Massachusetts Man Pleads Guilty to Importing and Selling Plutonium From Russia
A convicted felon from Hadley, Massachusetts has pleaded guilty in Boston to illegally importing plutonium from Russia and selling radioactive material to customers in the United States and abroad. The case centers on the unlawful movement and sale of plutonium, along with other highly toxic and hazardous materials, according to the source text. The defendant also pleaded guilty to unlawfully possessing ammunition and explosive materials as a convicted felon. The plea further included possession of child sexual abuse material. No sentencing details, quantities, or additional case facts are provided in the source. The reported conduct involves both cross-border trafficking from... [Continue Reading]
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Fear the Shia, Arm the Sunnis: The Uncomfortable Numbers Behind America’s War Narrative
“When fear is managed carefully enough, a nation can be taught to look away from the blood on the floor and stare instead at the shadow on the wall.” A friend of mine, whose name I will not reveal because he asked me not to, sat across from me over dinner and placed a question on the table that would not leave me alone. He was born into a Muslim Shia background, and for the angle of this article, that detail matters, not because I wish to reduce a man to a sect, but because sect has become one of... [Continue Reading]

