Cora Currier

Military Aid Gets A Partial Pass on Foreign Assistance Transparency Push

As congress continues its fight to demand transparency for foreign military aid a compromise has been drafted demanding stricter standards, but giving the US military the discretion to maintain …

By: Cora Currier ,; ProPublica

November 23, 2013

News

Six Months After Obama Promised to Divulge More on Drones, Here’s What We Still Don’t Know

While the number of drone strikes has dropped this year, the Obama administration continues to take their time divulging the details of the drone warfare program.

By: Cora Currier ,; ProPublica

November 6, 2013

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War & Peace

In Big Win for Defense Industry, Obama Rolls Back Limits on Arms Exports

New relaxed legislations will increase the flow of American-made military parts to the worldu2019s conflicts and make it harder to enforce arms sanctions as thousands of parts of military …

By: Cora Currier ,; ProPublica

October 16, 2013

News Analysis

War & Peace

Obama Administration Helped Kill Transparency Push on Military Aid

A bill that would require more transparency and evaluation of security and all foreign aid programs was shot down by the Obama Administration.

By: Cora Currier ,; ProPublica

September 21, 2013

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War & Peace

Who Are We at War With? That’s Classified

Obama said the US is at war with 'Al Qaeda, the Taliban and their associated forces.' So who exactly are those associated forces?

By: Cora Currier ,; ProPublica

July 28, 2013

News

Four Years Ago Obama Promised to Investigate Afghan Massacre; Has Anything Happened Since?

Human rights researchers who originally uncovered the case say they've seen no evidence of an active investigation.

By: Cora Currier ,; ProPublica

June 8, 2013

News

A Timeline of Mass Surveillance in America

That the National Security Agency has engaged in such activity isn't entirely new: Since 9/11, we've learned about large-scale surveillance by the spy agency.