Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak says he's retiring. But on his way out, he has determined to make hysterical statements about a war on Iran which are totally divorced from reality and which contradict previous statements he's made regarding Iran's nuclear program....
Yesterday's Associated Press report featuring a big-scary (read: meaningless) diagram allegedly leaked from Iran's nuclear scientists by “a country critical of Iran’s atomic program” is receiving thorough scrutiny and utter ridicule today. As I explained in my piece...
The essence of the Obama administration's legal justification for the drone war in Pakistan, Yemen, and elsewhere is that the bombs are dropped only to disrupt an imminent threat to America from militants involved in terrorist operations. This narrative is important...
Commentators across the spectrum are talking this week about how Hamas was the real victor of the latest conflict, even though Gaza disproportionately felt the costs of advanced military bombardment. Here's Thanassis Cambanis in Foreign Affairs as an example: Now...
Look: people on television actually having a conversation about the drone war, its (il)legality, and Obama's abuse of executive power.
Obama's war on transparency is forever intensifying. His crackdown on whistleblowers and attacks on legitimate journalism as national security threats are now infamous. But last week the President issued a "Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and...
The greatest political conceit held by those in power is that rules only apply to others, not oneself. President Obama, according to the New York Times, embraces this conceit wholly in his administration of the drone program. Before Obama won reelection, he was...
About 70 percent of retired three-and-four star generals took jobs with defense contractors or consultants, according to a report released Monday by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington and the Brave New Foundation. Huffington Post: The report found...
