Military

Taxpayer Money Used to Cover PRISM Compliance Costs

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 23, 2013 Top-secret material passed to The Guardian shows that the National Security Agency paid millions of dollars to help major Internet companies such as Google, Microsoft and Facebook cover the cost of certification for participating in the PRISM surveillance program. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Three Good Reasons To Liquidate Our Empire

By Chalmers Johnson, TomDispatch Aug 23, 2013 The failure to begin to deal with our bloated military establishment and the profligate use of it in missions for which it is hopelessly inappropriate will, sooner rather than later, condemn the United States to a devastating trio of consequences: imperial overstretch, perpetual war, and insolvency, leading to a likely collapse similar to that of the former Soviet Union. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )

If You Love Pfc. Manning, Help Set Her Free

Bill Blum / Truthdig Aug 23, 2013 With her trial in the rearview mirror, Chelsea (formerly Bradley) Manning could benefit from a tactical pivot by at least some of her ardent supporters, redirecting their efforts to doing whatever is practically necessary to secure her release from prison rather than simply promoting her case as a vehicle for fighting the wider and very dangerous crackdown on whistle-blowers.With her trial in the rearview mirror, Chelsea (formerly Bradley) Manning could benefit from a tactical pivot by at least some of her ardent supporters. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Area 51 a Place of Secrets—and Government Evasion

BLANK Aug 21, 2013 The biggest secrets at famed Area 51 had less to do with rumored UFOs and extraterrestrials than with the poisoning of government workers. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Moment the U.S. Ended Iran’s Brief Experiment in Democracy

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Aug 20, 2013 Sixty years ago this week, the United States, in collaboration with Britain, staged a coup in Iran to preserve the control of Western companies over Iran’s rich oil fields. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

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 )