Topic: John Allen

3 chapters across the catalog

A historical review of crime in Washington, D.C. traces the city's decline from the 1968 riots to the crack epidemic of the 1990s. The segment highlights the 2002 sniper attacks and the recent surge in carjackings and homicides following the 2020 police funding cuts. Current residents express fear for their safety, contrasting the city's past with the current "District of Criminals" atmosphere.

The segment traces the origins of modern information warfare to the end of World War II and the founding of the CIA by corporate lawyers Allen and John Foster Dulles. Carroll explains that intelligence agencies were modeled after corporate structures to provide "plausible deniability" for unsanctioned government actions. The Cold War is described as a transition from kinetic battlefields to the subversion of nations through psychological and information control.

The Inspector General has opened an investigation into allegations that the Capitol Police are running a spy grid, including setting up fake companies to monitor members of Congress. Meanwhile, in the United Kingdom, Tesco Chairman John Allen warned that the "worst is yet to come" regarding food poverty and heating costs. Despite official reports of low inflation, retail groups indicate that basic staples are rising faster than the general inflation rate.