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An undercover FBI agent befriended the teenager online. When he turned 18, he was arrested for supporting ISIS.

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The FBI Groomed a 16-Year-Old With “Brain Development Issues” to Become a Terrorist

Murtaza Hussain

An undercover FBI agent befriended the teenager online. When he turned 18, he was arrested for supporting ISIS.
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The Supreme Court said his innocence didn’t matter. Jones was released thanks to a plea deal between his lawyers and Arizona.
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Guyana is poised to become Exxon’s top global oil producer. Where the company ends and the government begins is increasingly unclear.
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Daniel Ellsberg Wanted Americans to See the Truth About War

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Pentagon’s Secret Service Trawls Social Media for Mean Tweets About Generals

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A document shows the Protective Services Battalion uses sophisticated surveillance tools that can pinpoint anyone’s location.
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The FBI Is Hunting a New Domestic Terror Threat: Abortion Rights Activists

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After GOP pressure, FBI abortion “terrorism” investigations increased tenfold, government data shows.
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How Henry Kissinger Paved the Way for Orlando Letelier’s Assassination

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During a visit to Chile in 1976, Kissinger met the dictator Augusto Pinochet and offered no objection to his violent rule.
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Virginia’s Democratic Party Is Letting Energy Money Back In

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Next week’s primaries will show whether progressive populists can win the same way they did four years ago: by rejecting corporate cash.
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