Covert Ops

Exit Stage Left: The FBI and Student Radicals

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 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 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 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 Jeremy Scahill: A Short History of Drone Warfare

The new trajectory of US 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

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