Why the Invasion of Iraq Was the Single Worst Foreign Policy Decision in American History Why the Invasion of Iraq Was the Single Worst Foreign Policy Decision in American History
Ignore the jingoism, from politicians and the press—the tenth anniversary marks a tenth year from hell.
Mar 7, 2013 / Peter Van Buren
Lessons From Mali, Algeria and Libya Lessons From Mali, Algeria and Libya
Expanding Washington’s military footprint in North Africa may be well intended, but it could be destabilizing and lead to blowback.
Feb 13, 2013 / Editorial / The Editors
What’s Wrong With Obama’s Drone Policy What’s Wrong With Obama’s Drone Policy
The White House evidently believes it can kill us in secret and never own up to the fact.
Feb 13, 2013 / Editorial / David Cole
‘America Doesn’t Torture’—It Kills ‘America Doesn’t Torture’—It Kills
Even if we like President Obama, do we want him to be a one-man death panel?
Feb 13, 2013 / Column / Katha Pollitt
President Obama Should Go to Chicago. And Yemen. And Pakistan. And … President Obama Should Go to Chicago. And Yemen. And Pakistan. And …
The president should condemn violence at home, and hold himself accountable for violence abroad, as well.
Feb 8, 2013 / Blog / Mychal Denzel Smith
America’s Global Torture Network America’s Global Torture Network
A new Open Society Foundations report details just how far down the river we've sold this country's democratic values in our overreaching response to terror.
Feb 8, 2013 / Robert Scheer
Nine Things John Brennan Needs to Explain Today Nine Things John Brennan Needs to Explain Today
No Congressional hearing has examined the secret expansion of targeted drone killings, but the senate has a chance to grill Obama's nominee for CIA director today.
Feb 7, 2013 / Blog / George Zornick
Fifty-four Nations Are Implicated in a CIA Torture Scheme Fifty-four Nations Are Implicated in a CIA Torture Scheme
A new report shows that a central element of the Bush administration response to 9/11 was itself to spread terror—on a global scale.
Feb 6, 2013 / Editorial / David Cole
Questions for John Brennan That Won’t Get Asked Questions for John Brennan That Won’t Get Asked
Because if he told them, he’d have to kill them. Wait. He did.
Feb 6, 2013 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
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