So You Want to File a Restraining Order Against a Drone
That thing up there has been trailing you for what feels like the past week. If only there were legal recourse to see that the drone buzz off and out of your life for good.
Is 'Chapo' Dead?
Joaquín Guzmán Loera, known simply as "el Chapo," changed why and how drugs are muled across borders. He is legend. And he was maybe just gunned down along the Mexico-Guatelama border.
Toé, the 'Witchcraft Plant' That's Spoiling Ayahuasca Tourism
You know it as angel's trumpet, Hell's bells, or simply Brugmansia, a genus of flowering plant with seven recognized species. Toé is notorious. And it's reportedly now in the hands of shithead pseudo shamans looking to cash in on the South American...
America's 'Secret' Drone Base in Saudi Arabia Is Growing
It's dozens of miles from the closest road and even farther from the nearest village. And it's getting bigger.
LA Cop Christopher Dorner Is Not the First American to Be Hunted by Drones on US Soil
The at-large vigilante cop is the highest profile target of spy drones on American soil, but he certainly isn't the first one.
Hurricane Sandy Turned These Photos Into Trippy Dreamscapes
I wish I could say "Hurricane Sandy developed this guy's film" or some such punched-up header, but as whimsically dreamy as these images are, that likely isn't the case.
Is the Release of Secret Drone Memos an Empty Gesture?
The day has come. Sort of—members of two Senate intelligence committees now have "access" to classified memos undergirding the legal justification for killing US citizens abroad in the war on al Qaeda. But is the big reveal merely lip service?
Brewing Killer Cocktails in Vietnam
The syringes sit empty, ready for filling. The staff have all been trained, and are standing by. On Vietnam's death row, everything is set for carrying out hundreds of lethal injections but for one critical ingredient--poison.
Obama's Got a New Drone Playbook That the CIA Can Ignore
The Obama adminstration is close to wrapping up its so-called drone "playbook" and its most notable marker, for now, is not so much who the policy reins in but who it keeps just out of arm's reach--and thus, hidden.
Developing 35mm Film That's Gone Unused for Years Is Trippy as Fuck
It just may come out looking like the Universe.
Obama's Drone Wars, Round 2
Nominating Chuck Hagel and John Brennan as defense secretary and CIA chief, respectively, represents a somewhat controversial re-imagining of the US national security team's expanding drone wars.
The New Narco-Cash Laundering World Bank
Holding a tight shot on the unconscionable transgressions of British banking giant HSBC risks blotting out the bigger problem: Systemic interbank money laundering has ruthless drug cartels, notorious despots, and blind-eye banking executives working in...