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Dumb and Dumber: Why Does Washington Have No Learning Curve?
We have a second administration in a row that is incapable of learning, or reasonably assessing its situation in the world.
The Shooting Gallery: Obama and the Vanishing Point of Democracy
A White Paper reveals dark caverns of a society that has embraced the foundations of authoritarianism.
Jeremy Scahill: Assassinations of US Citizens Largely Ignored at Brennan CIA Hearing
The Nation's national security correspondent said senators' lack of follow-up to Brennan's non-answers at the hearing amounted to ‘total kabuki oversight.’
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Targeted Killing
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Debating a Court to Vet Drone Strikes
There is an interest in applying the model of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act court to the targeted killing of suspected terrorists, or at least of American suspects.
Living in a Constitution-Free Zone: Drones, Surveillance Towers, and Malls of the Spy State
The entire U.S. perimeter has become part of a Fortress USA mentality and a lockdown reality.
Drone Memo Puts Brennan on Spot
John Brennanu2019s nomination to be CIA director presents a rare public opportunity.
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Drone Strikes’ Dangers to Get Rare Moment in Public Eye
Could the targeted killing campaign be creating more militants in Yemen than it is killing?
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Drones: The Ultimate Stalkers
Let us all work for solid legislative restrictions on police use of these drones so that they help legitimate police work while respecting the Fourth Amendment privacy rights of …
The American Lockdown State
The US has become a nation not of laws but of legal memos, not of legality but of legalisms.