Did the CIA Deploy a Blackwater Hit Team in Germany? Did the CIA Deploy a Blackwater Hit Team in Germany?
German prosecutors have launched an investigation into allegations that a Blackwater-led CIA team conducted a clandestine operation in Hamburg after 9/11 aimed at assassinating a G...
Jan 8, 2010 / Jeremy Scahill
Admiral Mullen: No Attack on Iran Admiral Mullen: No Attack on Iran
Yesterday, Admiral Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, made a rare public appearance to speak about America's challenges in the Middle East. However, cont...
Jan 8, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
Blackwater at the Center of CIA Ops Blackwater at the Center of CIA Ops
The death of two contractors on a CIA base in Afghanistan signals their ongoing ties with US intelligence.
Jan 8, 2010 / The Rachel Maddow Show
Two Blackwater Guards Arrested on Murder Charges Two Blackwater Guards Arrested on Murder Charges
The Blackwater guards are charged with killing two Afghan civilians in May 2009.
Jan 7, 2010 / Jeremy Scahill
Blackwater Injustice Blackwater Injustice
A federal judge has dismissed all charges against the five Blackwater operatives accused of gunning down fourteen innocent Iraqis in Baghdad's Nisour Square in 2007.
Jan 7, 2010 / Jeremy Scahill
The Terror Trap The Terror Trap
The attempted airliner attack on Christmas Day demonstrates that the best antidote to terrorism is not military action but good intelligence, police work and appropriate security m...
Jan 7, 2010 / The Editors
The Transformation of Hamas The Transformation of Hamas
Palestine's Islamic movement has subtly changed its uncompromising posture on Israel.
Jan 7, 2010 / Feature / Fawaz A. Gerges
Imposing Middle East Peace Imposing Middle East Peace
Forceful outside intervention is the only alternative to an unstable and dangerous status quo.
Jan 7, 2010 / Feature / Henry Siegman
Blackwater Settles Massacre Lawsuit Blackwater Settles Massacre Lawsuit
Blackwater will pay families of dead Iraqis $100,000 each, and says it is "pleased" with the outcome.
Jan 6, 2010 / Jeremy Scahill
Blind in Afghanistan Blind in Afghanistan
One of the paradoxes of America's bumbling intervention in Afghanistan is that the United States knows next to nothing about the country it is occupying.
Jan 6, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss