Jeremy Scahill

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Jeremy Scahill is the author of the best-selling Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army, published by Nation Books. Nation Books released his second book, Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield, in 2013. He is the writer, with David Riker, and a producer of the documentary feature film Dirty Wars, released by IFC Films in 2013.

Covert OpsDecember 10, 2014

The CIA’s Secret Sites in Somalia

Renditions, an underground prison and a new CIA base are elements of an intensifying US war, according to a Nation investigation in Mogadishu.

Jeremy Scahill
US Wars and Military ActionOctober 29, 2013

Dirty Wars, Continued: How Does the ‘Global War on Terror’ Ever End?

With drone strikes and kill lists, the president set a dangerous precedent.

Jeremy Scahill
Covert OpsMay 23, 2013

Was the Assassination of Four US Citizens Legal?

Obama discussed the targeted killing operation today, but will anything really change?

Jeremy Scahill
Covert OpsApril 24, 2013

Inside America’s Dirty Wars

How three US citizens were killed by their own government in the space of one month in 2011.

Jeremy Scahill
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US Wars and Military ActionNovember 14, 2012

The Petraeus Legacy: A Paramilitary CIA?

Within some military and intelligence circles, it was the CIA director's relationship with JSOC—not Paula Broadwell—that raised concerns.

Jeremy Scahill
WorldMarch 23, 2012

¿Por Qué Obama Mantiene a un Periodista Preso en Yemen?

Luego de que sus partidarios cuestionaran la legalidad de la corte que lo condenó, Abdulelah Haider Shaye debería haber sido puesto en libertad. Pero el presidente Obama intervino.

Jeremy Scahill
PoliticsMarch 13, 2012

Why Is President Obama Keeping a Journalist in Prison in Yemen?

After supporters protested his “sham” trial, Abdulelah Haider Shaye would have been pardoned. Then Obama intervened.

Jeremy Scahill
Covert OpsFebruary 15, 2012

Washington’s War in Yemen Backfires

How US counterterrorism operations ignited an Islamist uprising.

Jeremy Scahill
Covert OpsSeptember 7, 2011

Blowback in Somalia

How US proxy wars helped create a militant Islamist threat.

Jeremy Scahill
Armed ConflictsMay 23, 2011

Lawmakers Ask Hillary Clinton to Explain Erik Prince’s Mercenaries in the UAE

“The implications of allowing a US citizen to assemble a legion in any foreign country, and especially in a combustible region like the Middle East, are serious and wide-ranging,” they allege.

Jeremy Scahill

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Jeremy Scahill

Covert OpsDecember 10, 2014

Renditions, an underground prison and a new CIA base are elements of an intensifying US war, according to a Nation investigation in Mogadishu.

US Wars and Military ActionOctober 29, 2013

With drone strikes and kill lists, the president set a dangerous precedent.

Covert OpsMay 23, 2013

Obama discussed the targeted killing operation today, but will anything really change?

Covert OpsApril 24, 2013

How three US citizens were killed by their own government in the space of one month in 2011.

The stakes are higher now than ever. Get The Nation in your inbox.

US Wars and Military ActionNovember 14, 2012

Within some military and intelligence circles, it was the CIA director's relationship with JSOC—not Paula Broadwell—that raised concerns.

WorldMarch 23, 2012

Luego de que sus partidarios cuestionaran la legalidad de la corte que lo condenó, Abdulelah Haider Shaye debería haber sido puesto en libertad. Pero el presidente Obama intervino.

PoliticsMarch 13, 2012

After supporters protested his “sham” trial, Abdulelah Haider Shaye would have been pardoned. Then Obama intervened.

Covert OpsFebruary 15, 2012

How US counterterrorism operations ignited an Islamist uprising.

Covert OpsSeptember 7, 2011

How US proxy wars helped create a militant Islamist threat.

Armed ConflictsMay 23, 2011

“The implications of allowing a US citizen to assemble a legion in any foreign country, and especially in a combustible region like the Middle East, are serious and wide-ranging,” they allege.