Topic: Harmony Charter Schools

A report from the Center for Media and Democracy alleges that $3 billion in taxpayer money has been wasted on charter schools with little accountability. In Texas, the "Harmony Schools" network, linked to Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen, is highlighted for its lack of transparency. The debate is complicated by political divides, where liberals criticize the schools but defend the Department of Education against Koch-funded efforts to dissolve it.

Turkish Secret Service (MIT) trucks were reportedly stopped at the Syrian border and found to be carrying weapons, highlighting the conflict between Prime Minister Erdogan and the Gulen movement. Adam Curry discusses the influence of Fethullah Gulen's Harmony Charter Schools in Texas and alleges, via a source, that the CIA may have supported Gulen using heroin money from Afghanistan. The geopolitical tension involves Kurdish oil interests and the potential expansion of a neo-Ottoman influence.