Naomi Karavani opens the show on waste at the Pentagon. The snow tank is a great example of strange military gear made at the expense of the ability of regular Americans to eat and pay rent, and it’s just one among hundreds of odd ways weapon companies turn tax dollars into technology for killing poor people around the world. Then Karavani updates us on the LA Sherriff’s Department gangs story, Rand Paul’s change of heart on disaster relief after Kentucky took a tragic hit last week, and more. Jaffer Khan brings us a story of espionage. The intelligence community loves their surveillance technology, but it’s so widespread now that they can’t move silently against the enemies of empire anymore. They’re victims of their own success. Anders Lee reports on recent updates from Julian Assange’s persecution.
