Justin Raimondo

December 23, 2015

I’m not telling Eric Garris I’m doing this, because I’m sure he’d object. He doesn’t take center stage on this web site very often, although without him it wouldn’t exist. He’s our webmaster, you see, and the founder of this site – and it’s his birthday tomorrow (Dec. 24). For twenty years, Eric has essentially […]

Eric Garris

December 23, 2015

Seymour Hersh, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter and author, discusses the US military’s covert opposition to the Obama administration’s “Assad must go” policy in Syria, including intelligence-sharing with the Syrian army to prevent Jabhat al-Nusra and Islamic State from taking over. Listen to the interview here or here. (Duration: 21:11 — 9.7MB)

Eric Garris

December 23, 2015

I am very sorry to convey the sad news that long-time Antiwar.com contributor Jim Rissman has died. He was 68. Jim was an early booster and research assistant for Antiwar.com, way back before 9/11/2001. Before we had a paid staff, Jim sent daily news research and links that helped me to update the site every […]

Peter Van Buren

December 23, 2015

It appears that the NSA (“or someone”) hacked into the code of a popular firewall and planted a password in there that would allow them access as needed. That means the NSA (“or someone”) would be able to bypass the security features of a network and do what they wanted inside. This is basically an […]

Daniel McAdams

December 22, 2015

Last week in Moscow, US Secretary of State John Kerry said it was not US policy that Assad must be overthrown in Syria. Days later in his end-of-year press conference President Obama said, once again, Assad must go. Is President Obama not in control of his own administration, as a recent Seymour Hersh article has […]

Peter Van Buren

December 22, 2015

Every Christmas sees one toy emerge as the most-wanted, gotta have gift – remember Tickle Me Elmo, and Beanie Babies from years past? Well, 2015’s big hit has emerged: The Iraq-Syria LEGO Playset. The set retails for three trillion dollars, though the price may have doubled by the time this is published. Included in the […]

Angela Keaton

December 22, 2015

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Daniel McAdams

December 21, 2015

In a GOP debate otherwise marked by constant calls for more bombs, more boots on the ground, more invasions, and even punching Russian President Vladimir Putin in the nose, one exchange stood out as the sad epitaph for an America whose moral compass has gone completely off. Neoconservative talk show host Hugh Hewitt was trying […]

Daniel McAdams

December 21, 2015

This may come as a shock, but incoming House Speaker is less than honest. He promised “regular order” and no more sneaky business of slipping bad bills into the text of massive spending legislation. Oops they did it again — passing the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) by sneaking it into the “must pass” Omnibus […]

Peter Van Buren

December 21, 2015

Here’s what happened: The three Navy SEALs stomped on bound Afghan detainees and dropped heavy stones on their chests. They stood on the prisoners’ heads and poured bottles of water on their faces in an improvised form of waterboarding. A bomb had exploded at an Afghan Local Police checkpoint where the SEALs were conducting training. […]