Operation Pillar of Cloud: Why Israel Still Emerged the Victor
Commentators across the spectrum are talking this week about how Hamas was the real victor of the latest conflict, even though Gaza disproportionately felt the costs of advanced military bombardment. Here's Thanassis Cambanis in Foreign Affairs as an example: Now...
Drone War Gets a Little Attention
Look: people on television actually having a conversation about the drone war, its (il)legality, and Obama's abuse of executive power.
Obama’s War on Transparency
Obama's war on transparency is forever intensifying. His crackdown on whistleblowers and attacks on legitimate journalism as national security threats are now infamous. But last week the President issued a "Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and...
Obama, Philosopher King, Above the Law
The greatest political conceit held by those in power is that rules only apply to others, not oneself. President Obama, according to the New York Times, embraces this conceit wholly in his administration of the drone program. Before Obama won reelection, he was...
New Photo Released of “Gloves,” One of the Two NATO Summit Undercover Cops
Occupy Chicago has released another photo of "Gloves," one of the two undercover police informants from the May 2012 NATO Summit, which took place in Chicago, IL. They have placed it on Facebook and Twitter. "Gloves," acting as an infiltrator in the run-up to the...
Antiwar.com Newsletter| November 23, 2012
IN THIS ISSUE Top News Opinion and analysis Netanyahu: Israel Prepared to Resume Gaza War: In a speech at Police National Headquarters to tout the war, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted the war dealt a decisive blow to factions in the Gaza Strip,...
NATO 3 Court Date Set for One Day Before Two-Year Anniversary of Occupy Wall Street
The People's Law Office in Chicago - which is representing one of the original "NATO 3" activists preemptively arrested before the May 2012 NATO Summit and charged with conspiracy to commit an act of "domestic terrorism" - wrote an update blog post on Nov. 19 that...
John Glaser on RT Talking Gaza Ceasefire
Report: 70% of Retired US Generals Take Jobs With Defense Corporations
About 70 percent of retired three-and-four star generals took jobs with defense contractors or consultants, according to a report released Monday by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington and the Brave New Foundation. Huffington Post: The report found...
