January 8, 2018 – Bridge Agents

Are Green Berets What They Used To Be? One SF Soldier Says “No”

January 8, 2018 Bridge Agents

(TFC)— Lately, whenever “Green Beret” is mentioned in the news, it only seems bad. Whether the tragic death of Sergeant David Johnson in Niger, ambushes in Jordan, or the killing of another in Mali by a Navy SEAL member. Some low key news continues the trend, this time regarding worries that the elite military unit’s training is compromised. “Our regiment has a cancer”, began an anonymous letter written by an operative deep within the Green Beret’s ranks. “And it is destroying the SF (Special Forces) legacy, its capability, and it’s…

Allowing mentally ill people to access firearms is not fueling mass shootings

January 8, 2018 Bridge Agents

United States (Conversation) – On a quiet Sunday last November, a young man wielding an assault-style weapon took aim at a church in rural Texas, killing 26 people. In so doing, Devin Patrick Kelley added his name to an ever-growing list of American mass killers and forced the nation to grapple, once again, with gun violence. Kelley’s well-documented history of violence was on full display across the nation’s televisions and print media, and for good reason – prior violence is a significant predictor of gun violence. However, something far more troubling…

Fire and Fury: A Tale of Two Trump Lawsuits

January 8, 2018 Bridge Agents

Two days before Donald Trump’s inauguration as president of the United States, a former contestant on his reality TV Show, The Apprentice, sued him for defamation. At issue was his public response to her allegations of unwanted kisses and forceful gropes. He had caller her a “liar” and claimed she was motivated by greed and/or politics. Now the shoe’s on the other foot: Trump is threatening to sue publisher Henry Holt and Co. if they release a new book, Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, by Michael Wolff. He claims…