I assume nothing! I do hold some stereotypes of economists, but that is neither here nor there. My own thoughts are that:

  1. Danger Room has been calling out the FBI for this sort of thing for a while now. I know that some people think Shachtman and Ackerman are pinko commie crypto-jihadis, but as far as I can tell their relationship with and opinion of the U.S. Military is not that bad.
  2. Tariq Ali can be interesting. He can also be a real blowhard.
  3. Those guys have their minds made up already.