Tim Shorrock, who has been contributing to The Nation since 1983, is the author of Spies for Hire: The Secret World of Intelligence Outsourcing.
At ceremonies held around the sixtieth anniversary of the Korean armistice, the president sounded bellicose notes, while failing to mention national unification.
Thanks to whistleblower Edward Snowden, we now know that an army of private contractors can monitor anyone’s phone calls and e-mails.
The NSA Four reveal how a toxic mix of cronyism and fraud blinded the agency before 9/11.
Criticism of the government’s response to the catastrophe has obscured major political changes.
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How are AT&T, Sprint, MCI and other telecommunications giants cooperating with the National Security Agency’s warrantless surveillance program?
In his now-famous report on Abu Ghraib prison, Maj. Gen.
In early October, Iraq's US-appointed Governing Council awarded the
country's first mobile phone licenses to three companies from the Middle
East.
This fall will see a fact-finding mission to Iraq to evaluate the condition of workers and the status of the labor movement.
How to "privatize" a country and make millions.


