Briefs
The Warrantless Road, Part 1: Who Built It and Who’s WatchingA CEO said "We don't" on live TV, then Flock admitted federal pilots. Part 1 of The Warrantless Road covers who built the Flock network, who…
The Warrantless Road, Part 2: When the Machine Is WrongA camera misreads one digit and a family ends up at gunpoint. Part 2 of The Warrantless Road documents the wrongful stops, the missing error data,…
The Warrantless Road, Part 3: Who Watches the WatchersSeven deputies arrested in one Georgia county, and nobody had to ask permission to search. Part 3 of The Warrantless Road covers officers who abused Flock,…
The Warrantless Road, Part 4: The Way OutEvanston cancelled its Flock cameras and it still took seven months to get them off the poles. Part 4 of The Warrantless Road is the way…
The Warrantless Road, Part 5: IllinoisTexas searched cameras in Mount Prospect to find a woman over an abortion, and Illinois found Flock let Border Patrol into its cameras. Part 5 of…
- The World Below, Part 1: The Government Under the Mountain
The government hid a bunker for all of Congress under a luxury resort for thirty years. Part 1 of The World Below covers the bases they…
- The World Below, Part 2: The Men Who Talked
Phil Schneider said he built the government's underground bases and fought at Dulce. Months after his lectures he was dead. Part 2 of The World Below…
- The World Below, Part 3: Follow the Money
The day before 9/11, the Pentagon said it could not track $2.3 trillion. Part 3 of The World Below follows the money: the failed audits, the…
They Admitted It: The Confession Always Comes Too LateEvery one of these was denied. Every one of them was later admitted. The confession always comes too late, and almost no one is held accountable.
They Kept 236 PiecesThe government kept 236 pieces of steel out of more than 200,000 tons. That is NIST's own figure. The chairman of the investigating committee called the…
- Three Names on Everything, Part 1: The Owners You Never Voted For
BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street are the largest shareholders in nearly every company you buy from, and they cast the votes that come with your retirement…
- Three Names on Everything, Part 2: The Government’s Favorite Contractor
When Bear Stearns, AIG and the 2020 bond market broke, the government called the same firm. Part 2 of Three Names on Everything covers BlackRock's bailout…
- Two Sets of Rules, Part 1: Too Big to Jail
Epstein's sweetheart deal, the Sacklers' civil settlement, a bank bailout that turned a profit while millions of families were turned away, and a Supreme Court that…
- Two Sets of Rules, Part 2: Policed for Profit
Police can take your cash without charging you, Chicago drove thousands into bankruptcy over parking tickets, and qualified immunity protects officers who shoot a child or…
- Two Sets of Rules, Part 3: It Depends Who You Are
Clinton walked while Reality Winner did five years. Smollett did six days. Officials broke their own lockdown rules while a barber lost his license, an Amish…