Former head of the CIA's bin Laden Unit, Michael Scheuer, says the the "Iran terror plot" is just another FBI sting, and talks about the real beneficiaries. He appeared on last night's Freedom Watch with Judge Andrew Napolitano. Watch the latest video at...
The Project on Defense Alternatives sends along "Pentagon Cuts in Context: No Reason for 'Doomsday' Hysteria" [.pdf]. Key points: * The Budget Control Act (BCA) provides for assured caps and reductions on Pentagon spending only if the Joint Select Committee – the...
Both Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have urged the Canadian government to arrest George W. Bush when he visits next week. This has hurt the feelings of Elliot Abrams: What does one make of organizations that wish to see George W. Bush behind bars—but...
Yesterday I read with excitement that otherwise docile protests in Washington, DC -- the merging of the pre-planned October2011 rally with the spontaneous "Occupy" movement -- rushed the Air and Space Museum and got it shut down. Guards shot pepper spray at the crowd,...
All this hoopla over the alleged Iranian plot to use Mexican drug lords to carry out an assassination of a Saudi at a fictitious DC restaurant - I knew there was something very strange about this... And then I read that the linchpin of the case is a paid Drug...
The work of the news media on this so-called "Iranian terrorist plot" has been one of the most abhorrent displays of irresponsible journalism since the lead up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Much of the time, the press acts simply as a bullhorn for state propaganda,...
Abdul Aziz Khan of Urdu VOA News interviews John Glaser on military industrial profiteering during the United States Government's war in Afghanistan.
I wrote today of the UN findings of systemic torture in US-supported Afghan prisons. Below, Antiwar.com contributor Ivan Eland is interviewed by al Jazeera on the potential US reaction to the findings:
In September, I was fortunate enough to be invited to Campaign for Liberty's Liberty Political Action Conference. In attendance were many right learning people who are new to libertarians ideas, particularly anti-intervention. As part of Come Home America, I am...
In one sense, it isn't a surprise that politics attracts the biggest dip-shits around. In another sense, though, it is extremely troubling that American politics - perhaps now more than ever - has become a celebration of stupidity and ignorance (Sarah Palin being an...
