Information Lockdown Information Lockdown
Viewers of the old spy spoof Get Smart will remember the Cone of Silence--that giant plastic hair-salon dryer that descended over Maxwell Smart and Control when they held a sensit...
Oct 25, 2001 / Bruce Shapiro
US Bows to Turkey US Bows to Turkey
Alongside the White House and the Capitol building on the alleged terrorist hit list for September 11 was another, little-noticed target: Incirlik, a US airbase in southern Turkey...
Oct 25, 2001 / Ian Urbina
A True Patriot Can Pose Hard Questions A True Patriot Can Pose Hard Questions
War skeptics such as Richard Gere, Susan Sontag, Rep.
Oct 23, 2001 / Column / Robert Scheer
Indict Pinochet Indict Pinochet
It's been three years since Gen. Augusto Pinochet was detained in London under the European Anti-Terrorism Convention for crimes that included terrorist atrocities. If George W. B...
Oct 18, 2001 / The Editors
Mugging the ICC Mugging the ICC
While the United States has spent the past few weeks imploring other countries to cooperate with our war on terrorism, behind the scenes it's apparently retaining an isolationist ...
Oct 18, 2001 / Daphne Eviatar
Court Time for Henry Court Time for Henry
Although it may appear that the aftershocks of September 11 have somewhat deposed the discourse of human rights and international law and replaced it with that of law and order, th...
Oct 18, 2001 / Column / Christopher Hitchens
Press Watch Press Watch
Since September 11, Thomas Friedman has been in fine form. In his New York Times column, he has composed a letter for George W. Bush to send to Osama bin Laden, urged Vladimir Put...
Oct 18, 2001 / Michael Massing
Profiles in Cowardice Profiles in Cowardice
My three favorite media stories in recent weeks were how Bill "Politically Incorrect" Maher kept his job at ABC-TV, how Ann Coulter got herself fired from National Review and how ...
Oct 18, 2001 / Victor Navasky
Bush’s Uzbek Bargain Bush’s Uzbek Bargain
After weeks of evasion and deflection, reminiscent of two illicit lovers keen to avoid scandal, the United States and Uzbekistan announced on October 12 that they had made a deal.
Oct 17, 2001 / Feature / Dilip Hiro
‘Antiterrorist’ Bedfellows ‘Antiterrorist’ Bedfellows
As the war on terrorism gears up, governments around the world are already justifying repression in the name of that cause, while the Bush Administration and its allies send signal...
Oct 11, 2001 / Reed Brody