(MintPress) — Expenditures on national security have increased by more than $1 trillion since Sept. 11, a sharp rise that many experts in defense and domestic policy circles criticize as inflated and unnecessary. While the threat from foreign jihadi terrorism still poses a threat to U.S. national security, a growing number of experts contend that […]
(MintPress) — Expenditures on national security have increased by more than $1 trillion since Sept. 11, a sharp rise that many experts in defense and domestic policy circles criticize as inflated and unnecessary. While the threat from foreign jihadi terrorism still poses a threat to U.S. national security, a growing number of experts contend that […]
(MintPress) — Freedom of the press, a protected First Amendment right often taken for granted in the U.S., is one of the motivating factors driving popular revolutions in the ongoing “Arab Spring” uprisings across the Middle East and North Africa. While many activists’ focus demands on an end to corrupt hegemonic rule and better economic […]
(MintPress) — Freedom of the press, a protected First Amendment right often taken for granted in the U.S., is one of the motivating factors driving popular revolutions in the ongoing “Arab Spring” uprisings across the Middle East and North Africa. While many activists’ focus demands on an end to corrupt hegemonic rule and better economic […]
Nations don’t wage permanent wars and survive. Imagine one calling itself a democracy trying. Washington spends more on militarism and imperial wars than the rest of the world combined. At the same time, vital domestic needs go begging. America lives by the sword. One day it’ll perish by it. Perhaps so will humanity. The more […]
Nations don’t wage permanent wars and survive. Imagine one calling itself a democracy trying. Washington spends more on militarism and imperial wars than the rest of the world combined. At the same time, vital domestic needs go begging. America lives by the sword. One day it’ll perish by it. Perhaps so will humanity. The more […]
Republican Mitt Romney wants to burnish his foreign policy image with a trip to Britain, Poland and Israel this week, but I wonder if seven days off the campaign trail is really worth it. I mean, seriously. Poland? All candidates want to practice looking presidential overseas, but not all face the level of scrutiny that […]
Republican Mitt Romney wants to burnish his foreign policy image with a trip to Britain, Poland and Israel this week, but I wonder if seven days off the campaign trail is really worth it. I mean, seriously. Poland? All candidates want to practice looking presidential overseas, but not all face the level of scrutiny that […]
Following recent revelations by the New York Times that all military-aged males in Waziristan are considered fair game by the CIA in its drone strikes, many US journalists have been reassessing how they report on deaths in the attacks. So when CNN’s national security analyst Peter Bergen produced a graph claiming that no civilians have been killed […]
Following recent revelations by the New York Times that all military-aged males in Waziristan are considered fair game by the CIA in its drone strikes, many US journalists have been reassessing how they report on deaths in the attacks. So when CNN’s national security analyst Peter Bergen produced a graph claiming that no civilians have been killed […]
(MintPress)— Surviving members of Anwar Aulaqi’s family have launched a suit against the U.S. government with the help of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Center for Constitutional Rights. The legal action is in response to U.S. military drone strikes in 2011 that killed three U.S. citizens in Yemen. Family members claim the killings […]
(MintPress)— Surviving members of Anwar Aulaqi’s family have launched a suit against the U.S. government with the help of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Center for Constitutional Rights. The legal action is in response to U.S. military drone strikes in 2011 that killed three U.S. citizens in Yemen. Family members claim the killings […]
(NEW YORK) MintPress – The U.S. government is coming under renewed fire for its so-called unmanned drone “targeted killing” program, aimed at alleged terrorists, which the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Constitutional Rights says has killed hundreds of innocent civilians in countries where the targets are thought to be operating. On Wednesday, the two groups […]
(NEW YORK) MintPress – The U.S. government is coming under renewed fire for its so-called unmanned drone “targeted killing” program, aimed at alleged terrorists, which the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Constitutional Rights says has killed hundreds of innocent civilians in countries where the targets are thought to be operating. On Wednesday, the two groups […]
