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A True National Security Moment
On Sunday evening, regular programming and routine weekend affairs were interrupted so that the Commander in Chief could announce the successful murder of Osama Bin Laden, the alleged evil …
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Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s Inner Circle Falls Apart
Before we get to the bombshell news, the takeaway from this story first: not everyone in the Joe Arpaio's Maricopa County Sheriff's Office is corrupt. And in the end …
“Unequal Protection”: The People’s Masters
(cdrummbks / flickr) Fast on the heels of the passage and then Supreme Court interpretations of the Fourteenth Amendment, a new type of feudalism emerged in America …
WikiLeaks: Juveniles at Gitmo Didn’t Come From “a Little-League Team“
When reports began surfacing in 2003 that Guantanamo Bay was housing children detained as enemy combatants, then-Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Richard Myers dismissed these concerns by noting …
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Where Have All the Graveyards Gone? The War That Didn’t End War
Cemetery near Ypres, France. (Photo: goforchris / flickr) What if, from the beginning, everyone killed in the Iraq and Afghan wars had been buried in a single …
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“Sort of like Murder, Inc.”: Behind the Forces Who Took Down bin Laden
Osama bin Laden from a 2001 image. (US Attorney's Office/The New York Times) The team of US Special Operations Forces who killed Osama bin Laden in …
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The Ability to Kill Osama Bin Laden Does Not Make America Great
Osama Bin Laden, evil incarnate, has justified so, so much American violence in the 21st century. We have launched two wars and executed God knows how many covert military …
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The Palestinian Reconciliation Agreement Should Be Supported
The Israeli response to news that Palestinian factions had achieved a unity agreement was predictably irritating. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu derided the agreement in stark terms, saying that the …
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During Budget Crisis, Texas House Committee Passes Tax Break For Yacht Owners
In response to the worst state budget crisis since World War II, the Texas House has proposed slashing $27 billion from the budget, including huge cuts to education, nursing …
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Behind the Hunt for Osama bin Laden
Washington - For years, the agonizing search for Osama bin Laden kept coming up empty. Then last July, Pakistanis working for the Central Intelligence Agency drove up behind a …