El Chapo Speaks  —  A secret visit with the most wanted man in the world … It's September 28th, 2015.  My head is swimming, labeling TracPhones (burners), one per contact, one per day, destroy, burn, buy, balancing levels of encryption, mirroring through Blackphones, anonymous e-mail addresses …

Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders Even in Early Races, Poll Finds  —  Republicans Donald Trump and Ted Cruz in tight Iowa race, with billionaire businessman ahead of field in New Hampshire  —  Democrats Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are deadlocked in both Iowa and New Hampshire three weeks …

Economist: GOP may win 47 states in general election  —  Supply-side economist Arthur Laffer is predicting Republicans will win the White House in a landslide this year, regardless of the nominee.  —  “I would be surprised if the Republicans don't take 45, 46, 47 states out of the 50,” …

CNN's Cooper Lets Slip: White House Press Corps ‘Agrees’ With Obama  —  Share it Tweet it  —  Ooops.  CNN's Anderson Cooper seemingly let slip on Thursday night what anyone who has a watched a presidential press conference already knows, but journalists are usually loath to admit …

Why Amazon's Data Centers Are Hidden in Spy Country  —  Once in a while—not quite often enough to be a crisis, but just often enough to be a trope—people in the United States will freak out because a huge number of highly popular websites and services have suddenly gone down.

Germany on the Brink  —  ON New Year's Eve, in the shadow of Cologne's cathedral, crowds of North African and Middle Eastern men accosted women out for the night's festivities.  They surrounded them, groped them, robbed them.  Two women were reportedly raped.

Hillary's EmailGate Goes Nuclear  —  Does the latest release of Hillary's State Department emails include highly classified U.S. intelligence?  —  Back in October I told you that Hillary Clinton's email troubles were anything but over, and that the scandal over her misuse of communications …