Via NPR, Holder said yesterday in a news conference that he's not sure how many times he's signed off on Justice Department requests to spy on journalists: "I'm not sure how many of those cases...I have actually signed off on," Holder said. "I take them very...
With the manufactured Benghazi scandal tying with the IRS for the story that the right is pretending is a story, it’s worth looking back at what a real scandal looks like. Most people think of Watergate when they think “scandal” but by Nixon standards, Watergate is...
Israel's official silence following its airstrikes on weapons depots in Syria earlier this month fueled accusations in every direction. Damascus condemned it as an attempt to destroy the regime, Tehran said the real targets were Iran and Hezbollah, analysts in the...
When the Iran-Contra scandal broke out, President Reagan went on national television and played dumb. He claimed he had no knowledge that high-level members of his administration were illegally selling arms to the Iranian regime and using the proceeds to fund the...
Just when you thought it couldn't get worse, The Washington Post reports this week that in addition to the escalating sexual assault problem in the the military, there have been an uncomfortable number of sex crimes, convictions and what can only be called criminal...
The 1993 Waco siege is often categorized as one of the more violent, militaristic, domestic actions by U.S. law enforcement in recent memory. And it should be. At the Branch Davidian's "compound" a fatal combination of government arrogance, fear, impatience, and...
After a very lengthy legal process, "former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt was found guilty on Friday of genocide and crimes against humanity during the bloodiest phase of the country's 36-year civil war," Reuters reports. Montt came to power in Guatemala in a...
Aryn Baker at TIME reports on a video out of Syria depicting the savagery of rebel commander Khalid al-Hamad: The video starts out like so many of the dozens coming out of the war in Syria every day, with the camera hovering over the body of a dead Syrian soldier. But...
When considering the likelihood of increased U.S. intervention in Syria, it's useful to try to gauge the opinions of people in positions of policymaking and power. I've noted several times the Obama administration's demonstrated reluctance to get further involved in...
From Frank Brodhead's Iran War Weekly: While nuclear negotiators will meet Wednesday in Istanbul, little progress is expected in the diplomatic standoff about Iran’s nuclear program before Iran’s presidential election, which will take place on June 14th. With Iran’s...
