From Veterans for Peace: As of September 29, 2011, we are only one step away from a government where the top official can kill anybody, anywhere, any time he feels it necessary – and do it in complete secret. With last week’s lawless killings of two U.S. citizens...

I almost pity the Washington Times for so naively publishing the truth, yet having no idea what it means. Herein it is reported that Awlaki would have been eligible for too many rights if placed on trial...thus the decision for quick, easy, hassle-free murder. Taking...

Stewart Levey and Christy Clark have a recent piece in Foreign Policy arguing that (1) targeted, punitive economic sanctions imposed on so-called rogue states by the US and the UN Security Council are effective and (2) the US and the UN should do more to enforce...

And the award goes to...Pakistan! Escalating tensions between the US and Pakistan have only been getting worse. As Pepe Escobar notes, this "row"--as it is called by the mainstream media--has the potential to deteriorate quickly into one hot mess: Expect a festival of...

Breaking news in a case that I have diligently ignored for years: Italian Court Overturns Knox Conviction PERUGIA, Italy—An Italian appeals court on Monday acquitted American student Amanda Knox of murdering her roommate, a stunning turnaround in Ms. Knox's yearslong...

Its a pity for Raymond Davis that diplomatic immunity doesn't extend to suburban Denver. Davis, the "consulate employee" (read: CIA assassin) who was arrested in January for murdering two people on the streets of Lahore and started a multi-month diplomatic row between...

great, timely cartoon from the new issue of the New Yorker

I've written extensively about US aid to tyrannies in the Middle East as a method to keep governments in place that will obey US demands and that will prevent the populations from interfering with policymaking. And a government ain't a government without that...

Charlie Savage at the New York Times has a piece up from yesterday citing declassified documents revealing that the Federal Bureau of Investigation often keeps suspects on their terrorist watch list even if they have been found not guilty in a court of law....