“.. take a closer look and you realize that many of these people would never have committed a crime if not for law enforcement encouraging, pressuring, and sometimes paying them to commit terrorist acts.”
The Limits of Social Engineering
We may think of ourselves as rational actors, in conscious control of our choices, but most of what we do is reflexive. Our behavior is determined by our subliminal reactions to the influence of other people, particularly those in the various peer groups we belong to.
Modern art was CIA ’weapon’
The Central Intelligence Agency used American modern art - including the works of such artists as Jackson Pollock, Robert Motherwell, Willem de Kooning and Mark Rothko - as a weapon in the Cold War. In the manner of a Renaissance prince - except that it acted secretly - the CIA fostered and promoted American Abstract Expressionist painting around the world for more than 20 years..
Sony Lands Edward Snowden Story For Bond Producers
Sony Pictures Entertainment has optioned the film rights to the book “No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State” with the James Bond producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli ..
The Rise of the Drone Master: Pop Culture Recasts Obama
The Rise of the Drone Master: Pop Culture Recasts Obama
“Captain America: The Winter Soldier” Is About Obama’s Terror-Suspect Kill List
"Captain America: The Winter Soldier" Is About Obama's Terror-Suspect Kill List