Glenn Greenwald has posted a good interview he conducted with Flynt and Hillary Mann Leverett, authors of the recent book Going to Tehran: Why the United States Must Come to Terms with the Islamic Republic of Iran. Scott Horton also interviewed the two on their book...
Jay-Z and Beyoncé are with the terrorists. Actually they're with Barack Obama, which allows them the privilege of going on vacation in "enemy country" - something ordinary Americans are forbidden to do by Uncle Sam. Ed Krayewski: Jay-Z and Beyoncé visited Cuba for...
In an Op-Ed at The Boston Globe, Thanassis Cambanis argues one reason the Obama administration hasn't directly intervened militarily in Syria is because the long, drawn out conflict hurts America's geo-political competitors. The war is also becoming a sinkhole for...
In an article at Der Speigel entitled "Leaving Corruptistan," Susanne Koelbl reflects on what we're left with after eleven years of war in Afghanistan: A state with a security apparatus that might be strong enough to at best hold the Taliban halfway in check. A...
During his confirmation process to become Secretary of Defense, Chuck Hagel delivered a slip of the tongue when describing his support for the Obama administration's policy of "containment" of Iran. With cameras rolling and Senators ready to pounce, somebody passed...
Over the weekend, The New York Times reported that the first ever CIA drone strike in Pakistan was not aimed at an al-Qaeda operative plotting to attack the US or US forces in Afghanistan, but rather targeted a man the Pakistani government didn't like. Mr. [Nek]...
A press release from the UN's Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights: The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Friday urged all branches of the United States Government to work together to close the Guantanamo detention centre, saying “the...
In response to increasing cross-border collaboration between al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) and Jabhat al-Nursa, AQI's offshoot in the Syrian rebel opposition, the Iraqi government informally requested the US conduct drone strikes against the militants, The Associated Press...
As tensions with North Korea continue to intensify, some have suggested the US press China to influence Pyongyang to calm down. The first problem with this is that the US doesn't have the best relationship with China right now because of a little thing called the...
Just-released declassified documents reveal new details about government surveillance of peaceful political activism in the name of fighting terrorism: Government documents obtained by the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund (PCJF) through its FOIA records requests...
