Nick Turse

October 5, 2017

Originally posted at TomDispatch. We were already roaring down the road when the young man called to me over his shoulder. There was a woman seated between us on the motorbike and with the distance, his accent, the rushing air, and the engine noise, it took a moment for me to decipher what he had […]

Patrick G. Eddington

October 5, 2017

Wednesday afternoon the House Judiciary Committee circulated its draft FISA Sec. 702 reauthorization bill. This is a preliminary readout of the major problems I see with this legislation. Mandatory Data Destruction Not Mandatory One of the biggest vulnerabilities Americans face today is the growing volume of their personal data being stored on servers in the […]

Thomas Harrington

October 5, 2017

One the more popular arguments now being employed but those who are against the separation of Catalonia from Spain but who do not want to be seen as lining up with the political philosophy and violent tactics of the Rajoy government is the following: "I’m all for the Catalans being able to vote on independence. […]

Daniel McAdams

October 4, 2017

With President Trump again facing the requirement to certify whether Iran is complying with the P5+1 nuclear deal this month, it looks like a major clash may be brewing between the president and the neocons on one side, and the military generals he openly embraces in his Administration on the other. What might normally be […]

Ron Paul and Daniel McAdams

October 4, 2017

The Trump Administration has just expelled several Cuban diplomats in Washington and suspended visas for Cubans wishing to visit the United States over reports that US embassy personnel in Havana have been attacked by some kind of mystery “sonic weapon” that is leaving them everything from dizziness and hearing loss to brain damage. Are the […]

Thaddeus Russell

October 3, 2017

Historian Thaddeus Russell sat down for an extensive interview with Scott Horton on his new book Fool’s Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan. Order the Book Scott Horton is the author of the widely-acclaimed Fool’s Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan and the host of the indispensable foreign policy radio program and […]

Ramzy Baroud

October 3, 2017

Now Available for Pre-orders A fierce and strenuous challenge to the traditional approach to history in which Palestinians, mostly refugees, are the true protagonists. "This moving and perceptive book is a journey to the heart of the evils of occupation and colonization suffered by the Palestinians on the ground. It allows the people themselves to […]

Ron Paul and Daniel McAdams

October 2, 2017

After Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told the media that the US does have channels of communication with North Korea, President Trump Tweeted from the golf course that Tillerson was wasting his time with diplomacy. Why would the president undermine his own cabinet for doing their jobs? Tune in to today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report. […]

Chris Ernesto

September 29, 2017

A number of years ago I was at an antiwar protest in St. Petersburg, FL where one of my fellow protesters was holding a sign that said, "The U.S. military is killing innocent people in Iraq." Within moments, a person who said he was in the Army began screaming at the protester saying, "I just […]

Thomas L. Knapp

September 28, 2017

“Russian operatives used Facebook ads to exploit America’s racial and religious divisions,” the Washington Post claims in a September 25 headline. Over at The Daily Beast, Dean Obeidallah explains “How Russian Hackers Used My Face to Sabotage Our Politics and Elect Trump.” And US Senator James Lankford (R-OK) thinks that “the Russians and their troll […]