Why Is Obama Still Using Blackwater? Why Is Obama Still Using Blackwater?
Two years to the day after the Nisour Square massacre, Blackwater remains in Iraq, armed and dangerous.
Sep 16, 2009 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill
Harry Reid: Investigate Iraq Electrocutions Harry Reid: Investigate Iraq Electrocutions
The Senate majority leader calls on Gates and Clinton to find out if shoddy electrical work by contractors killed Adam Hermanson.
Sep 15, 2009 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill
Iraq: Employee Electrocuted, Family Searches for Truth Iraq: Employee Electrocuted, Family Searches for Truth
Jeremy Scahill appears with the Hermanson family, whose son Adam was killed in Iraq while employed with Triple Canopy, the "new Blackwater."
Sep 11, 2009 / Press Room
The Right Finds 9/11 Ripe for Exploitation The Right Finds 9/11 Ripe for Exploitation
Nation blogger Melissa Harris-Lacewell reacts to Glenn Beck's '9/12 movement' and the right-wing's tone deaf response to Obama's healthcare speech.
Sep 11, 2009 / The Rachel Maddow Show
How 9/11 Should Be Remembered How 9/11 Should Be Remembered
For the eighth anniversary of September 11, 2001, a full-scale reappraisal of the real meaning of that day in New York for ordinary Americans.
Sep 11, 2009 / Rebecca Solnit
The Death of Adam Hermanson The Death of Adam Hermanson
The family of a military contractor electrocuted in Baghdad is alleging his employer, Triple Canopy misled them about how he died.
Sep 10, 2009 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill
Obama’s CIA-on-Campus Program Obama’s CIA-on-Campus Program
Shrouded in secrecy, "intelligence officer training" conflicts with universities' commitment to openness and free inquiry.
Sep 9, 2009 / Feature / Jon Wiener
Another Mysterious Electrocution Death in Iraq Another Mysterious Electrocution Death in Iraq
The death of a Triple Canopy contractor in Iraq bears a striking resemblance to an earlier electrocution ruled to be a "negligent homicide."
Sep 9, 2009 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill
A 9/11 Reality Check A 9/11 Reality Check
What if eight years ago the World Trade Center had been leveled by a small nuclear bomb that took out most of lower Manhattan as well?
Sep 9, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer
Afghanistan by the Numbers Afghanistan by the Numbers
How to measure "success" in Afghanistan, the metrics for a war gone to hell.
Sep 8, 2009 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt