, human engineering, Jeffrey Richelson, LEAA, Leonard Kille, Massachusetts General Hospital, MK-Often, Monsanto, Operation MK-Ultra, Operation Overcast Hotel, Searle, SEI, Vernon Mark

BROKEN RECORDS: WHAT THE FOIA?!

Written by ANDREW QUEMERE Posted July 5, 2016 Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Who do you call when the cops rip you off?

Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Beacon Hill, Boston, BPD, Broken Records, CIA, Evan Anderson, FBI, FOIA, Lieutenant McCarthy, Maura Healey, MuckRock, public information, transparency, William Galvin

THE MASS DELEGATION SURVEILLANCE SCORECARD: ASK NOT HOW YOUR COUNTRY CAN SPY ON YOU

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted June 23, 2015 Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS

Only a fool would get their news on these intensely granular issues from traditional news sources ...

Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Alex Marthews, CIA, Congress, Demand Progress, Digital Fourth, Ed Markey, Elizabeth Warren, First Amendment, Fourth Amendment, Freedom Act, Jim McGovern, Joseph Kennedy, Katherine Clark, Michael Capuano, Niki Tsongas, NSA, Richard Neal, Stephen Lynch, surveillance, USA/Patriot Act, William Keating

MASS GOES SHOPPING FOR THE MOST SOPHISTICATED SURVEILLANCE DRONE IMAGINABLE

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted April 28, 2015 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

It’s just a little drone, but the size shouldn’t fool you.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Big Brother, Boston Trolling, Chris Faraone, CIA, contracts, drones, Kenneth Lipp, Massachusetts, RFR, State House, state police

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