Mark Fallon
@markfallon.bsky.social
Director - ClubFed, LLC
Interrogation expert consulting
Consulting in the Tradecraft of #EffectiveInterviewing and science-based #interrogation
Author - #UnjustifiableMeans
Editor - Interrogation and #Torture
Editor - Interviewing and #Interrogation
Interrogation expert consulting
Consulting in the Tradecraft of #EffectiveInterviewing and science-based #interrogation
Author - #UnjustifiableMeans
Editor - Interrogation and #Torture
Editor - Interviewing and #Interrogation
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Breaking News: A Pentagon official has rejected a proposal to settle the USS Cole bombing case with a plea agreement and a sentence of up to life in prison, setting the stage for the first death penalty trial at Guantánamo Bay to start this summer.
Pentagon Official Rejects Plea Deal in U.S.S. Cole Bombing Case
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Breaking News: A Pentagon official has rejected a proposal to settle the USS Cole bombing case with a plea agreement and a sentence of up to life in prison, setting the stage for the first death penalty trial at Guantánamo Bay to start this summer.
#BreakingNews from @carolrosenbergnyt.bsky.social - @nytimes.com
#UntilDeathDoTheyPart decision in the USS Cole (DDG-67) case at #Guantanamo, with the issue of state-sponsored #torture yet to be litigated…at least, what’s not redacted.
#UntilDeathDoTheyPart decision in the USS Cole (DDG-67) case at #Guantanamo, with the issue of state-sponsored #torture yet to be litigated…at least, what’s not redacted.
Breaking News: A Pentagon official has rejected a proposal to settle the USS Cole bombing case with a plea agreement and a sentence of up to life in prison, setting the stage for the first death penalty trial at Guantánamo Bay to start this summer.
Pentagon Official Rejects Plea Deal in U.S.S. Cole Bombing Case
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:39 AM
#BreakingNews from @carolrosenbergnyt.bsky.social - @nytimes.com
#UntilDeathDoTheyPart decision in the USS Cole (DDG-67) case at #Guantanamo, with the issue of state-sponsored #torture yet to be litigated…at least, what’s not redacted.
#UntilDeathDoTheyPart decision in the USS Cole (DDG-67) case at #Guantanamo, with the issue of state-sponsored #torture yet to be litigated…at least, what’s not redacted.
Trump once declared “Would I approve waterboarding? You bet your ass I would,” and “If it doesn’t work, they deserve it anyway.”
U.S. policy on #Guantánamo normalized #torture, disdained fact-finding and ostracized out-groups. Its malignant legacy endures.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...
U.S. policy on #Guantánamo normalized #torture, disdained fact-finding and ostracized out-groups. Its malignant legacy endures.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...
Opinion | U.S. policy at Guantanamo Bay laid the groundwork for Trump’s impunity
How post-9/11 U.S. policy set up today’s strong-arm tactics by the federal government.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Trump once declared “Would I approve waterboarding? You bet your ass I would,” and “If it doesn’t work, they deserve it anyway.”
U.S. policy on #Guantánamo normalized #torture, disdained fact-finding and ostracized out-groups. Its malignant legacy endures.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...
U.S. policy on #Guantánamo normalized #torture, disdained fact-finding and ostracized out-groups. Its malignant legacy endures.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...
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“ICE booked about 3,800 minors into immigrant family detention from January to October 2025, including children as young as one or two years old”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Minnesota girl, 10, released from ICE custody after a month in detention
Elizabeth Zuna Caisaguano and her mother released from Texas facility to head back to Minnesota to reunite with her father
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 4:11 AM
“ICE booked about 3,800 minors into immigrant family detention from January to October 2025, including children as young as one or two years old”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Of all the extremely concerning developments, this one is…. well, it’s only Tuesday
If you're a US citizen and you write a DHS attorney an email expressing some mild criticism of management of a case, you will instantly be labeled a domestic terrorist and they will start monitoring your email and send agent by to actually terrorize you. This is Kristi Noem's DHS.
