Sen. Rand Paul has introduced a proposed constitutional amendment which specifies that our elected officials are subject to the same laws that rule us plebeians. How could a libertarian -- or, really, anybody -- possibly object to that? John Glaser has managed to do...
The warm waters of the Gulf look quiet from where I am sitting, but such tranquility hardly reflects the conflicts this region continues to generate. The euphoria of the so-called Arab Spring is long gone, but what remains is a region that is rich with resources and...
Recent reports on US drone strikes by Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the UN have heightened international awareness about civilian casualties and have resulted in new calls for redress. The Amnesty International drone report “Will I be next?” says the...
When the State Department revoked Edward Snowden’s passport four months ago, the move was a reprisal from a surveillance-and-warfare state that operates largely in the shadows. Top officials in Washington were furious. Snowden had suddenly exposed what couldn’t stand...
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) introduced an interesting Constitutional amendment this week: 'Section 1. Congress shall make no law applicable to a citizen of the United States that is not equally applicable to Congress. 'Section 2. Congress shall make no law applicable to...
Writing in Foreign Affairs, two George Washington University professors note the strange inability of "the U.S. establishment" to substantiate their claims that leakers like Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning pose an enormous threat to national security. The reason...
The Pentagon's inspector general found defense contractor Boeing deliberately overcharged for military equipment four times in the past five years, according to Bloomberg News. In 2008, for example, Boeing charged an extra $16.6 million on a $4.4 billion CH-47F...
Both Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have published reports on the Obama administration's drone war, saying it may amount to war crimes. This comes just days after the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions submitted a...
Leaving aside how egregiously extra-legal, unrestrained, and unchecked the NSA's domestic surveillance is, today's news from Glenn Greenwald in the French paper Le Monde is a window into what NSA spying looks like with zero constraints. According to the article, the...
