There have been a number of news accounts of Tamerlan’s "mentor," a major influence on his path to jihad: the Uncle, Ruslan, has said his name is "Misha," and that he is an Armenian convert to Islam living in the Boston area, balding, with reddish hair, middle-aged...

Judge faces off against Fox News people who think they can pick and choose when rights to due process apply and when they don't:

You don't need a PhD in international relations, or even an impressive IQ, to see that recent statements by Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel stressing Israel's right to attack Iran are just words. The White House, intelligence community, and Defense Department see it...

One of the bombshell findings in Jeremy Scahill's new book Dirty Wars, is revealed in a piece just published in Nation excerpted from the book. A former senior official in the Obama administration tells Scahill that John Brennan, current CIA Director and the...

Lindsey Graham's predictable argument post-Marathon bombing that the suspects should be treated as enemy combatants and tried in military commissions was the sort of role we have come to expect him to play. He is perhaps the foremost jingo in the US Senate and is...

Police were continually screaming "don't look out the window!" during their sweep in Watertown last week. This photo shows what happens to folks who disobeyed that order. So our security now depends on permitting police to threaten to kill anyone who disobeys any...

This video is a shocking example of the total lockdown of an entire city and the virtual martial law that took over to find a single 19-year old. While watching it, remember that none of this ostentatious security theater helped to find the suspect. And it was only...

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency Army Lieutenant General Michael Flynn testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee today and reiterated the same assessment regarding Iran as was delivered last...