On YouTube, Obama Campaign Plays bin Laden Card Against Romney On YouTube, Obama Campaign Plays bin Laden Card Against Romney
Barack Obama’s general election campaign wasted no time in playing the bin Laden card against Mitt Romney.
Apr 27, 2012 / Blog / Ari Melber
The Age of American Shadow Power The Age of American Shadow Power
Covert operations have now assumed a dominant—and destructive—role in US foreign policy.
Apr 11, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Juan Cole
Washington’s War in Yemen Backfires Washington’s War in Yemen Backfires
How US counterterrorism operations ignited an Islamist uprising.
Feb 15, 2012 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill
450 Bases and Counting 450 Bases and Counting
The Pentagon’s Afghan basing plans for prisons, drones and black ops.
Feb 13, 2012 / Nick Turse
A Brief History of Drones A Brief History of Drones
With the invention of drones, we crossed into a new frontier: killing that’s risk-free, remote, and detached from human cues.
Feb 7, 2012 / Feature / John Sifton
Kicking Down the World’s Door Kicking Down the World’s Door
How drones, special operations forces and the US Navy plan to end national sovereignty as we know it.
Feb 6, 2012 / Tom Engelhardt
The ‘Crash and Burn’ Future of Drone Warfare The ‘Crash and Burn’ Future of Drone Warfare
What seventy downed drones reveal about the new American way of war.
Jan 17, 2012 / Nick Turse
The Cyber Arms Race Has Begun The Cyber Arms Race Has Begun
Governments are ramping up investment in cyberweaponry as well as cybersecurity, opening a dark new frontier.
Oct 12, 2011 / Feature / Misha Glenny
Awlaki Assassination Puts Obama Above the Law Awlaki Assassination Puts Obama Above the Law
Welcome to the Drone Empire, in which the president's executioners can kill without legal restraint.
Oct 5, 2011 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn
As Obama Goes Abroad Searching for Monsters to Destroy, Ron Paul Rightly Rejects Assassinating Americans As Obama Goes Abroad Searching for Monsters to Destroy, Ron Paul Rightly Rejects Assassinating Americans
While Rick Perry hails the president's authorization of the killing of two Americans in Yemen, Paul rejects “assassinating American citizens without charges.”
Oct 1, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols