Congress Is Still in the Dark About the Extent of Electronic Snooping Congress Is Still in the Dark About the Extent of Electronic Snooping
More than a million requests for cell phone records by law enforcement is just the beginning of the surveillance story.
Jul 20, 2012 / Nancy Goldstein
Syria’s ‘Descent Into All-Out Civil War’ Syria’s ‘Descent Into All-Out Civil War’
Russia and China veto the UN resolution as fighting intensifies.
Jul 19, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss
The National Security Complex and You The National Security Complex and You
Your security’s a joke (and you’re the butt of it).
Jul 19, 2012 / Tom Engelhardt
The Damascus Blast: Syrian Rebels Back Al Qaeda–Style Tactics The Damascus Blast: Syrian Rebels Back Al Qaeda–Style Tactics
Russia warns US against backing rebels.
Jul 18, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss
Why Won’t Congress Investigate the Sex Abuse Scandal at Lackland Air Force Base? Why Won’t Congress Investigate the Sex Abuse Scandal at Lackland Air Force Base?
Twelve of the base's instructors have been accused of sexual assault, with thirty-one female trainees identified as victims.
Jul 17, 2012 / Soumya Karlamangla
Occupy Hong Kong May Be in Its Last Days Occupy Hong Kong May Be in Its Last Days
Long after the Occupy camps at Zuccotti Park in Manhatttan and St. Paul's Cathedral and Finsbury Park in London were evicted or decamped, an encampment in an unlikely location stil...
Jul 17, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny
Four Spending Myths That Could Wreck Our World Four Spending Myths That Could Wreck Our World
This is how not to solve an American crisis.
Jul 17, 2012 / Mattea Kramer
Could the Radical Left Win in Greece? Could the Radical Left Win in Greece?
The once-marginal Syriza coalition could bring down the current weak government—but to attain power it must get more union support.
Jul 16, 2012 / Ari Paul
The Military’s New Lily-Pad Strategy The Military’s New Lily-Pad Strategy
How the Pentagon is quietly transforming its overseas base empire and creating a dangerous new way of war.
Jul 16, 2012 / David Vine
Tremseh, Syria: Not Exactly a Massacre; Clinton, UK Both Jump the Gun Tremseh, Syria: Not Exactly a Massacre; Clinton, UK Both Jump the Gun
It‘s now a civil war, officially.
Jul 16, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss