Covert Ops

Another ‘One-Tenth of a Newtown’ in Afghanistan

Another ‘One-Tenth of a Newtown’ in Afghanistan Another ‘One-Tenth of a Newtown’ in Afghanistan

Two more children have been added to the deadly toll of civilian casualties.

Mar 4, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss

The CIA Is Training Syria’s Rebels: Uh-Oh, Says a Top Iraqi Leader

The CIA Is Training Syria’s Rebels: Uh-Oh, Says a Top Iraqi Leader The CIA Is Training Syria’s Rebels: Uh-Oh, Says a Top Iraqi Leader

The covert program surfaced in a piece about John Kerry’s announcement of increased aid to the fighters.

Mar 1, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss

Why Latin America Didn’t Join Washington’s Counterterrorism Posse

Why Latin America Didn’t Join Washington’s Counterterrorism Posse Why Latin America Didn’t Join Washington’s Counterterrorism Posse

How a CIA torture network was turned into the only gulag-free zone on earth.

Feb 19, 2013 / Greg Grandin

What’s Wrong With Obama’s Drone Policy

What’s Wrong With Obama’s Drone Policy What’s Wrong With Obama’s Drone Policy

The White House evidently believes it can kill us in secret and never own up to the fact.

Feb 13, 2013 / David Cole

America’s Global Torture Network America’s Global Torture Network

A new Open Society Foundations report details just how far down the river we've sold this country's democratic values in our overreaching response to terror.

Feb 8, 2013 / Robert Scheer

Questions for John Brennan That Won’t Get Asked

Questions for John Brennan That Won’t Get Asked Questions for John Brennan That Won’t Get Asked

Because if he told them, he’d have to kill them. Wait. He did.

Feb 6, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss

Torture and Taboo: On Elaine Scarry

Torture and Taboo: On Elaine Scarry Torture and Taboo: On Elaine Scarry

How the work of a literary critic became the proxy for our preoccupation with the horrors of torture.

Feb 5, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Samuel Moyn

Alabama Hostage Rescue: Using the Military at Home?

Alabama Hostage Rescue: Using the Military at Home? Alabama Hostage Rescue: Using the Military at Home?

A slippery slope that ought to scare us all.

Feb 5, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss

Katrina vanden Heuvel: Rethinking Perpetual War and How We Wage It

Katrina vanden Heuvel: Rethinking Perpetual War and How We Wage It Katrina vanden Heuvel: Rethinking Perpetual War and How We Wage It

With covert ops and drone warfare on the rise, we have to ask ourselves about how we fight terrorism.

Jan 28, 2013 / Press Room

‘Bug Splat’: Council on Foreign Relations, Rep. Keith Ellison Call for Drone Reform ‘Bug Splat’: Council on Foreign Relations, Rep. Keith Ellison Call for Drone Reform

The CFR report concludes that “the current trajectory of US drone strike policies is unsustainable."

Jan 18, 2013 / Tom Hayden

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