How Germany’s Surveillance Scandals Echo Our Own How Germany’s Surveillance Scandals Echo Our Own
We treat the Germans the same way we treat ourselves—like dogs.
Aug 14, 2015 / Norman Birnbaum
June 19, 1953: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Are Executed June 19, 1953: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Are Executed
“Abroad this execution will be thrown in our faces for a long time to come.”
Jun 19, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
Can Congress Stop the CIA From Torturing Again? Can Congress Stop the CIA From Torturing Again?
Senators John McCain and Dianne Feinstein have introduced a measure to prevent the CIA from evading the bans on torture that are already law.
Jun 10, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter
How Edward Snowden Sparked a Librarians’ Quarrel How Edward Snowden Sparked a Librarians’ Quarrel
In 2013, American Library Association passed a public statement in support of the former NSA contractor. Then it changed its mind.
Jun 2, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Zoë Carpenter
Why We Need to Take Sy Hersh’s bin Laden Bombshell Seriously Why We Need to Take Sy Hersh’s bin Laden Bombshell Seriously
The dean of American investigative journalism knows a thing or two about how to vet sources and separate fact from fiction.
May 20, 2015 / Bob Dreyfuss
I Went to Prison for Exposing the CIA’s Torture Program. Why Are the People Responsible for It Walking Free? I Went to Prison for Exposing the CIA’s Torture Program. Why Are the People Responsible for It Walking Free?
There’s still time for President Obama to order the Justice Department to prosecute the perpetrators.
May 20, 2015 / John Kiriakou and Foreign Policy In Focus
A Major Defense Contractor Buys Its Way Back Into the Spying Business A Major Defense Contractor Buys Its Way Back Into the Spying Business
What we can learn from contractors about intelligence—and the CIA.
May 11, 2015 / Tim Shorrock
How the World’s Largest Psychological Association Aided the CIA’s Torture Program How the World’s Largest Psychological Association Aided the CIA’s Torture Program
The APA’s collusion was crucial because other physicians were increasingly reluctant to participate in the interrogations.
May 7, 2015 / Lisa Hajjar
Here’s What’s Wrong With the USA Freedom Act Here’s What’s Wrong With the USA Freedom Act
It would constrain some of the worst excesses of the Patriot Act, but it doesn’t go nearly far enough.
May 6, 2015 / David Cole
Why ‘The Nation’ Has Joined With the ACLU to Sue the NSA Why ‘The Nation’ Has Joined With the ACLU to Sue the NSA
Our intelligence apparatus, operating in the dark.
Apr 7, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel