Rachel Maddow Misses Cronkite Moment in Afghanistan Rachel Maddow Misses Cronkite Moment in Afghanistan
Rachel Maddow today is less bold on Afghanistan than Walter Cronkite was 32 years ago on Vietnam, even though the CBS anchor was the far more mainstream of the two.
Jul 20, 2010 / Tom Hayden
Corporate Media Discover Private Spies. In Other News, No WMD in Iraq Corporate Media Discover Private Spies. In Other News, No WMD in Iraq
The much-hyped Washington Post series on privatized intelligence fails to effectively take on contractor involvement in assassinations, renditions and torture.
Jul 20, 2010 / Jeremy Scahill
Huge Fly Swatter, No Flies: Top Secret America’s Vast Counterterrorism Machine Huge Fly Swatter, No Flies: Top Secret America’s Vast Counterterrorism Machine
Literally millions of Americans are employed to battle Osama bin Laden and his minions, a Post series reports, arrayed against a threat that barely exists.
Jul 19, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
That Iranian Nuke Spy: Was He Pressured to Fabricate Intelligence? That Iranian Nuke Spy: Was He Pressured to Fabricate Intelligence?
It's unlikely that Shahram Amiri was kidnapped and tortured. But it's not out of the question that he didn't want to be part of a propaganda campaign involving exaggerated or fake ...
Jul 14, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
Death on Your Doorstep Death on Your Doorstep
What Sebastian Junger and Restrepo won't tell you about war.
Jul 13, 2010 / Nick Turse
Centcom Commander Loves to Kill Centcom Commander Loves to Kill
Obama and Gates have appointed a Marine general to Centcom famous for saying that he loves to kill. Hopefully, there's more to the story.
Jul 12, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
The Petraeus Syndrome The Petraeus Syndrome
As Petraeus takes over in Afghanistan, could success be worse than failure?
Jul 12, 2010 / Tom Engelhardt
Hawks, UAE Ambassador Want War with Iran Hawks, UAE Ambassador Want War with Iran
They're at it again. It's time for war with Iran, the neocons say.
Jul 9, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
Who Fights and Why? Who Fights and Why?
Winter Bone—if you haven't seen this extraordinary, woman-directed film about a family in trouble in the Ozarks of Missouri, I recommend it. Grim it is. Irrelevant it is not.
Jul 8, 2010 / Laura Flanders
Former Top CIA Spy: How US Intelligence Became Big Business Former Top CIA Spy: How US Intelligence Became Big Business
Intelligence veteran Robert Grenier, who worked covertly in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq, recently offered a rare glimpse into the world of privatized intelligence, Blackwa...
Jul 7, 2010 / Jeremy Scahill