Homeland Security is targeting Americans with this secretive legal weapon
Under Trump, the Department of Homeland Security has weaponized administrative subpoenas to attack free speech, according to privacy and civil rights groups.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 3, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Of all the extremely concerning developments, this one is…. well, it’s only Tuesday
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Remind me again which homeland security scholars confidently proclaimed the solution to be “more training?”
Two agents involved in the shooting deaths of US citizens in Minneapolis are reportedly part of paramilitary tactical units—including ICE’s two Special Response Teams (SRT), CBP’s one SRT, and the Border Patrol Tactical Unit (BORTAC)—whose extreme tactics are generally reserved for war zones.
The Paramilitary ICE and CBP Units at the Center of Minnesota's Killings
Two agents involved in the shooting deaths of US citizens in Minneapolis are reportedly part of highly militarized DHS units whose extreme tactics are generally reserved for war zones.
www.wired.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Remind me again which homeland security scholars confidently proclaimed the solution to be “more training?”
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Our client emailed DHS expressing his disagreement with their treatment of a man seeking asylum.
DHS issued an administrative subpoena to force Google to hand over his personal information. This secretive and abusive tactic is used too often by our government to chill our First Amendment rights.
DHS issued an administrative subpoena to force Google to hand over his personal information. This secretive and abusive tactic is used too often by our government to chill our First Amendment rights.
Homeland Security is targeting Americans with this secretive legal weapon
Under Trump, the Department of Homeland Security has weaponized administrative subpoenas to attack free speech, according to privacy and civil rights groups.
wapo.st
February 3, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Our client emailed DHS expressing his disagreement with their treatment of a man seeking asylum.
DHS issued an administrative subpoena to force Google to hand over his personal information. This secretive and abusive tactic is used too often by our government to chill our First Amendment rights.
DHS issued an administrative subpoena to force Google to hand over his personal information. This secretive and abusive tactic is used too often by our government to chill our First Amendment rights.
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Everyone in the entire country should be aware of this.
A retiree wrote this email to a DHS attorney. Within five hours, DHS demanded Google turn over records for his account.
A Kafkaesque form of domestic surveillance, intimidating Americans for lawful speech.
New from us at the Post: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio... @johnwoodrowcox.bsky.social
A Kafkaesque form of domestic surveillance, intimidating Americans for lawful speech.
New from us at the Post: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio... @johnwoodrowcox.bsky.social
February 3, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Everyone in the entire country should be aware of this.
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"Villagers paid their last respects in Cavalese, Italy, on Thursday (5/2) to the twenty people who died in the cable-car tragedy...
The cable car crashed to the ground on Tuesday after a US military aircraft on a training mission sliced through the supporting cable."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGn6...
The cable car crashed to the ground on Tuesday after a US military aircraft on a training mission sliced through the supporting cable."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGn6...
Italy - Mass held for cable car crash victims
YouTube video by AP Archive
www.youtube.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:25 PM
"Villagers paid their last respects in Cavalese, Italy, on Thursday (5/2) to the twenty people who died in the cable-car tragedy...
The cable car crashed to the ground on Tuesday after a US military aircraft on a training mission sliced through the supporting cable."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGn6...
The cable car crashed to the ground on Tuesday after a US military aircraft on a training mission sliced through the supporting cable."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGn6...
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1998: A U.S. Marine jet flying low over the town of Cavalese in the Italian Alps severs a ski-lift cable, sending a tram crashing to the ground and killing 20 people.
February 3, 2026 at 2:06 PM
1998: A U.S. Marine jet flying low over the town of Cavalese in the Italian Alps severs a ski-lift cable, sending a tram crashing to the ground and killing 20 people.
Experts fear that Americans are losing their ability to distinguish between fact and fiction — and that fewer people seem to care about the difference.
