Nicolas Pelham in the New York Review of Books reports from post-NATO-anointed Libya. The bungling interim government and the incessant ethnic conflict are not bringing the democracy heralded by the war's advocates: Yet for Libya’s new governors, the turbulent...
A surprising testimony from Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA) when pit up against the right-wing jingo Rep. Peter King (R-NY) on CNN. Woolsey says the drone war is creating more enemies than it is eliminating and that America is setting itself up for blowback. She also threw...
From Secrecy News: “Large number of UASs now deployed overseas may be returned to the United States as the conflict in Afghanistan and operations elsewhere wind down in coming years, and new UASs are under development.” “Without the ability to operate freely and...
Trailer "5 Broken Cameras" from Guy Davidi on Vimeo.
Antiwar.com news editor Jason Ditz debated former assistant secretary of defense Richard Perle on the subject of US drone strikes in Pakistan. The debate was broadcast live on BBC Radio 5 Live yesterday (June 6). Listen to the debate (9:33).
The New York Times reports that the "Senate will investigate recent national security leaks to the news media after articles in The New York Times about a 'kill list' for terrorists and the use of cyberweapons against Iran." Recent examples of the Obama...
Making the rounds today is a piece up at the Guardian in which a former top CIA terrorism official admits the obvious: that the drone war if overly broad, kills too many civilians, provokes anti-American hatred, and could inadvertently create terrorist safe havens....
I hate a Roman named Status Quo! Of course Ray Bradbury would have hated such a man, too. When he wrote these words as part of the gripping dialogue in his 1950 would-be classic, Fahrenheit 451, he was railing against the conformity and emptiness, the...
From Today's Downsize DC Newsletter: Do you want to deny your consent for the following Federal actions . . . Undeclared wars Occupations Nation-building Civilian drone-strikes Torture, kidnapping, and murder If so, tell Congress to repeal the...
