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Election 2016December 5, 2016
9 Things Obama Can Do Before Leaving Office to Prepare for the Trump Takeover
In the next 40 days, the President can declassify secret documents, pardon whistle blowers, and punish high-level officials who abused their power.
Pratap Chatterjee
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US Wars and Military ActionApril 21, 2016
When Drone Operators Become Collateral Damage
In a new documentary, drone operators tell the truth about the job that’s destroying not just their targets but themselves.
Pratap Chatterjee
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Armed ConflictsJuly 13, 2015
The Side of Drone Warfare No One Is Talking About
Low-level drone intelligence analysts are often straight out of high school and suffering from PTSD at alarming rates.
Pratap Chatterjee
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PoliticsMarch 5, 2015
American Drone Operators Are Quitting in Record Numbers
An internal Air Force memo reveals that the US military’s drone wars are in major trouble.
Pratap Chatterjee
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Covert OpsMay 12, 2014
The True Costs of Remote Control War
Imagine if drone wars had a human face all the time so that we could understand what it was like to live constantly with the specter of death.
Pratap Chatterjee
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CorporationsFebruary 6, 2014
The Invisible World of Software Backdoors and Bounty Hunters
It's increasingly clear that the online world is, for both government surveillance types and corporate sellers, a new Wild West where anything goes.
Pratap Chatterjee
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National SecurityDecember 5, 2013
How the CIA Bungled the War on Terror
It's like Hollywood without the happy ending.
Pratap Chatterjee
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LawOctober 8, 2013
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Covert OpsAugust 19, 2010
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Regions and CountriesMarch 18, 2009
The Afghanistan Americans Seldom Notice
When it’s all over and we finally do leave, the Afghans of Bamiyan Province will be at least as poor as they ever were in what will remain a devastated country.
Pratap Chatterjee