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Obama's plan for global war uses a variety of extra-legal methods including drones, civilian and proxy fighters, and cyber warfare. 

The MSNBC host and Nation editor at large has always been a thoughtful and fair journalist. That includes how he conducted himself in the controversy around his Memorial Day show.

Its ‘roadmap’ in tatters, the Pentagon takes a detour to Terminator Planet.

Why did Obama administration lawyers refuse to discount the possibility, even for First Amendment–protected speech?

The dramatic opening of the 9/11 trial shined a light on all the ways in which a commission is not a federal court.

Spending the same money on education, or clean energy, would bring many more jobs—among other benefits.

The key to making America safer is not to increase military spending but rather to do the exact opposite.

In the 1990s, targeted killing was highly controversial. Today, the practice is barely questioned. What happened in between?

A lesson in Republican math and military spending.

Drone technology could proliferate quickly, and we who set the precedent may well become a target.