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Covert operations have now assumed a dominant—and destructive—role in US foreign policy.

And check out Kosman and Picciotto’s new crossword blog, Word Salad.

The government is spending real money on an imaginary war.

Why does 76 percent of the civil libertarian’s Super PAC money come from billionaire Peter Thiel, whose Palantir Technologies helps the government spy on citizens?
 

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Why does 76 percent of the civil libertarian’s Super PAC money come from billionaire Peter Thiel, whose Palantir Technologies helps the government spy on citizens?

What seventy downed drones reveal about the new American way of war.

Ever since 1991, Russians have been looking to the Soviet past for comfort and pride.

What a busted robot airplane tells us about American empire in 2012 and beyond.