#TruthMatters
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/t...
#TruthMatters
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/t...
Chaos in Minneapolis Exposes an Internet at War With Truth
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Experts fear that Americans are losing their ability to distinguish between fact and fiction — and that fewer people seem to care about the difference.
#TruthMatters
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/t...
#TruthMatters
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/t...
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Latest: I’m now hearing they’re being held in a detention site in Mississippi. No word back on when they might be deported.
Good morning. We're monitoring the journey of those 50+ Cuban men who thought they were being deported, then found themselves stranded at Guantanamo Bay. It looks like they were transferred back to Louisiana early today. Will they be consolidated into a belated January repatriation flight?
The Journey of a Group of Cuban Deportees Stuck at Guantánamo
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:53 AM
Latest: I’m now hearing they’re being held in a detention site in Mississippi. No word back on when they might be deported.
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Reminds me of how Abu Zubaydah was billed as AQ’s number 3, tortured nearly to death, and then USG quietly withdrew all claims that he was an AQ member or associated w 9/11. Still at Gitmo, tho.
After Border Patrol shot two people in Portland, DHS claimed they were "vicious gang members" tied to a past shooting.
But records I obtained reveal a US prosecutor has since directly contradicted DHS, saying, "We're not suggesting he is a gang member." My dive into how DHS' claims have collapsed:
But records I obtained reveal a US prosecutor has since directly contradicted DHS, saying, "We're not suggesting he is a gang member." My dive into how DHS' claims have collapsed:
DHS’s account of two Venezuelans shot by border patrol falls apart in court: ‘A smear campaign’
Immigration officials said agent shot two ‘vicious gang members’ in Portland, but records obtained by the Guardian reveal US prosecutor contradicted claims
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Reminds me of how Abu Zubaydah was billed as AQ’s number 3, tortured nearly to death, and then USG quietly withdrew all claims that he was an AQ member or associated w 9/11. Still at Gitmo, tho.
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President Trump has violated international law and U.S. law by threatening the use of military force against Greenland, writes Alberto Mora.It is in the national interest for Congress to hold the administration accountable, and here’s how they can do it:
#Greenland #NATO #Congress
#Greenland #NATO #Congress
Enforce 22 USC 1928f: Save NATO, Contain Trump Foreign Policy
Analysis of Trump’s threats to annex Greenland, his breach of U.S. and NATO law, and how Congress can act to restore accountability.
www.justsecurity.org
February 2, 2026 at 1:51 PM
President Trump has violated international law and U.S. law by threatening the use of military force against Greenland, writes Alberto Mora.It is in the national interest for Congress to hold the administration accountable, and here’s how they can do it:
#Greenland #NATO #Congress
#Greenland #NATO #Congress
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Good morning. We're monitoring the journey of those 50+ Cuban men who thought they were being deported, then found themselves stranded at Guantanamo Bay. It looks like they were transferred back to Louisiana early today. Will they be consolidated into a belated January repatriation flight?
The Journey of a Group of Cuban Deportees Stuck at Guantánamo
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Good morning. We're monitoring the journey of those 50+ Cuban men who thought they were being deported, then found themselves stranded at Guantanamo Bay. It looks like they were transferred back to Louisiana early today. Will they be consolidated into a belated January repatriation flight?
Reposted by Mark Fallon
NEW: Dozens of Cuban men designated for deportation from the United States have been stranded at the U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, since before Christmas in one of the most puzzling episodes in the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...
The Journey of a Group of Cuban Deportees Stuck at Guantánamo
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:38 AM
NEW: Dozens of Cuban men designated for deportation from the United States have been stranded at the U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, since before Christmas in one of the most puzzling episodes in the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...
Hey @alkapradhan.bsky.social
So many lessons that were not learned from the #Guantanamo experience/experiment
- the modern day equivalent of dropping leaflets in Afghanistan.
