What Police Impunity Looks Like: “There Was No Discipline as No Wrongdoing Was Found”
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Challenged on Syria cover-up, OPCW chief lies and US-UK-France evade
Facing new outcry over the Syria cover-up scandal, OPCW chief Fernando Arias has been caught lying, while the US-UK-France are desperately trying to change the subject. Aaron Maté recaps recent meetings...
AI Helps Prove Two Scribes Wrote Text of a Dead Sea Scroll
Most scholars thought the Isaiah Scroll was copied by a single author. New handwriting analysis just revealed otherwise.Most of the scribes who copied the text contained in the Dead Sea Scrolls...
The Plane Paradox: More Automation Should Mean More Training
Today's highly automated planes create surprises pilots aren't familiar with. The humans in the cockpit need to be better prepared for the machine's quirks.Shortly after a Smartlynx Estonian Airbus 320 took...
Signal's Founder Hacked a Notorious Phone-Cracking Device
Plus: App Store scams, an anti-surveillance bill, and more of the week’s top security news.This week, Apple’s spring product launch event was marred by a ransomware attack against one of its...
At UN, ex-Colin Powell aide calls out ‘egregious’ OPCW Syria cover-up
Speaking to the UN Security Council, Lawrence Wilkerson, the former chief of staff to Colin Powell, calls out the OPCW’s Syria cover-up scandal.
Years after renouncing his role in helping to make...
In moving UN speech, veteran diplomat confronts OPCW ‘stonewalling and smear tactics’ on Syria
Speaking to the UN Security Council, veteran diplomat Hans von Sponeck calls out the OPCW’s “stonewalling and unacceptable smear tactics” amid growing outcry over the Syria cover-up scandal. Returning to the...