El Chapo Speaks  —  A secret visit with the most wanted man in the world … It's September 28th, 2015.  My head is swimming, labeling TracPhones (burners), one per contact, one per day, destroy, burn, buy, balancing levels of encryption, mirroring through Blackphones, anonymous e-mail addresses …

Poll: Neck-And-Neck 2016 Races in Iowa, New Hampshire  —  Three weeks until the first presidential nominating contest, Donald Trump and Ted Cruz are running neck and neck in Iowa, while Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are also locked in a tight race in the Hawkeye State.

Economist: GOP may win 47 states in general election  —  Supply-side economist Arthur Laffer is predicting Republicans will win the White House in a landslide this year, regardless of the nominee.  —  “I would be surprised if the Republicans don't take 45, 46, 47 states out of the 50,” …

Gun control feud between Clinton and Sanders escalates  —  Hillary Clinton continued to thrash Bernie Sanders, her top rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, over his past support for legislation cheered by the NRA that protects gun manufacturers from liability for shootings.

Why Amazon's Data Centers Are Hidden in Spy Country  —  Once in a while—not quite often enough to be a crisis, but just often enough to be a trope—people in the United States will freak out because a huge number of highly popular websites and services have suddenly gone down.

CNN's Cooper Lets Slip: White House Press Corps ‘Agrees’ With Obama  —  Share it Tweet it  —  Ooops.  CNN's Anderson Cooper seemingly let slip on Thursday night what anyone who has a watched a presidential press conference already knows, but journalists are usually loath to admit …