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Missing link in IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack had one “very important” European passenger — one the Netflix show surprisingly didn’t highlight
This is the story of Roberto Giori — a special passenger on IC 814 who might’ve played a huge role …
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Jewish ADL confirms that the NYU student who ripped down Israeli hostage posters worked for the organization as a summer intern
An NYU student caught on video vandalizing Israeli hostage posters interned with the Anti-Defamatio…
Rebecca Rommen
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Former FBI hostage rescue team member rates 10 hostage-rescue scenes in movies and TV
Former FBI HRT member Chris Whitcomb breaks down the rescue tactics portrayed in movies such as "Di…
Carter Thallon,David Ibekwe
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The Clintons held the Democratic Party hostage for 2 decades - and the sudden revisionism is inconveniently late
One reason Bill and Hillary's reputations weren't separable for Democrats was the key role Hillary …
Josh Barro
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There's one way to hold tech companies hostage and fix the spread of hoaxes, conspiracy theories, and misinformation
As we learned when several big-name advertisers fled YouTube after learning some of their ads were …
Steve Kovach
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Intel veterans say Paul Whelan doesn't fit the profile of a spy - but he does fit that of someone Russia would use for a prisoner swap
By detaining Whelan and charging him with espionage, the Russians "are implicitly making the claim …
Sonam Sheth
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James Foley's Family: US Should Rethink No-Negotiation Hostage Policy
Unlike some of their European counterparts, officials operate on a "no ransom and no negotiation" b…
Alastair Beach, Philip Sherwell
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Here's what we know about what might have happened to the longest-held hostage in US history
Salahuddin has plenty of reason not to be entirely truthful about his meeting with Levinson. As Sal…
Armin Rosen
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Meet James Comey, who was inspired to become a prosecutor after he was held at gunpoint in high school, rose to FBI director, and is now one of Trump's favorite punching bags
Comey's tangles with Trump are the latest in a decades-long legal career alongside major players li…
Ellen Cranley,Ellen Cranley
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Putin got a pretty great deal, experts say
Russia freed US captives in a major prisoner swap, hailed by Biden as a 'feat of diplomacy,' but ex…
Mikhaila Friel,Thibault Spirlet
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Russia frees WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich in a major prisoner swap, report says
Russia freed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former US Marine Paul Whelan in a ma…
Erin Snodgrass,Thibault Spirlet
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Supermodels Gigi and Bella Hadid donate $1 million to aid groups supporting Palestinians in Gaza
The sisters, whose father is the Palestinian real-estate developer Mohamed Anwar Hadid, have previo…
Cameron Manley
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I was part of Russia's prisoner swap with the US. Here's how it feels to finally, suddenly be free.
Aleksandra 'Sasha' Skochilenko was released in last week's prisoner swap. She told BI about her imp…
Joshua Nelken-Zitser
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Hamas demands release of Marwan Barghouti, the 'Palestinian Mandela,' report says
Barghouti was arrested in 2002 and is serving five life sentences in an Israeli prison for his part…
Rebecca Rommen
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Someone tried 'swatting' the White House. It sort of worked.
Someone called 911 on Monday to falsely report that there was a fire at the White House, the Distri…
Natalie Musumeci
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I work for a House Democrat and disagree with my boss on Gaza. So I'm secretly organizing behind their back.
A staffer for a House Democrat explains what it's like to anonymously protest on Capitol Hill for a…
Bryan Metzger
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Israeli minister said his son, killed by Hamas in Gaza, believed he was fighting a 'just war'
Gal Eisenkot, the son of Israel's war cabinet minister and Former IDF Chief Gadi Eisenkot, was kil…
Rebecca Rommen
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Crashed, harassed, and shot down: It's been a rough year for the MQ-9 Reaper, America's workhorse combat drone
US adversaries have messed with the Reaper drones above the Black Sea, Syria, and now off the coast…
Jake Epstein
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Politically motivated 'swatting' incidents reveal how common anti-government terrorism is becoming, expert warns
Increasing instances of "swatting" attacks targeting politicians are a sign of a declining democrac…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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With crises brewing around the world, the US's diplomatic 'special agents' are sharpening old skills and learning some new ones
US diplomats and the special agents assigned to protect them are confronting new challenges as geop…