Tag Archives: FBI

The Zero-Character Twitter Presidency

Posted on February 16, 2017 by Campaign Outsider

Donald J. Trump, America’s tweeter-in-chief, speaks in 140-character bursts. He also, to all appearances, thinks in 140-character bursts. But he acts with absolutely no character at all. Just consider one hour in the Twitter life of the man who purports … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged @realdonaldtrump, anti-Semitism, axis of ego, Benjamin Netanyahu, CNN, Crimea, Donald Trump, fake news, FBI, New York Times, NSA, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin, Washington Post | 5 Comments

Brian Williams Is the Milt Chamberlain of Broadcast News

Posted on June 20, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

Who is Milt Chamberlain, you ask? He’s a character in the late, slightly lamented CBS series Battle Creek, which was co-produced by Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan, although that wasn’t enough to save it. Anyway, the Battle Creek basics: So … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged #SaveBattleCreek, Battle Creek, Breaking Bad, Cape Cod League, CBS, David Ortiz, Dean Winters, FBI, Josh Duhamel, Milt Chamberlain, Russ Agnew, Vince Gilligan | 2 Comments

Ever Wonder Who the CIA Is Following on Twitter?

Posted on November 4, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

We know – you just hope it’s not you. And it’s not. The Central Intelligence Agency is using Twitter to gather intelligence from these 26 feeds: Interesting. Wouldn’t you think the spooks would be following, we dunno, Hamas Global PR maybe? … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Central Intellkigence Agency, CIA, DARPA, FBI, Hamas Global PR, The White House, Twitter, U.S. Army, Vladimir Putin | 1 Comment

Correction o’ the Day (Boston Globe Humblenag Edition)

Posted on January 15, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

This is really impressive: Tuesday’s Boston Globe managed to correct and promote the paper in one swell foop. Man, that’s sweet. UPDATE: Wait – should that be Bumblebrag? We’re confused.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Globe, Bumblebrag, Catherine Greig, FBI, Globe Spotlight, Globe Spotlight Team, humblenag, informant, James "Whitey" Bulger | 2 Comments

Why Aren’t The Boston Dailies Asking About The Gardner Guard?

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Both local dailies on Tuesday featured the blockbuster revelation that the FBI knows who stole 13 works of art from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum 23 years ago. Boston Globe: FBI says it knows identity of Gardner art thieves Names … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged art heist, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Boston news media, FBI, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, It's Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town, Richard Abath, Richard DesLauriers | Leave a comment

Patrick Kennedy Supports Foreign Terrorist Organization

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Former Rhode Island Congressman Patrick Kennedy has lately been engaged in an effort to “remove the [Iranian] Mujahedeen-e Khalq (MEK) from the State Department list of foreign terror organizations.” Via ThinkProgress a month ago: Former U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) told ThinkProgress … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Camp Ashraf, FBI, Foreign Terrorist Organizations, Louis Freeh, MEK, Mujahedeen-e-Khalq, New York Times, Patrick Kennedy, PMOI | 1 Comment

It’s Good To LIve In A Two-Daily Town (Whitey Bulger Dime-Dropper Edition)

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Immutable rule of newspaper physics: For every Boston Globe action, there’s an equal and apposite Boston Herald reaction. Case in point: the Globe’s Whitey Bulger’s life in exile lid-ripper, which revealed that Icelandic beauty Anna Bjornsdottir – late of Noxzema and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Anna Bjornsdottir, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, dime-dropper, FBI, Iceland, lid-ripper, snitch, Whitey Bulger's life in exile | 2 Comments

So Maybe It WASN’T The Ads That Nabbed Whitey Bulger (IV)

Posted on July 9, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

The hardworking staff has dutifully detailed the many indications that the FBI-runs-an-ad-campaign-and-nabs-Whitey-Bulger story is a total myth. Now comes more skepticism from – wait for it – the Boston Herald. From Friday’s Herald: Iceland paper: Reward tale fishy A companion … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Herald, FBI, Iceland, Michele McPhee, Whitey Bulger | 1 Comment

So Maybe It WASN’T The Ads That Nabbed Whitey Bulger

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Earlier this week the hardworking staff dismissed the FBI’s ad campaign to ferret out Whitey Bulger’s whereabouts: The hardworking staff believes the FBI might just as well set its money on fire in any attempt to catch Whitey, but hey – … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Battle of the Bulger, FBI, Harvey Silverglate, Jon Keller, PSA's, WBZ | 3 Comments

It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Whitey Bulger Captured Edition)

Posted on June 23, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

At 1 AM on Thursday, the Boston Herald website has this: Police say Whitey Bulger arrested in Santa Monica LOS ANGELES — James “Whitey” Bulger, a notorious Boston gangster on the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted” list for his alleged role … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, FBI, Santa Monica, Whitey Bulger | 5 Comments