General Cartwright Warns of Drone ‘Blowback’ General Cartwright Warns of Drone ‘Blowback’
Unchecked use of drones is counterproductive, says the retired Marine general who is close to Obama.
Mar 22, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss
The CIA Takes Opposite Sides in Syria and Iraq The CIA Takes Opposite Sides in Syria and Iraq
A curious paradox, but one that’s part of a pattern of Middle East bungling by the US.
Mar 13, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss
Our ‘Government of Laws’ Is Now Above the Law Our ‘Government of Laws’ Is Now Above the Law
The US Attorney General has recently stated that drone strikes on Americans are possible and that banks complicit in the financial crisis are too big to prosecute.
Mar 12, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
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 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
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
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
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
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