Military

Greenwald’s Partner Told He Would Be ‘Put in Jail’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 20, 2013 In his first interview since being detained and interrogated for nine hours Sunday by British authorities under the Terrorism Act, David Miranda, the partner of the Guardian journalist who broke stories of mass surveillance by the National Security Agency this summer, has accused Britain of a "total abuse of power." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Pinup for Our Muslim Brothers

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Nothing Personal

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For Egypt, ‘A New Dark Age of Military Repression’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 19, 2013 "With the overthrow of Morsi by the army on 3 July and the massacre of Muslim Brotherhood followers on 14 August, the Egyptian army is gambling that it can win an outright victory and crush the Brotherhood, eliminating it permanently from Egyptian political life," Patrick Cockburn writes in The Independent. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Hosni Mubarak to Be Freed Within Days, Lawyer Says

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 19, 2013 Judicial authorities ruled Monday that the Egyptian president who was thrown out of office by the Arab Spring protests in early 2011 has spent too much time in custody after one of the initial charges against him was dropped. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Laura Poitras

BLANK Aug 19, 2013 Documentary filmmaker and government surveillance reporter Laura Poitras is a model for a new generation of investigative journalists bent on protecting their sources while uncovering government wrongdoing.The documentary filmmaker and government surveillance reporter is a model for a new generation of journalists bent on protecting their sources while uncovering government wrongdoing. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Egypt Considers Legally Disbanding Muslim Brotherhood

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 17, 2013 Egypt's military government announced Saturday that it had begun deliberations on whether to reinstate a historic ban on the long-outlawed organization that "swept to power in the country's first democratic elections a year ago," The Associated Press reports. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Left, Right & Center’: Chaos in Egypt, NSA Revelations and the GOP

Staff / Truthdig Aug 17, 2013 Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other "Left, Right & Center" panelists consider whether the Obama administration should have stated stronger positions on aid and military in Egypt as violence overwhelmed Cairo. Edward Snowden reveals that the NSA broke its own surveillance rules thousands of times. And the Republican Party convenes in Boston and Chris Christie makes a case for 2016. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

NSA Violated Its Own Rules on Bulk Surveillance (Video)

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 16, 2013 Internal NSA audits found thousands of cases in which the spying agency collected, stored and possibly searched data belonging to private citizens that it was not authorized to view, much less acquire. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Teenagers in Space

By Tom Engehardt, TomDispatch Aug 16, 2013 In the 1970s, those in a position to produce movies, TV shows, comics, novels, or memoirs about Vietnam were convinced that Americans felt badly enough without such reminders. It was simpler to consider the war film and war toy casualties of Vietnam than to create cultural products with the wrong heroes, victims, and villains. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

A Lack of Spine on Egypt

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Aug 16, 2013 There may be little the United States can do to end the savage bloodletting in Egypt, but at least our nation can be loyal to its ideals by bearing witness and telling the truth. In this, President Obama has failed. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Egypt’s Transition Has Failed: New Age of Military Dictatorship in Wake of Massacre

Juan Cole / Truthdig Aug 16, 2013 The horrible bloodshed in Egypt on Wednesday marked a turning point in the country’s modern history, locking it in to years of authoritarian paternalism and possibly violent faction fighting. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )