National Security

The Next Battleground in the War on Whistleblowers

The Next Battleground in the War on Whistleblowers The Next Battleground in the War on Whistleblowers

Robert MacLean, a US Air Marshal fired for allegedly leaking sensitive government documents, is just trying to get his job back. For the rest of us, his case has much more profound...

Mar 4, 2014 / Peter Van Buren

How a British Citizen Was Stripped of His Citizenship, Then Sent to a Manhattan Prison

How a British Citizen Was Stripped of His Citizenship, Then Sent to a Manhattan Prison How a British Citizen Was Stripped of His Citizenship, Then Sent to a Manhattan Prison

Britain’s citizenship deprivation processes may help obscure the Obama administration’s willingness to kill and kidnap Britons.

Feb 28, 2014 / Aviva Stahl

Colorado’s Federal Supermax Prison Is Force-Feeding Inmates on Hunger Strike

Colorado’s Federal Supermax Prison Is Force-Feeding Inmates on Hunger Strike Colorado’s Federal Supermax Prison Is Force-Feeding Inmates on Hunger Strike

Solitary Watch reports that eight to nine prisoners are taking part in the strike, held at the federal government’s highest-security prison.

Feb 27, 2014 / Steven Hsieh

An Open Letter to President Obama: Close Guantánamo Bay

An Open Letter to President Obama: Close Guantánamo Bay An Open Letter to President Obama: Close Guantánamo Bay

Prominent lawyers from Obama's home state of Illinois urge the president to shutter the infamous, illegal prison. 

Feb 12, 2014 / Abner Mikva, James Thompson, and Scott Turow

After an FBI Agent Checked the Wrong Box, a Woman Was Barred From US Entry for 9 Years

After an FBI Agent Checked the Wrong Box, a Woman Was Barred From US Entry for 9 Years After an FBI Agent Checked the Wrong Box, a Woman Was Barred From US Entry for 9 Years

A federal ruling reveals a wrongly checked box landed Rahinah Ibrahim on the TSA's no-fly list.

Feb 7, 2014 / Steven Hsieh

This Band Billed the Pentagon $666,000 for Using Its Music to Torture GITMO Prisoners

This Band Billed the Pentagon $666,000 for Using Its Music to Torture GITMO Prisoners This Band Billed the Pentagon $666,000 for Using Its Music to Torture GITMO Prisoners

Industrial rock band Skinny Puppy doesn't want its music to be used "as a weapon."

Feb 5, 2014 / Steven Hsieh

The Torture That Flourishes From Gitmo to an American Supermax

The Torture That Flourishes From Gitmo to an American Supermax The Torture That Flourishes From Gitmo to an American Supermax

A civil rights attorney reports from the belly of the post-9/11 justice system. 

Jan 30, 2014 / Pardiss Kebriaei

Can Congress Oversee the NSA?

Can Congress Oversee the NSA? Can Congress Oversee the NSA?

It might have to reform itself, first. 

Jan 30, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter

Guess Which Political Party Just Condemned the NSA’s Mass Surveillance Program

Guess Which Political Party Just Condemned the NSA’s Mass Surveillance Program Guess Which Political Party Just Condemned the NSA’s Mass Surveillance Program

“Unwarranted government surveillance is an intrusion on basic human rights.”

Jan 24, 2014 / Steven Hsieh

NSA Reform, Then and Now

NSA Reform, Then and Now NSA Reform, Then and Now

The main difference between the Church Committee’s investigations of 1975–76 and the discussion of NSA spying now is that back then, the spooks stopped the abuses thems...

Jan 17, 2014 / Rick Perlstein

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