The tag 'CNN' is associated with 17 posts.

FTR #498 & 499: 9/11 Update (The SICO File) & The SICO Spring of 2001

SICO, the European-based hold­ing com­pany for many of the Bin Laden family’s assets.

FTR #492 Musings on the End of One Year and the Beginning of Another

William Arm­sted Robin­son, reclu­sive mag­nate and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s finan­cial backer; Mohammed Atta’s Ger­man asso­ciates in Florida.

FTR #485 Interview with Robert Parry and Lucy Komisar

Recorded Novem­ber 11, 2004
REALAUDIO
This broad­cast cov­ers a range of top­ics. Fea­tur­ing the work of pre­mier jour­nal­ists Robert Parry and Lucy Komisar, the pro­gram begins with Robert’s dis­cus­sion of the gross irreg­u­lar­i­ties in the 2004 elec­tion process. A sharp dis­crep­ancy between the exit polls (gen­er­ally viewed as very reli­able) and the ulti­mate elec­tion results is among [...]

FTR #460 War Emblem

Recorded May 10, 2004REALAUDIONB: This stream con­tains both FTR #s 459 and 460 in sequence. Each is a 30 minute broad­cast.
A bru­tal irony about the name of a prize race­horse gives this pro­gram its title. Owned by Prince Ahmed—one of the mem­bers of the Saudi royal fam­ily allowed to leave the U.S. right after the [...]

FTR #457 Three’s a Crowd—Terrorism and the Triple Border Area

Recorded April 25, 2004REALAUDIO
Expos­ing a truly ter­ri­fy­ing polit­i­cal real­ity, this pro­gram details the devel­op­ment of the Triple Bor­der area of Latin Amer­ica as an oper­a­tional epi­cen­ter for ter­ror­ist groups. In addi­tion to Islamist groups such as Al Qaeda and Hezbol­lah, the region has become a base for neo-Nazi oper­a­tives, as well as groups from European [...]

FTR #220 Miscellaneous Stories and Updates

Use of genet­i­cally engi­neered ade­n­oviruses for “gene ther­apy” to intro­duce DNA into cells in order to cor­rect genetic defects.

FTR #148 “Truth Dashed to Earth . . . .”

CNN pro­ducer April Oliver dis­cusses her dis­missal and offi­cial dis­cred­it­ing fol­low­ing her inves­tiga­tive work on “Oper­a­tion Tail­wind” code-name for alleged use of nerve gas by Amer­i­can com­man­dos in Viet­nam War.

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