Military

Bradley Manning Found Not Guilty of Aiding the Enemy

Staff / Truthdig Jul 30, 2013 The Army private has been found guilty by a military judge on a number of charges related to the largest leak of classified documents in US history However, he was acquitted on the most serious charge leveled against him However, the Army private was found guilty on a number of other charges related to the largest leak of classified documents in U. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Who Are We at War With? That’s Classified

By Cora Currier, ProPublica Jul 30, 2013 In a major national security speech this spring, President Obama said again and again that the U.S. is at war with “Al Qaeda, the Taliban, and their associated forces.” So who exactly are those associated forces? It’s a secret. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

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We Should Thank Edward Snowden

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Jul 30, 2013 Edward Snowden's renegade decision to reveal the jaw-dropping scope of the National Security Agency's electronic surveillance is being vindicated -- even as Snowden himself is being vilified. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Bradley Manning Trial Verdict Reportedly Reached

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jul 30, 2013 Presiding judge Army Col. Denise Lind is scheduled to announce her decision Tuesday, NBC News is reporting. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Let Us Now Sing About the Warmed Earth

By Subhankar Banerjee, ClimateStoryTellers Jul 29, 2013 There are four elements of dystopia -- ecological, political, sociological, and economic -- as it relates to climate change, and news that the release of methane from beneath the Siberian permafrost would cost $60 trillion globally promises to create one. Dig deeper ( 16 Min. Read )

Now You See Him, Now You Don’t

By Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch Jul 29, 2013 After years in absentia, retired CIA operative Robert Seldon Lady reappeared out of nowhere on the border between Panama and Costa Rica. And then -- poof! -- he vanished a second time. Not another news story was heard here in the U.S. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Morsi Supporters Stand Firm After Slaughter

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 28, 2013 Undeterred in their commitment to Egypt's first democratically elected president, demonstrators pledged to maintain sit-ins in east Cairo on Sunday despite the risk of continued violence and bloodshed after the massacre the day before of scores of their comrades. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Rep. Justin Amash

BLANK Jul 28, 2013 For rattling the first of what hopefully becomes a whole chorus of official sabers against the National Security Agency's indiscriminate domestic wiretapping activities, we honor a Republican lawmaker from Michigan.For rattling the first of what may become a whole chorus of official sabers against the NSA's indiscriminate spying program, we honor a Republican from Michigan as Truthdigger this week. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Mr. Fish and Robert Scheer Debate Obama Ennui

Staff / Truthdig Jul 28, 2013 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Russian homophobia, reinventing Los Angeles, racism in Florida, and a cartoonist and editor deal with the great Obama letdowncom/avbooth/category/truthdig_radio/" title="Truthdig Radio">Truthdig Radio: Russian homophobia, reinventing Los Angeles, racism in Florida, and a cartoonist and editor deal with the great Obama letdown. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Seattle Man Says Homeland Security Officer Taunted, Photographed Him (Video)

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 28, 2013 A Seattle man says a Homeland Security officer provoked him Thursday by following him and appearing to take close-up pictures or video of him while a private security guard did the same. The disconcerting encounter was posted online. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

At Least 65 Mohamed Morsi Supporters Killed in Cairo

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 27, 2013 Corrected: Egyptian security forces opened fire on a Muslim Brotherhood protest early Saturday morning, killing roughly 65 supporters of deposed President Mohamed Morsi. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )