Inside the CIA-backed 'Zero Units' and Luigi Mangione in court: Morning Rundown

US Enlisted DC Shooting Suspect in CIA-Backed Death Squad When He Was a Child

Rahmanullah Lakanwal, the man who authorities say shot two National Guardsmen outside the White House, had previously worked in a CIA-backed “Zero Unit” in Afghanistan, often called “death squads” by human rights groups. “The United States made this person into a child soldier, and now is experiencing what I think is one of the most horrifically bright-line cases of imperial blowback that we’ve… Source

Inside the CIA-backed 'Zero Units' and Luigi Mangione in court: Morning Rundown

D.C. shooting suspect was part of a CIA-backed unit whose veterans have struggled in the U.S. Luigi Mangione returns to court. Aaron Rodgers' downward trend.