The court martial of Pfc. Bradley Manning on charges that could land the celebrated Army whistleblower in prison for life, enters Day Two at the Fort Meade courtroom in Maryland on Tuesday. Check in with Kevin Gosztola and Alexa O'Brien, who are both covering the...
Everybody the world over knows that drones are the next big thing militarily, so it probably seemed like a safe bet when German Defense Minister Thomas de Maiziere signed off on investments in the "Euro Hawk" drone. That's just the sort of thing a DM, especially one...
Today Attorney General Eric Holder held a meeting -- the second of three -- with journalists from high-profile organizations including the ABC, The Wall Street Journal, and POLITICO, in order to discuss how to placate them during any potential, future Department of...
The unprovoked massacre of 16 Afghan civilians by U.S. Staff Sgt. Robert Bales drew shock and horror from people all over the world when it happened last year. And it should have. An American soldier, armed to the teeth, committed one of the most heinous atrocities of...
It's always amusing when one hears talk about The Washington Post being part of the liberal mainstream media conspiracy. The 136-year-old newspaper, known for its breaking of "Watergate" and subsequent downfall of President Richard N. Nixon in the 1970's, is hardly...
Democrat/Republican noun 1: one who selectively applies stated values From the moment Barack Obama was elected, he resolved to immunize Bush officials from all legal retribution and public accountability for the crimes they committed. As it has become almost trite...
Randolph Bourne entered this world, on this day 122 years ago, the victim of a mishap caused by someone who didn’t know how to use forceps: his face was badly deformed for life. Stacking the deck against him even higher, at age 8 he came down with tuberculosis, one...
Airplanes have been used to rain death down onto hundreds of thousands of people in their 100-odd years of existence. They also changed the way that people travel. A six month wagon trip turned into a three day train trip turns into a six hour plane flight. That's...
National security reporter Josh Rogin published a big scoop on Syria yesterday: "The White House has asked the Pentagon to draw up plans for a no-fly zone inside Syria." According to one administration official, "The White House is still in contemplation mode but the...
For too long I've been focused on the ruthlessness of President Obama's drone war. Indeed, he targets individuals he can't even identify and, out of the approximately 4,000 people killed, less than 2 percent have been senior al-Qaeda members. The administration...
