How Deep Are The Weeds

“So whats the deal between Anne Benaroya, Urick, and Jay? I’m fairly certain they coordinated with the Intercept interviews, as they did 16 years ago, and also collaborated on what Jay was going to say. Again, as a lawyer I would never let a client talk to media unless I knew exactly what he or she would say. No way Benaroya didn’t know, and by extension Urick.”

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Its my BornDay

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME? KINDA  My official, on-paper, birthday is August 1, 1974.  But I was actually born on June 14, 1974.  When my parents were immigrating to the US, they realized we all needed birth certificates, which were rarely issued in Pakistan back in the day...

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Happy Mother’s Day, Ami

A man came to the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, and said, ‘O Messenger of God! Who among the people is the most worthy of my good companionship? The Prophet said: Your mother. The man said, ‘Then who?’ The Prophet said: Then your mother. The man further asked,...

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Drop It Like It’s Hot

All day people have been tweeting at me to find out when the second episode of our podcast Undisclosed will post and there were a lot of moans and groans when I told them 6pm EST. That's what happens when everyone involved has full time jobs that having nothing to do...

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Undisclosed: Here it Comes

I'll be honest. I'm a little nervous. I had no clue (why? because I am ridiculously naive and don't have the time to think even a week ahead) that our podcast would get covered by the NY Times, the Washingtonian, the Rolling Stone, PBS Newshour, Huffington Post,...

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A Thousand Little Pieces

On Sunday I visited Adnan after a very long time - at least four months. Since he was moved to Cumberland six years ago, it's been difficult for anyone, including his family, to see him often. The trip takes most of the day going back and forth and the past few months...

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Motherland

I tend to believe Adnan because in all these years I’ve never experienced him lying to me. So when he told me that Hae did smoke pot, though infrequently, I believed him. It didn’t hurt that this was actually corroborated by Hae’s diary.

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