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President Obama managed to deliver a speech on Thursday in many ways reminiscent of the rhetoric employed by candidate Obama, condemning the recklessness of the previous administration, hailing the rule of law, and citing James Madison’s warning that “No nation could...

On The Scott Horton Show yesterday, Marcy Wheeler discussed the ACLU’s lawsuit – filed on behalf of Antiwar.com – against the FBI for unwarranted surveillance; the FBI memo stating Antiwar.com might be “a threat to national security” and working “on behalf of a...

"It's terribly important that we see the horrors of war, because then we know what's happening in our names," Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney tells ReasonTV. "If that stuff is kept secret, then we're on our way to tyranny." In this ReasonTV...

There are some high expectations for Obama's speech on national security and drone policy today. But, as I wrote yesterday, the president is unlikely to account for the most damning aspects of the drone war, like its illegality and disregard for innocent human life....

Our longtime friend and columnist Charley Reese has died at the age of 76. Charley's columns were a regular feature in the early days of Antiwar.com. Charley was a journalist for over 50 years, reporting on everything from sports to politics. From 1969—71, he worked...

You know when Chuck Todd is upset, the Obama administration has crossed some sort of line...

In the aftermath of public revelations that the Obama Justice Department snooped on scores of AP journalists and accused Fox News reporter James Rosen of criminal acts for seeking out statements from a State Department official, there is a lot of much-needed talk...

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