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...
The Boston Police Department has announced -- via Twitter -- that three more suspects have been taken into custody in the Boston Marathon bombing case. "Details to follow...." The Boston Globe describes the three as college students. Are two of them these guys?...
The hoopla over President Obama's statements on the Guantanamo Bay prison yesterday have obscured the reality of the situation. Sometimes broad talk of policy questions get in the way of the truly revealing details. But now we have an opportunity to get really...
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...
When the news about chemical weapons use in Syria hit the headlines again last week, I wrote that the whole debate on the issue was bogus. I argued that the alleged use of chemical weapons didn't change the fact that the administration sees war in Syria as too costly...
I am pleased to introduce the latest addition to the Antiwar.com staff, our new Contributing Editor, Lucy Steigerwald. Lucy was previously an Associate Editor at Reason magazine, where she wrote on issues ranging from drones, the drug war, the US justice system,...
As we noted in the news section yesterday, The New York Times reported this week on "bags of cash" that have been continually sent to Afghan President Hamid Karzai "courtesy of the CIA." Despite its unsurprising "revelations," the story has received a lot of attention...
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...
From the beginning, Antiwar.com warned of the inevitable blowback that would result from the US-NATO war in Libya. Eager to prove itself on the side of Arab Spring protests, America chose sides in a civil war on trumped up pretenses of humanitarian intervention....
