The Former Yugoslavia The Former Yugoslavia
During the Kosovo crisis of last year, it was commonplace if not routine to hear two mantras being intoned by those who had decided that "never" would be about the right ...
Oct 5, 2000 / Column / Christopher Hitchens
CIA Outrages in Chile CIA Outrages in Chile
"Covert action," the late Senator Frank Church concluded in 1976 after his long inquiry into CIA operations in Chile and elsewhere, is a "semantic disguise for murder, coercion, ...
Sep 28, 2000 / Peter Kornbluh
Aid for Nuclear Workers Aid for Nuclear Workers
Madame Curie's denial of radiation dangers is emblematic of the legacy we now face as America's romance with the atom draws to a close.
Sep 25, 2000 / Robert Alvarez
Trulock Is Source of Botched Lee Case Trulock Is Source of Botched Lee Case
In a bad spy flick, there's got to be a character like Notra Trulock, an obsessed sleuth who always gets his man--even if it's the wrong man.
Sep 12, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer
George Smiley, Move Over George Smiley, Move Over
"This is a story about a spy," writes Millicent Dillon in Harry Gold: A Novel.
Jun 29, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Elsa Dixler
Want to Know a Secret?–There Are No Secrets Want to Know a Secret?–There Are No Secrets
These days, the once highly revered nuclear weapons lab at Los Alamos is the butt of jokes and investigations over the latest revelation--that top-secret files supposedly locke...
Jun 27, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer
Search and Destroy Search and Destroy
Gay-Baiting in the Military Under 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
Jun 22, 2000 / Feature / Doug Ireland
Killing Him Lets Us Off the Hook Killing Him Lets Us Off the Hook
It's difficult to get over the idea that we failed Timothy McVeigh and that his execution fails us all. How deceptive a finale it is that leaves history neatly packaged in the ce...
Jun 12, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer
Exacting ‘the Price of Liberty…’ Exacting ‘the Price of Liberty…’
Generals and admirals often tell us that eternal vigilance is the price of liberty, but they sure don't appreciate being on its business end.
Jun 1, 2000 / Column / Eric Alterman
Janey Got Her Gun Janey Got Her Gun
Michael Kimmel served as the Justice Department's expert witness on gender issues in the VMI and Citadel litigation.
Jun 1, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Michael Kimmel