Torture and Taboo: On Elaine Scarry Torture and Taboo: On Elaine Scarry
How the work of a literary critic became the proxy for our preoccupation with the horrors of torture.
Feb 5, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Samuel Moyn
Alabama Hostage Rescue: Using the Military at Home? Alabama Hostage Rescue: Using the Military at Home?
A slippery slope that ought to scare us all.
Feb 5, 2013 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Katrina vanden Heuvel: Rethinking Perpetual War and How We Wage It Katrina vanden Heuvel: Rethinking Perpetual War and How We Wage It
With covert ops and drone warfare on the rise, we have to ask ourselves about how we fight terrorism.
Jan 28, 2013 / Nation in the News / Press Room
‘Bug Splat’: Council on Foreign Relations, Rep. Keith Ellison Call for Drone Reform ‘Bug Splat’: Council on Foreign Relations, Rep. Keith Ellison Call for Drone Reform
The CFR report concludes that “the current trajectory of US drone strike policies is unsustainable."
Jan 18, 2013 / Tom Hayden
Another Word For Propaganda: On ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ Another Word For Propaganda: On ‘Zero Dark Thirty’
Why aren’t film director Kathryn Bigelow’s claimed government sources, including employees of the CIA, in jail like Bradley Manning?
Jan 18, 2013 / Robert Scheer
Will Congress Rein In Illegal Spying? Will Congress Rein In Illegal Spying?
When The New York Times first revealed the NSA was wiretapping Americans without a warrant in 2005, it was a scandal. But the government continues to spy with impunity—and wh...
Dec 19, 2012 / Editorial / Marcy Wheeler
Suspicious Minds: On Timothy Melley Suspicious Minds: On Timothy Melley
How thrillers inform spycraft, and the fictions that belie them both.
Dec 19, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Peter C. Baker
The Visible Government The Visible Government
How the US intelligence community came out of the shadows.
Dec 17, 2012 / Tom Engelhardt
The Possibility of a ‘Drone Drawdown’ in Peace Talks The Possibility of a ‘Drone Drawdown’ in Peace Talks
A combination of diplomacy, legal challenges and activism could end the program of US drone strikes.
Nov 30, 2012 / Tom Hayden
Broadwell and Petraeus—Embedded Broadwell and Petraeus—Embedded
If the director of the CIA and a Reserve intelligence officer can’t even conduct a decent affair, what does that say about the institution that groomed them?
Nov 20, 2012 / Editorial / JoAnn Wypijewski