Topic: London Arrests

2 chapters across the catalog

Slackified
Episode 1199 2:26:35 - 2:29:00

1199: Slackified

James Clapper, Janet Napolitano and Intelligence Incompetence

A 2010 interview clip features then-Director of National Intelligence James Clapper appearing unaware of major terror arrests in London that had occurred earlier that day. The hosts use this to illustrate a long-standing pattern of incompetence within the U.S. intelligence community. They argue that figures like Clapper and John Brennan have a history of providing misleading information.

Outrage Addition
Episode 955 1:32:13 - 1:35:32

955: Outrage Addition

London Bridge Jogger, Eric Belkist, Wrongful Arrest

London police arrested and subsequently released American investment banker Eric Belkist in connection with a viral video showing a jogger pushing a woman into the path of a bus. Belkist's lawyers provided "irrefutable proof" that he was in the United States at the time of the May incident. The media's decision to name Belkist despite his release is criticized as a "non-story" that unfairly besmirched his reputation.