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![Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee May 2, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/2024_0911-Avril-Haines-400x300.jpg)
Even the National Intelligence Director Admits Government Secrecy Is a Problem
Up to 90 percent of info is overclassified by the US. Whistleblowers alone can’t fix this systemic crisis of secrecy.
![Two demonstrators in orange jumpsuits wearing black hoods carry a sign saying "Close Guantanamo" in front of the Capitol.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/09/2023_0912-Gitmo-400x300.jpg)
I Spent 14 Years in Gitmo. Let’s Remember the Victims of the US “War on Terror.”
U.S. politicians’ calls to remember tragedy never extend to the victims of its systemic and rampant violence.
![A U.S. flag blows behind a barbed wire fence in the wind at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on October 16, 2018.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/07/GettyImages-1065616100-400x300.jpg)
New UN Report Condemns Guantánamo and Calls on Biden to Close It
The U.S. government is being given good counsel by the UN expert and it's time the White House took it seriously.
![Police prepare as protestors gather at Barclays Center Arena to protest the New York Police Department response to the killing of Jordan Neely, in Brooklyn, New York on May 4, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/05/GettyImages-1252671534-400x300.jpg)
The War on Terror Has Not Waned. It’s Used Against Black and Brown Communities.
A network of 80 surveillance-oriented “fusion centers” around the U.S. are eroding our privacy and civil rights.
![Demonstrators calling for the closure of the Guantánamo Bay detention facility gather in front of the White House in Washington, D.C., on April 2, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/09/GettyImages-1239693560-400x300.jpg)
The War on Terror’s Detention and Torture Practices Have Not Gone Away
The failure to end secret and arbitrary detention affords impunity for states and state-backed actors to deny justice.
![Military representatives attend the opening ceremony of the "African Lion 2022," Africa Command's (AFRICOM) largest annual exercise in Agadir, Morocco, on June 20, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/09/GettyImages-1241418925-400x300.jpg)
African People Bear the Weight of US’s Deadly “War on Terror” on the Continent
The post-9/11 creation of “AFRICOM” expanded the U.S.'s military footprint, spreading instability and violence.
![NYPD officers stand by as people take part in a rally in a show of solidarity with Muslims in the U.S. at Times Square on February 19, 2017, in New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/07/2022_0707-muslim-protest-400x300.jpg)
Twenty Years Later, It Is Still Time to Dismantle the War on Terror
New book “Innocent Until Proven Muslim” demands we hold war criminals to account for decades of systemic Islamophobia.
![People hold placards as they march during a protest against the recent remarks by President Joe Biden to freeze Afghanistan's assets, in Kabul on February 15, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/02/2022_0218-afghanistan-protest-400x300.jpg)
US Is Effectively Stealing Billions From a Nation Ravaged by a US-Initiated War
Biden acknowledges that Afghanistan is in crisis, but U.S. policies are making the situation worse.
![People wait to receive aid provided by a charity on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, on January 30, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/02/GettyImages-1238076659-400x300.jpg)
Rep. Ilhan Omar Slams Biden Plan to Seize Afghan Assets to Give to 9/11 Victims
The congresswoman noted “there wasn't a single Afghan among the [9/11] hijackers.”
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Dems and GOP Fight About Domestic Spending — But Not About Huge Military Budgets
Journalist Jeremy Scahill says there's a bipartisan consensus when it comes to the military budget and intervention.