Background Briefing: January 5, 2022
Even Fox's Sean Hannity Could Not Get Through To Trump That He Lost the Election We begin with the release by the House Select Committee investigating January 6 of more texts from Fox's Sean Hannity to then White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows along with a...
Background Briefing: January 4, 2022
The Untold Story of Top Secret Teams Sent to Protect the Capitol on Jan. 6 We begin with a previously untold story of how on January 3 the Justice Department organized a group of top secret government units, the FBI's Hostage Rescue Team, the FBI's "Render...
Background Briefing: January 3, 2022
Putin and Biden and NATO Continue to Speak Past Each Other Ahead of Talks in Geneva We begin with diplomatic efforts to avoid a war between Russia and Ukraine as the Biden White House and its NATO allies and Putin and the Kremlin continue to speak past each...
Background Briefing: January 2, 2022
Will Merrick Garland's Caution Allow the Insurrectionists to Get Away With Treason? We begin with concerns that the Attorney General Merrick Garland might not be in sync with the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 insurrection and that criminal...
Background Briefing: December 30, 2021
Background Briefing's September 5, 2021 broadcast on the Global Growth of Plutocratic Populism I In this last week of the year between Christmas and the New Year as the year comes to a close, we are looking back on Background Briefing's coverage of the major...
Background Briefing: December 29, 2021
Background Briefing's April 28, 2021 Broadcast on China and the Middle East With Veteran Diplomat Chas Freeman In this last week of the year between Christmas and the New Year as the year comes to a close, we are looking back on Background Briefing's coverage...
Background Briefing: December 28, 2021
Background Briefing's March 1, 2021 Broadcast on the Origins of Covid-19 In this last week of the year between Christmas and the New Year as the year comes to a close, we are looking back on Background Briefing's coverage of the major stories and issues of the...
Background Briefing: December 27, 2021
Background Briefing's Feb 3, 2021 Broadcast on Polluters Trying to Blame Climate Change on Personal Responsibility Not the Fossil Fuel Industry In this last week of the year between Christmas and the New Year as the year comes to a close, we are looking back on...
Background Briefing: December 26, 2021
January 6, 2021's Broadcast With a Reporter on the Ground Who Covered The Storming of the Capitol In this last week of the year between Christmas and the New Year as the year comes to a close, we look back on Background Briefing's coverage of the major stories...
Background Briefing: December 23, 2021
Dealing With the Threat of Political Extremism Within the Ranks of the Military We begin with new guidelines from the Pentagon to deal with political extremism within the ranks following the disturbing number of current and former military members who took part...