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If President Saleh falls, the US will have lost a pliant partner in its “global war on terror.”

A computer virus foiling Iran's nuclear plans should delight those spoiling for an attack. Does it?

The Cuban exile has a long record of terror, but his trial, starting today, is on lesser charges.

The latest WikiLeaks dump has corroborated, in part, what sources recently told The Nation about covert military actions in over seventy-five countries.

When Jeremy Scahill reported on a secret US war in Pakistan last year, the Pentagon called his article "conspiratorial." But now, says Scahill on Democracy Now!, the latest WikiLeaks diplomatic cables dump confirms his reporting.

 On MSNBC's Countdown, Greg Mitchell and Chris Hayes ask, has WikiLeaks' Julian Assange really endangered lives?

The latest WikiLeaks dump has revealed that the CIA is conducting criminal operations. And no one seems to care.

The retired United States Army Colonel and former State Department official explains the latest releases from WikiLeaks, what they tell us about the Defense and State departments and what should happen—but probably won't—to the people who have been breaking international laws.

How much has foreign policy really changed under Obama?

Assassination in Afghanistan and Task Force 373.