Editorsâ Notes
Dec. 18, 2020
CALIPHATE
In 2018, The Times released a 12-part narrative podcast series called âCaliphateâ on the Islamic State terrorist group and its operations. While parts of the series involved a broad examination of the groupâs tactics and influence, multiple episodes were driven primarily by the confessional tale of a Canadian man of Pakistani origin who called himself Abu Huzayfah and claimed to have been a member of the Islamic State who had taken part in killings in Syria.
During the course of reporting for the series, The Times discovered significant falsehoods and other discrepancies in Huzayfahâs story. The Times took a number of steps, including seeking confirmation of details from intelligence officials in the United States, to find independent evidence of Huzayfahâs story. The decision was made to proceed with the project but to include an episode, Chapter 6, devoted to exploring major discrepancies and highlighting the
“No matter how good Weiss may be and how much Weiss may be doing, if there is a shift in administrations do you think Weiss and his subordinates would risk advancement by taking down the president’s son and brother and anyone else who may be implicated?” Rep. Andy Biggs, Arizona Republican, told The Washington Times.
When a new president assumes office, he typically fires his predecessor’s U.S. attorneys to clear the way for his own prosecutorial appointments. Mr. Biden is expected to follow suit. That puts Mr. Weiss in the crosshairs.
Mr. Biden has not promised to keep Mr. Weiss. His transition team did not respond to multiple requests for comment.
Mr. Flynn, 61, subsequently proceeded to suggest the upcoming Senate contests are insecure because of connections he alleges to exist between the U.S. election infrastructure and other unspecified countries.
“It’s a broken system, and we cannot allow a system that is tied to foreign powers to be used to vote for the president or any election, any elected office, in our country,” Mr. Flynn added.
Mr. Flynn is among several allies of Mr. Trump to attack the integrity of the election process after the presidential race ended with his defeat, but none of their claims of purported fraud have panned out.
In a historic decision, President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr has chosen Deb Haaland, a congressional representative from New Mexico and a Native American, to lead the interior department, an agency that for much of the nation’s history played a central role in the dislocation and abuse of Indigenous communities from coast to coast.
Biden’s transition team announced the decision on Thursday. If confirmed by the Senate, Haaland would be the first Native American to lead a cabinet-level agency. She would oversee a sprawling department responsible for some 500 million acres of public lands, including national parks, oil and gas drilling sites and endangered habitat.
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