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The NSA Wants Carte Blanche for Warrantless Surveillance The NSA Wants Carte Blanche for Warrantless Surveillance
If the Senate passes an expansion of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, any American’s international communications could become an open book.
Apr 18, 2024 / James Bamford
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America Is Addicted to War America Is Addicted to War
The genocide happening in Gaza today may foreshadow one possible future for this planet.
Apr 16, 2024 / William Astore
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Will Benjamin Netanyahu Drag America Into a Big Middle Eastern War? Will Benjamin Netanyahu Drag America Into a Big Middle Eastern War?
Biden is for pushing de-escalation—but Israel could still go rogue.
Apr 15, 2024 / Jeet Heer
![Palestinians standing next to a vehicle in the central Gaza Strip, where employees from the World Central Kitchen (WCK) were killed in an Israeli air strike.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/WCK-bombing.jpg)
How US Intelligence and an American Company Feed Israel’s Killing Machine in Gaza How US Intelligence and an American Company Feed Israel’s Killing Machine in Gaza
Because it isn’t so much the bombs that kill but the list that puts civilians in the way of the bombs.
Apr 12, 2024 / James Bamford
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End the Persecution of Julian Assange End the Persecution of Julian Assange
The fifth anniversary of Assange’s imprisonment would be a good day for the Biden administration to end this sordid saga—before it ends the First Amendment.
Apr 11, 2024 / Chip Gibbons
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Why I Continue to Write About Guantánamo Why I Continue to Write About Guantánamo
I’ve been covering the detention center since 2002, and I’ll continue to do so until it is eradicated—because I refuse to let this injustice be relegated to the past.
Apr 10, 2024 / Karen J. Greenberg
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Niger Wants to Kick US Troops Out of the Country Niger Wants to Kick US Troops Out of the Country
This is just the latest in a series of stalemates, fiascos, or outright defeats that have come to typify America’s Global War on Terror.
Apr 4, 2024 / Nick Turse
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Joe Lieberman and the Venality of Elite Bipartisanship Joe Lieberman and the Venality of Elite Bipartisanship
The late senator embodied a consensus of militarism and plutocracy.
Mar 28, 2024 / Jeet Heer
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Want to Cut the National Budget? Start With Military Spending. Want to Cut the National Budget? Start With Military Spending.
The biggest driver of overspending is an unrealistic, self-indulgent, and militaristic national defense strategy.
Mar 28, 2024 / Julia Gledhill and William D. Hartung