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...
Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY), Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, Thomas E. Ricks, meet David Sirota. Sirota, meet the other three people in the United States who regret the 40 years of conscription-free living Americans have enjoyed. Over at Salon, Sirota, a liberal author and...
The September 18, 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF), ostensibly a vehicle for the U.S. to go after the perpetrators of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, DC., turns out to have been a whole hell of a lot more than that nearly 12...
Director Kathryn Bigelow's cinematic valentine to dogged CIA sisters doin' it and taking out Osama Bin Laden for themselves, Zero Dark Thirty, was controversial long before it was released last December. Initially there were rumors the film would be released two...
Reports from May 1 protests around the US, particularly in Seattle, may look disturbingly familiar to anyone worried about police militarization. To be fair, this outlet suggests Seattle saw a contingent of aggressive marchers and rioters who were determined to...
In the past few days, two different Atlantic writers have worried that drones are a "sexy" subject which often overshadow other issues. Now, Andrew Cohen's article isn't really about war or drones. It's a reminder that it's not only Anwar al-Awlaki who didn't get due...
In response to a question about the hunger strike currently sweeping the prison, President Obama today once again promised to close the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Obama spoke eloquently about the issue, saying "It is inefficient, it hurts us in...
Drones are the weapon of choice for fighting undeclared wars all over the Middle East. Surveillance drones are on the cusp of becoming that for U.S. government and law enforcement officials as they continue their efforts to observe everyone as much as and as often as...
