Is Privacy Obsolete? Is Privacy Obsolete?
Thanks to the revolution in digital technology, privacy is about to go the way of the eight-track player.
Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / David Cole
It’s Official: The Pentagon Finally Admitted That Israel Has Nuclear Weapons, Too It’s Official: The Pentagon Finally Admitted That Israel Has Nuclear Weapons, Too
After five decades of pretending otherwise, the Pentagon has reluctantly confirmed that Israel does indeed possess nuclear bombs, as well as awesome weapons technology similar to A...
Mar 20, 2015 / William Greider
Let’s Give Edward Snowden the Same Deal General Petraeus Got for Leaking Info Let’s Give Edward Snowden the Same Deal General Petraeus Got for Leaking Info
A guilty plea to a misdemeanor, and no jail time.
Mar 18, 2015 / Jon Wiener
What I Learned From Breaking the Law What I Learned From Breaking the Law
In 1971, I helped burglarize an FBI office and leaked documents that exposed J. Edgar Hoover’s abuses of power. Here’s what that experience taught me.
Mar 3, 2015 / John Raines
The Necessity of ‘Citizenfour’ The Necessity of ‘Citizenfour’
A win for the Edward Snowden documentary is a win for democracy.
Feb 23, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Ali Gharib
We Used to Convict American Torturers, So Why Not Today? We Used to Convict American Torturers, So Why Not Today?
The United States in the twenty-first century has not even attained the relatively enlightened moral standards of the war in the Philippines.
Feb 23, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and Back Issues
What Does the Future Hold for a Country Forever at War? What Does the Future Hold for a Country Forever at War?
The domestic arms race in America is a one-way street—and the question is what awaits us up the road.
Feb 17, 2015 / Tom Engelhardt
How Does the Pentagon Keep Fooling Reporters About Its Tech Research Agency? How Does the Pentagon Keep Fooling Reporters About Its Tech Research Agency?
60 Minutes’s Leslie Stahl carefully avoided DARPA’s total dependence on contractors and obscured its close ties with the surveillance state.
Feb 13, 2015 / Tim Shorrock
Is Torture Inevitable? These 6 Americans Said No Is Torture Inevitable? These 6 Americans Said No
Bush and Cheney claimed torture was the only option. These soldiers, agents and nurses proved them wrong.
Feb 10, 2015 / Rebecca Gordon
Antonin Scalia: Torture’s Not Torture Unless He Says It Is Antonin Scalia: Torture’s Not Torture Unless He Says It Is
The Supreme Court justice might need to brush up on his Eighth Amendment.
Jan 5, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel