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The Last Letter

Tomas Young / Truthdig Mar 19, 2013 A Message to George W. Bush and Dick Cheney From a Dying Veteran Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

How We Were Scammed by the Iraq War

Staff / Truthdig Mar 19, 2013 A military action that was sold to Americans as short and inexpensive may come to cost us $3.7 trillion; Sen. Rob Portman has come out in support of same-sex marriage thanks to his gay son, but doesn't seem interested in women's rights despite having a daughter; meanwhile, the hacker who brought you the Bush family's emails has exposed communications between a White House adviser and the Clintons. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Petraeus, Rumsfeld Linked to Iraqi Torture Centers

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Mar 7, 2013 The Guardian and BBC Arabic are reporting that the U.S. helped fund and organize a network of torture centers that fueled Iraq's sectarian violence. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Pentagon Grounds All F-35s After Routine Inspection

Staff / Truthdig Feb 23, 2013 The $400 billion boondoggle known as the Joint Strike Fighter suffered another setback Friday when the Pentagon grounded the first 51 of 2,400 desired jets. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Jailbreak Your Smartphone, Go to Jail

Staff / Truthdig Jan 31, 2013 As though we don't have enough absurd laws in the US, a new one has passed criminalizing the unlocking of mobile devices; the U is spending $400,000 a day to keep innocent people incarcerated in Guantanamo; and this Sunday is the Super Bowl, when we watch men cause one another brain trauma These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Women Now ‘Given the Opportunity to Succeed’ in War

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 25, 2013 Mark this as a moment of progress in the struggle for gender equality in America. The Pentagon has announced its plans to let your mother, girlfriend and daughter kill and be killed on a battlefield. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Dog Eat Dog World of Politics

Staff / Truthdig Jan 10, 2013 Canines have more to do with presidential elections than one might think; the conditions in which alleged WikiLeaks source Bradley Manning was detained were "excessive," a military judge found; meanwhile, The Associated Press has started selling sponsored tweets on its Twitter feed. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Pakistan Taliban Leader Dead in U.S. Drone Strike

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 4, 2013 The first disclosed unmanned drone strike of 2013 killed top Taliban leader Mullah Nazir as he reportedly met with senior leaders of his group in South Waziristan early Thursday morning, security officials say. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Articles on Rape in the US Military

Col. Ann Wright / Truthdig Jul 11, 2012 Military sexual assault prevention and response policies, and the culture of violence against servicewomen are among the issues covered here . Dig deeper

‘Sesame Street’ Songs Used to Torture Inmates

Staff / Truthdig Jun 5, 2012 To make inmates in Guantanamo Bay divulge information, guards play "Sesame Street" songs; studies are attempting to show that people can suffer from a clinical addiction to Facebook; meanwhile, the Catholic Church is looking into the Girl Scouts for their ties to organizations that promote safe sex. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The President’s Kill List

Staff / Truthdig May 30, 2012 Barack Obama campaigned to become the 44th president with vows to close Guantanamo, stop torture and end the war in Iraq. But campaigning and governing are two entirely separate things, as Obama quickly found out when confronted with the sustained threat of terrorism against the U.S. and the realities of fighting two foreign wars. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Green Berets on the Hunt for Kony

Staff / Truthdig Apr 30, 2012 It seems the viral horde that spread the message of African warlord Joseph Kony got what it wanted, or maybe just had it all along. For about six months, U.S. Green Berets have been training and supporting soldiers in four nations on the hunt for the Lord's Resistance Army leader. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )