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Mike McConnell

Defense contractors and the government officials that pay them are more than happy to preserve the threat of attack—to their financial benefit. 

Congolese soldier

The US military's involvement in the unraveling of a continent.

Computer user

What is the NSA doing with your metadata?

Julian Assange

Just as the Assange saga consumes too much of Alex Gibney’s film, so today’s Snowden obsession deflects attention away from our sprawling surveillance state.

The amendment to the Defense Authorization Act urges robust negotiations toward a diplomatic settlement.

disarmament sculpture

A new campaign against robotic weapons systems is challenging society’s latest threat to peace.

Fifty years ago, Kennedy made a historic speech that brought America and the Soviet Union back from the brink.

James Clapper

Snowden’s leaks not only revealed the immense spying capabilities of the NSA PRISM program but also the private contractors at the helm of these databanks.

NSA

Thanks to whistleblower Edward Snowden, we now know that an army of private contractors can monitor anyone’s phone calls and e-mails.

graduation

The words ring the same for 2013: For every measure, there will always be a potential countermeasure.

Blogs

How to de-escalate the increasing US involvement in the country. 

June 18, 2013

Congress should always check and balance plans to support rebels in foreign conflicts. But thatrsquo;s especially true when 70 percent of Americans think it’s a bad idea.

June 18, 2013

No time to lose, if Afghanistan is to avoid full-blown civil war in 2015.

June 18, 2013

Media continue to neglect important arguments against further US engagement in the civil war. 

June 18, 2013

War in Syria won’t help US-Iran ties.

June 17, 2013

The House backs faster withdrawal from Afghanistan and says new initiatives must be approved by Congress. But will Congress be as assertive regarding new military adventures?

June 17, 2013

While many mainstream media outlets are accepting White House confirmation as fact, some reporters are skeptical of "slam dunk" proof of chemical weapons.

June 14, 2013

Aiding Syria’s ragtag rebels means, well, backing Al Qaeda.

June 14, 2013

Bradley Manning’s leak was as difficult as microwaving popcorn. What does this mean?

June 13, 2013

There’s no predicting the outcome, and the results might really matter.

June 13, 2013