The New York Times reported this week that the Taliban have cut back on poppy cultivation and is stockpiling opium, grossly overstating the group’s role in the Afghanistan drug trade. “Afghanistan has produced so much opium in recent years,” the Times reported Thursday, “that the Taliban are cutting poppy cultivation and stockpiling…
Notice and Correction: Inquiries sent to the FRBNY, the U.S. State Department, the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR, Department of Defense), the U.N. International Advisory and Monitoring Board for Iraq (IAMB), the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Ministry of Oil, were not returned before publication. The…
Antonio Graceffo is a wanted man. His crime? Supporting the Shan people in their rebellion against the ruling military junta in Burma, known euphemistically as the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC). A former successful Wall Street investment banker from Brooklyn turned travel and adventure writer, Antonio has authored numerous…
Foreign Policy Journal has learned that senior executives of a major U.S. international corporation may have been warned to leave New York on September 11, 2001. According to an inside source, one of the senior executives of the corporation told him beforehand that “something big” was going to occur and…
Writer and Director Paul Krik answered a few questions about his film Able Danger in an e-mail interview with Foreign Policy Journal. What are some of your influences as a filmmaker and how does Able Danger reflect those influences? Clearly Able Danger is an homage to The Maltese Falcon, so I’d have…
Earlier this week, John McCain once again attacked his presidential campaign opponent Barack Obama on the basis of his association with another individual. In this case the individual was Rashid Khalidi. Mr. Khalidi’s sin? He’s a Palestinian who has been critical of Israel. Obama’s sin? Speaking at a dinner five…
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