A federal appeals court has just ruled that the CIA cannot continue to "neither confirm nor deny" the existence of the drone war, in a court case prompted by a Freedom of Information Act request by the American Civil Liberties Union. ACLU press statement: "This is an...
Robert Dreyfuss thinks Obama's recently revealed policy of supporting Iraqi security forces through the CIA so they can fight al-Qaeda affiliates there and cut off the flow of fighters pouring into Syria is nonsensical. "We’re backing the same guys in Syria that we’re...
CPAC is off to its usual mellow start. TalkingPointsMemo reports: Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX), speaking at conservative gathering CPAC, declared that "Vietnam was winnable, but people in Washington decided we would not win it!" "If you go to war you better mean it,"...
An American airman at the US military base in Okinawa, Japan has been suspended for one year after pleading guilty to breaking into a Japanese home, ransacking the place, and punching a teenage girl in the face while she was sleeping. He had been drinking heavily,...
This AP story says that North Korea may be gearing up for an attack on South Korea, if history is any guide. Apparently, past North Korean assaults have been preceded by explicit threats followed by a stretch of quiet. ...Pyongyang, angry over perceived slights, took...
In Senate testimony today, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and FBI Director Robert Mueller evaded questions from Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) on domestic surveillance of American citizens. Clapper seems visibly annoyed at the question. Neither he nor...
Shedding a light on the devastating impact that widespread surveillance can have on a community, the Muslim American Civil Liberties Coalition released a report today detailing the effects of unconstitutional surveillance tactics of the New York Police Department on...
Via Glenn Greenwald, an illicit recording of Manning's court statement last week. Here is legendary Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg's reaction to the leaked recording: Whoever made this recording, and I don't know who the person is, has done the American...
The new Libyan government - which exists thanks to the NATO intervention in 2011 - is providing aid and comfort to al-Qaeda linked groups. Mohamed Eljarh at Foreign Policy reports, "Ansar al-Sharia returns to Benghazi": On Sunday, March 3, four pickup trucks filled...
At The American Conservative, Daniel Larison quips: "It’s a bit odd that someone who incessantly calls for military intervention is offended when he is described as a reliable supporter of military interventions." It is odd. But then again, McCain is an odd fellow....