So many lessons that were not learned from the #Guantanamo experience/experiment
- the modern day equivalent of dropping leaflets in Afghanistan.
February 1, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Hey @alkapradhan.bsky.social
So many lessons that were not learned from the #Guantanamo experience/experiment
- the modern day equivalent of dropping leaflets in Afghanistan.
So many lessons that were not learned from the #Guantanamo experience/experiment
- the modern day equivalent of dropping leaflets in Afghanistan.
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Zero credibility. It can’t recover from this.
January 31, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Zero credibility. It can’t recover from this.
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DHS keeps making false claims about people. It's part of a broader pattern.
www.npr.org/2026/01/31/n...
www.npr.org/2026/01/31/n...
DHS keeps making false claims about people. It's part of a broader pattern
Trump administration officials have falsely linked Alex Pretti and Renee Macklin Good to domestic terrorism. It's part of a larger pattern by the Department of Homeland Security.
www.npr.org
January 31, 2026 at 12:36 PM
DHS keeps making false claims about people. It's part of a broader pattern.
www.npr.org/2026/01/31/n...
www.npr.org/2026/01/31/n...
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Atlanta FBI Special Agent in Charge Paul Brown: “…was ousted after expressing concerns about the FBI’s investigation…[and] for refusing to carry out the searches and seizures of records tied to the 2020 election”
www.ms.now/news/atlanta...
www.ms.now/news/atlanta...
Atlanta FBI boss ousted after balking at 2020 election probe
Special Agent in Charge Paul Brown refused to execute search warrants over Trump’s long-running fraud claims, sources tell MS NOW.
www.ms.now
January 31, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Atlanta FBI Special Agent in Charge Paul Brown: “…was ousted after expressing concerns about the FBI’s investigation…[and] for refusing to carry out the searches and seizures of records tied to the 2020 election”
www.ms.now/news/atlanta...
www.ms.now/news/atlanta...
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Film review: “…like a gilded trash remake of Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest in which a button-eyed Cinderella points at gold baubles and designer dresses, cunningly distracting us while her husband and his cronies prepare to dismantle the Constitution“
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...
Melania review – Trump film is a gilded trash remake of The Zone of Interest
Dispiriting, deadly and unrevealing – there is a decent documentary to be made about the former model from Slovenia, but this one is unredeemable
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 12:21 PM
Film review: “…like a gilded trash remake of Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest in which a button-eyed Cinderella points at gold baubles and designer dresses, cunningly distracting us while her husband and his cronies prepare to dismantle the Constitution“
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...
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Federal agents arrested the former CNN anchor Don Lemon on Thursday on charges that he violated federal law during a Jan. 18 protest against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, his lawyer said. The case had been rejected last week by a magistrate judge. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
January 30, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Federal agents arrested the former CNN anchor Don Lemon on Thursday on charges that he violated federal law during a Jan. 18 protest against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, his lawyer said. The case had been rejected last week by a magistrate judge. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
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‘It’s All Just Going Down the Toilet’: Police Chiefs Fume at ICE Tactics
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
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This is all part of a long process that predates this administration, to militarize law enforcement against the public:
www.justsecurity.org/72061/head-o...
www.justsecurity.org/72061/head-o...
January 30, 2026 at 1:24 PM
This is all part of a long process that predates this administration, to militarize law enforcement against the public:
www.justsecurity.org/72061/head-o...
www.justsecurity.org/72061/head-o...
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The news of the week down here came from inside the prison zone, where ICE agents are holding 73 men who were removed from U.S. soil and are designated for deportation. Here's my look at the mission President Trump gave Guantanamo a year ago yesterday.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...
The Journey of a Group of Cuban Deportees Stuck at Guantánamo
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:48 PM
The news of the week down here came from inside the prison zone, where ICE agents are holding 73 men who were removed from U.S. soil and are designated for deportation. Here's my look at the mission President Trump gave Guantanamo a year ago yesterday.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...