War on Terror

One Russian prisoner, released from Guantanamo Bay for lack of any evidence, remains imprisoned in Russia, an expedient scapegoat for dubious antiterrorism policies, says Aisha Maniar.

Officials were required to offer absolutely no evidence for their extraordinary claims that Snowden was a “Russian agent” on the three major broadcast networks.

In 2004, at the height - or depths - of George W. Bush's presidency, the very idea of protesting his “war on terror” or invasion of Iraq was deemed …

It's been 12 years since the prison at Guantanamo Bay opened, and the fundamental issues of indefinite detention and perpetual war remain.

Fifty years ago, exactly one month after John Kennedy was killed, the Washington Post published an op-ed titled

Except for those directly participating in GWOT or returning home from overseas military deployments, including their immediate families, this Thanksgiving few US citizens will consider how an international antiterrorism …

Lighting strikes, dogs, football, bathtubs and the flu all cause more American deaths annually than domestic terrorism.

The US Senate Intelligence Committee recently took an important step by passing an intelligence authorization that would require for the first time - if it becomes law - that …

A crossroads for drone warfare: While some US-based human rights groups argue for making US armed drone strikes conform to current law, others argue that only a complete ban …

This epilogue to Scahill's bestselling book, Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield, is posted with the kind permission of its publisher, Nation Books.