Exit Stage Left: The FBI and Student Radicals Exit Stage Left: The FBI and Student Radicals
How in 1960s Berkeley the state waged a two-front war to stamp out opponents, real and imagined, to its rule.
Oct 10, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Steve Wasserman
For Real: Torture America Style For Real: Torture America Style
Institutionalized torture says not look what we can do, but look what we disown, what only the bad apples among us require.
Jul 24, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Peter C. Baker
Rendered, Tortured, Discarded: Clara Gutteridge on US Prison Abuses Around the World Rendered, Tortured, Discarded: Clara Gutteridge on US Prison Abuses Around the World
A Tanzanian man was detained and tortured by US officials in Afghanistan on suspicion of terror. But he was completely innocent.
Jul 6, 2012 / Press Room
The New Obama Doctrine The New Obama Doctrine
Obama's plan for global war uses a variety of extra-legal methods including drones, civilian and proxy fighters, and cyber warfare.
Jun 14, 2012 / Nick Turse
Blaming the Messengers Blaming the Messengers
Revelations about Obama's drone assassinations led to official outrage—against the leakers. It's the policy that warrants investigation.
Jun 14, 2012 / The Editors
Deploying Informants, the FBI Stings Muslims Deploying Informants, the FBI Stings Muslims
Behind nearly every “foiled terror plot” lurks a government informant sent to entrap hapless young Muslim men.
Jun 14, 2012 / Feature / Petra Bartosiewicz
Obama’s Kill List: Silence Is Not an Option Obama’s Kill List: Silence Is Not an Option
Liberals raised a ruckus over Bush’s abuses. Let’s hold this president to the same standard.
Jun 6, 2012 / The Editors
Jeremy Scahill: A Short History of Drone Warfare Jeremy Scahill: A Short History of Drone Warfare
The new trajectory of USÂ warfare.
May 25, 2012 / Francis Reynolds
Jeremy Scahill: Civilian Deaths From US Drone Strikes are Radicalizing Yemenis Jeremy Scahill: Civilian Deaths From US Drone Strikes are Radicalizing Yemenis
How US counterterrorism strategy in Yemen is actually counterproductive.
May 17, 2012 / Press Room
On YouTube, Obama Campaign Plays bin Laden Card Against Romney On YouTube, Obama Campaign Plays bin Laden Card Against Romney
Barack Obama’s general election campaign wasted no time in playing the bin Laden card against Mitt Romney.
Apr 27, 2012 / Ari Melber