'War on Terror' II
Julian Sanchez : Barack Obama Administration
Obama makes reassuring noises about constraining executive power and protecting civil liberties, but then adopts whatever appalling policy Bush put in place.
War on Terrorism
2009
2008
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Hothead McCain
Robert Dreyfuss : US Intelligence/Covert Ops
The GOP nominee favors unilateralism and "rogue state rollback."
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The Most-Wanted List
Noam Chomsky : Civilian Casualties
Making a list of the most hated arch-criminals--not the usual suspects.
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Bush's Iran/Argentina Terror Frame-Up
The Bush Administration cites a 1994 bombing in Argentina to tar Iran as a sponsor of global terror. But a fresh probe finds no evidence of an Iran connection.
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Experts in Terror
Petra Bartosiewicz : Civil Rights After 9/11
The US government relies heavily on the testimony of self-styled terrorism experts in prosecuting the "war on terror." But how credible are they?
2007
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Justice Delayed
The government's case against Khader Hamide and Michel Shehadeh is closed. But did the US government learn anything about its wayward two-decade prosecution of Palestinian activists?
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Cashing In on Terror
Robert Scheer : War Profiteering
What a boondoggle 9/11 has been for the merchants of war.
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Apocalypse Now?
According to Chalmers Johnson, Bush's imperial presidency may be the final chapter in the collapse of American democracy.
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German GWOT Misfire
The government is using antiterrorist laws to suppress political dissent.
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Why We're Losing the War on Terror
David Cole & Jules Lobel : Pre-emptive Strikes
Going on the offensive has only made us more vulnerable.
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The Real Lesson of the Padilla Conviction
David Cole : US Intelligence/Covert Ops
If it had followed the rule of law from the outset, the Bush Administration could have brought many terrorists to justice by now.
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Laboratory for a Fortressed World
Gaza is in chaos, but Israel's economy is booming as high-tech entrepreneurs scramble to meet the post-9/11 world's hunger for spy tools and containment walls.
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The Sum of Our Fears
The money we've wasted on unseen terrorists, nonexistent WMDs and phantom pedophiles could have been used to address any number of legitimate threats.
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A Trial for Thousands Denied Trial
As Jose Padilla's trial unfolds in Miami, the cruel methods of US interrogators are finally being put on trial.
2006
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Jose Padilla's Ordeal
The systematic abuse of an American citizen charged with vague crimes related to terror has destroyed his sanity and made us into what we despise.
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On the Intelligence Report Finding That the War in Iraq Has Produced a New Generation of Jihadists and Increased Terrorism
Yes, there is indeed a link between Iraq and Bush's "war on terror."
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Wrong War, Wrong Word
"Islamo-fascism" looks like an analytic term, but it's really an emotional one, intended to get us to think less and fear more.
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