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White House “Ordered” Lawmakers to Amend FOIA in Order to Conceal Torture Photos
The Obama administration will likely drop its Supreme Court petition challenging the release of photographs showing US soldiers abusing prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan now that lawmakers are set …
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A War of Absurdity
Every once in a while, a statistic just jumps out at you in a way that makes everything else you hear on a subject seem beside the point, if …
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Senate Panel Extends Controversial Patriot Act Provisions
The Senate Judiciary Committee narrowly passed a bill Thursday to extend several controversial provisions of the USA Patriot Act, the counterterrorism law hastily drafted in the aftermath of 9/11.
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A New Nuclear Debate in India
The main nuclear debate in the major South Asian country has not been the one between nuclear militarists and their opponents. It has been the one between two schools …
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Afghanistan: Where Empires Go to Die
The invasion and occupation of Afghanistan, along with the ongoing slaughter of Afghan civilians and raiding hospitals, are in violation of international law as well as the US Constitution.
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War Talk, the Death of the Social, and Disappearing Children: A Lesson for Obama
War is now defined almost exclusively as a punitive and militaristic process.
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Please Don’t Make My Grandchildren Pay for the War That Killed Their Father
Do you believe this additional money will be spent on the troops? Do you think the troops will get what they need?
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The War is Lost
Every reason to go to Iraq has failed to retain even a semblance of credibility.
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We Caught The Wrong Guy
The unifying thread binding Saddam Hussein and the soldiers who captured him is the pay they've received from the U.S.
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Cheney and The Cia: Not Business As Usual
The repeated visits Vice President Dick Cheney made to the CIA before the war in Iraq were, in fact, unprecedented.