LAPD Shooting Innocents in Incompetent Manhunt for Killer Cop

Cord Jefferson · 02/07/13 11:38AM

Two women delivering newspapers in Torrance on Thursday morning were shot by Los Angeles police officers searching for Christopher Jordan Dorner, the ex-LAPD officer allegedly on a revenge killing spree over his 2009 firing from the force. A third person who filmed the shooting is also said to have been shot

Hamilton Nolan · 02/07/13 10:40AM

By 2050, 13.8 million Americans are projected have Alzheimer's. I said, by 2050... forget it.

The White House Acknowledges Existence of Drone Memos, Will Release Them to Two Congressional Committees

Taylor Berman · 02/06/13 10:19PM

Late Wednesday evening, the White House announced it had ordered the Justice Department to release to two Congressional intelligence committees the memos containing the legal justifications for drone strikes against U.S. citizens. The announcement comes two days after NBC News released a confidential memo that detailed similar information, and one day before the Senate confirmation hearing of Obama's nominee for CIA director, John Brennan, who is considered the chief architect of the administration's escalated use of drones. Before today, neither the White House nor the Justice Department had acknowledged the memos's existence.

Two of 'God Hates Fags' Preacher's Granddaughters Have Left the Westboro Baptist Church

Rich Juzwiak · 02/06/13 07:05PM

Twenty-seven-year-old Megan Phelps-Roper and her younger sister Grace have left the infamous Westboro Baptist Church after spending their lives there, the former announced today on Medium in a post called "Head Full of Doubt / Road Full of Promise." Writing briefly but articulately, Megan contextualizes her departure from the church best known for proclaiming "God Hates Fags" and protesting whatever funerals they can muster up a reason to spray with their bile.

The 'Secret' Saudi Drone Base Revealed By The Times Today Was Actually Reported Months Ago

Adrian Chen · 02/06/13 06:00PM

What is a secret drone base that's not actually a secret? The Washington Post and the New York Times revealed today that they were among a number of news organizations that participated in a blackout regarding the location of a "secret" CIA drone base in Saudia Arabia at the behest of the Obama Administration. But it turns out that base had already been reported months earlier—including by Fox News. In the case of the Saudi drone base, the Times and the Post weren't protecting a state secret: They were helping the CIA bury an inconvenient story.