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Save this story for later. On May 9, 2001, Steven M. Greer took the lectern at the National Press Club, in Washington, D.C., in pursuit of the truth about unidentified flying objects. Greer, an emergency-room physician in Virginia and an outspoken ufologist, believed that the government had long withheld from the American people its familiarity with alien visitations. He had founded the Disclosure Project in 1993 in an attempt to penetrate the sanctums of conspiracy. Greer’s reckoning that day featured some twenty speakers. He provided, in support of his claims, a four-hundred-and-ninety-t...

Fast Facts The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security was created after 9/11 to serve as an intelligence focal point and to oversee DOD intelligence and security activities. Since 2017, the office has gained new responsibilities and made organizational changes to accommodate them. The office hasn't set clear expectations for its oversight mission. For example, it hasn't clarified roles or responsibilities for the various entities involved in oversight—risking confusion or duplicative work. It also doesn't have enough tools to measure progress. Our recommendat...

On May 9, 2001, Steven M. Greer took the lectern at the National Press Club, in Washington, D.C., in pursuit of the truth about unidentified flying objects. Greer, an emergency-room physician in Virginia and an outspoken ufologist, believed that...

Trump wanted unlimited power. Biden and Congress can ensure no president gets it. It might seem strange at first blush for a president to support limiting his own powers, but there’s an important precedent for doing just that. Biden got to see firsthand just how quickly the window can close for meaningful structural reforms.Anjali Nair / MSNBC; Getty Images April 27, 2021, 6:56 PM UTC BySteve Vladeck, MSNBC Opinion Columnist If there’s any issue that should unite congressional Democrats and Republicans these days, it ought to be the pressing need for statutory reforms to rein in the grow...

This theory has been propped up since the 1950s as scientific fact, and proponents of it point to a series of experiments from the 50s in which some amino acids were successfully synthesized from inorganic compounds. The problem is, some amino acids are not remotely equivalent to the proteins required to constitute even the most basic cellular life, and then, even these proteins fall far short of the wondrous complexity that is a living cell. In fact, the more molecular biotechnology advances, so to does our understanding of how incredibly complex cells are. Directed panspermia is the theory...