Ep. 31: Fake ISIS Plots and the Selling of Forever War
Added 2018-03-21 14:56:58 +0000 UTCWe’ve seen the headlines hundreds of times: "ISIS plot foiled," "ISIS in Brooklyn," "Woman Stopped At Airport on Way to Join ISIS." These stories strike fear into the hearts of Americans everywhere, especially in the build-up to the war effort against ISIS in Summer 2014.
The terror group was everywhere, recruiting our teenagers and attempting to strike in every major city––seemingly all at once. But what do these headlines mean exactly? What is an "ISIS plot" anyway? What is the gap between the image the media provides versus the reality of what's occurring?
On this week's episode we dive into the 17-year-long phenomenon of the US media assisting the government's war on terror by parroting dubious claims of al-Qaeda and ISIS plots when the vast majority of the time––no al-Qaeda or ISIS are involved.
With guest Pardiss Kebriaei, Senior Staff Attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights.
The Guest
Pardiss Kebriaei is a Senior Staff Attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights. She was lead counsel for CCR in Al-Aulaqi v. Panetta, which challenged the killings of three American citizens in U.S. drone strikes in Yemen, and Al-Aulaqi v. Obama, which challenged the authorization for the targeting of an American citizen added to secret government “kill lists.” She represents current and former Guantanamo detainees, as well as the families of two detainees who died in Guantanamo in 2006. Her writing has appeared in Harper's Magazine, The Nation, and the Yale Law & Policy Review.
Show Notes
FBI got tip on alleged Florida shooter Nikolas Cruz in January, but didn’t ‘follow protocols’
Corky Siemaszko, Michael Kosnar, and Jon Schuppe | February 16, 2018 | NBC News
Security guard injured in Garland terror attack tormented by belief that FBI knew of ISIS plot
Naomi Martin | May 26, 2017 | Dallas News
Ben Norton | June 21, 2016 | Salon
Do F.B.I. Stings Help the Fight Against ISIS?
Evan Osnos | June 10, 2016 | The New Yorker
Turning Fake ISIS Plots Into Real ISIS Scares
Adam Johnson | November 2015 | FAIR
Media Now Offering ‘ISIS Plots’ That Are 100% ISIS-Free!
Adam Johnson | May 2015 | FAIR
Media Inflate Threat With ‘ISIS Plots’ That Don’t Actually Involve ISIS
Adam Johnson | April 1, 2015 | FAIR
Why Does the FBI Have to Manufacture its Own Plots if Terrorism and ISIS Are Such Grave Threats?
Glenn Greenwald | February 26, 2015 | The Intercept
Confidential Informant Played Key Role in FBI Foiling Its Own Terror Plot
Murtaza Hussein | February 25, 2015 | The Intercept
Latest FBI Claim of Disrupted Terror Plot Deserves Much Scrutiny and Skepticism
Glenn Greenwald & Andrew Fishman | January 16, 2015 | The Intercept
A Skeptics Guide To Foreign Fighter Hysteria: 6 Reasons the Media Should Start Asking Questions
Adam Johnson | November 18, 2014 | Citations Needed
The Panic Over Traveling Terrorists Could Ruin Your Vacation
Murtaza Hussein | October 7, 2014 | The Intercept
The Line Between FBI Stings and Entrapment Has Not Blurred, It's Gone
Natasha Lennard | July 22, 2014 | VICE News
Illusion of Justice: Human Rights Abuses in US Terrorism Prosecutions
Human Rights Watch | July 21, 2014
How FBI Entrapment Is Inventing 'Terrorists' - and Letting Bad Guys Off the Hook
Rick Perlstein | May 15, 2012 | Rolling Stone
Terrorist Plots, Hatched by the F.B.I.
David K. Shipler | April 28, 2012 | The New York Times
Fake terror plots, paid informants: the tactics of FBI 'entrapment' questioned
Paul Harris | November 16, 2011 | The Guardian
Trevor Aaronson | September/October 2011 | Mother Jones
FBI Terror Stings: Entrapment or Prevention?
Associated Press | November 30, 2010
Transcript can be found here.
Comments
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2018-03-26 13:47:07 +0000 UTC
