The podcast discusses how a hacker's political message has evolved from advocating for hacktivism to promoting direct action, including violent tactics. The hacker in question was sentenced to six months in prison for violating the Computer Misuse Act.
Junaid Hussein, a notorious British-born ISIS hacker, was tracked using US spy drones for days in Raqqa, Syria, before being killed by a Hellfire missile off a drone as he stood in the street.
Vladimir Levin was one of the most notorious hackers of all time. After a successful hack, he spent 30 months in UK jails and was later extradited to the US to serve less than a year in prison.
An assistant U.S. attorney investigates the kidnapping of Barbara Jane Mackle and works with the FBI to find the culprits. They conduct thorough searches for DNA and fingerprints, but the breakthrough comes in a high-speed car chase.
Police believe that the last time Kristin Smart was alive was on May 10, 1996, the day she had a confrontation with Paul Flores. It is now unlikely that the witnesses who claimed to have seen her four days later have their dates right.
The US government has used Arab dictators to torture people, while leftist supporters of Bashar al-Assad fail to acknowledge his history of torture for the CIA. Despite being known as an unpretentious and self-deprecating leader, Assad's evolution towards self-satisfaction in a neo-patrimonial authoritarian state is concerning.