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Is the State Department Trying to Silence Pakistani Drone Victims by Delaying Their Attorney’s Visa?
Shahzad Akbar says the State Department is delaying his visa so he won't be able to travel to a congressional hearing.
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Drone Warfare Reveals Failure to Imagine Geography
The USu2019s dependency on drone warfare reveals a laziness in properly imagining geography.
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Border Security Plans Secure Contractors’ Profits
While current immigration policy “reform” proposals enthuse neither immigrant communities nor labor, they represent a bonanza for private defense contractors, which are lobbying with millions of dollars for militarization …
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Is Capitalism to Blame for the Syrian War Drive?
The real motive for war in US foreign policy is shielded, protecting the super rich Americans who relentlessly warmonger for profit.
The Coming Domestic Drone Wars
State lawmakers across the U.S. are introducing legislation that would restrict the use of unmanned drones.
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10 Reasons Why Americans Opposed, and Averted, a US War on Syria
There isnu2019t a single u201cmovementu201d against war, but an informal, multifocal opposition from across the political spectrum.
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Drones and Gadflies – Framing the Debate on War by Remote Control
Over the previous six months in the Federal Prison Camp at Yankton, South Dakota, I had watched from afar as the discussion on drone warfare emerged from the fringe …
Anti-Drone Protestors Refuse Fines, Sentencing Statements
Judge Carolyn Delaney listened to passionate statements by the defendants, who told the judge they were willing to go to federal prison rather than pay any fines or accept …
The Perpetual Drone War in Yemen
Obamau2019s continuing militaristic approach in the Middle East is exploding the prospects for the sea change in U.S. policy many hoped would come with his election.
Senate Insider Speaks Out: Ex-Wyden Staffer on Secret Laws, Domestic Spying and Obama’s NSA Reforms
We speak to Jennifer Hoelzer, the former deputy chief of staff for Democratic Senator Ron Wyden, a longtime critic of the Obama administration for using a secret interpretation of …