Government: We’re At War With [Redacted]

Robert Golan-Vilella at The National Interest notes that the government has a long list of dangerous enemies threatening America, all of whom fit under the language of the 2001 AUMF. But...that list is classified. A number of senators have pledged in recent months to...

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Why Today’s Vote on NSA Surveillance is So Important

Earlier this week I noted with approval Rep. Justin Amash's effort in the House to add an amendment to an upcoming defense appropriations bill that would block NSA's "indiscriminate collection" of Americans’ telephone records by "limit[ing] the government’s collection...

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Obama’s Other Secret War…in Somalia

The Obama administration is violating international law and United Nations resolutions in conducting its largely secret war in Somalia. At Foreign Policy, Colum Lynch writes that, "the Obama administration earlier this year expanded its secret war in Somalia, stepping...

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