Assassin-in-Chief in the Oval Office Assassin-in-Chief in the Oval Office
President Barack Obama and his apostles.
Jun 5, 2012 / Tom Engelhardt
A Drone-Eat-Drone World A Drone-Eat-Drone World
Its ‘roadmap’ in tatters, the Pentagon takes a detour to Terminator Planet.
May 31, 2012 / Nick Turse
Military Detention for Journalists Military Detention for Journalists
Why did Obama administration lawyers refuse to discount the possibility, even for First Amendment–protected speech?
May 23, 2012 / David Cole
Military Commissions on Trial in Guantánamo Military Commissions on Trial in Guantánamo
The dramatic opening of the 9/11 trial shined a light on all the ways in which a commission is not a federal court.
May 11, 2012 / Karen J. Greenberg
Don’t Buy the Spin: How Cutting the Pentagon’s Budget Could Boost the Economy Don’t Buy the Spin: How Cutting the Pentagon’s Budget Could Boost the Economy
Spending the same money on education, or clean energy, would bring many more jobs—among other benefits.
May 9, 2012 / Feature / Robert Pollin and Heidi Garrett-Peltier
Tom Engelhardt: Making America Truly Safer [VIDEO] Tom Engelhardt: Making America Truly Safer [VIDEO]
The key to making America safer is not to increase military spending but rather to do the exact opposite.
Apr 18, 2012 / Francis Reynolds
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Jeremy Scahill: Who Approves the Drones? [VIDEO] Jeremy Scahill: Who Approves the Drones? [VIDEO]
In the 1990s, targeted killing was highly controversial. Today, the practice is barely questioned. What happened in between?
Apr 16, 2012 / Francis Reynolds
Throwing Money at the Pentagon Throwing Money at the Pentagon
A lesson in Republican math and military spending.
Mar 20, 2012 / William D. Hartung
Kai Bird: Drone Technology Could Proliferate Quickly Kai Bird: Drone Technology Could Proliferate Quickly
Drone technology could proliferate quickly, and we who set the precedent may well become a target.
Feb 17, 2012 / Francis Reynolds
No Exit in the Persian Gulf? No Exit in the Persian Gulf?
Why closing the Strait of Hormuz could ignite a war and a global depression.
Jan 31, 2012 / Michael T. Klare