Truthdigger of the Week: Tomas Young

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 24, 2013 When he dies this spring, Iraq War veteran Tomas Young will have spent his final years struggling to expose the guilt of those who make a holiday of the deaths and suffering of the powerless. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Knives on a Plane

Steve Sack, Cagle Cartoons, The Minneapolis Star Tribune Mar 18, 2013 Dig deeper

The Demons at Home

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 12, 2013 A short film about the Iraq invasion explores how the horror and threat that were forced upon the American people and the world were generated from within the White House, not by Iraq and Afghanistan. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Knives on a Plane

John Darkow, Cagle Cartoons, Columbia Daily Tribune, Missouri Mar 12, 2013 Dig deeper

TSA

Nick Anderson / Truthdig Mar 11, 2013 Dig deeper

TSA Relaxes Rules

Nate Beeler, Cagle Cartoons, The Columbus Dispatch Mar 9, 2013 Dig deeper

TSA to Lift Ban on Small Knives

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 6, 2013 The Transportation Security Administration will allow passengers to carry small pocketknives onboard commercial planes for the first time since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the agency announced Tuesday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

America’s Global Torture Network

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Feb 8, 2013 When it comes to torture in the post 9/11 era, the record of the United States is so appalling that one must question our claimed abhorrence of the barbarism of other nations. Hideous acts are conducted in our name, and the state relies on our ignorance to gain the public's acquiescence. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Paranoia of the Superrich and Superpowerful

By Noam Chomsky, TomDispatch Feb 6, 2013 While the major energy-producing countries in the Middle East are still firmly under the control of the Western-backed dictatorships, the Western-controlled dictatorial system is eroding. In fact, it’s been eroding for some time.While major energy-producing countries in the Middle East remain under the control of Western-backed dictatorships, the Western-controlled dictatorial system is eroding. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

The American Lockdown State

By Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch Feb 5, 2013 This Inauguration Day, Washington was in a lockdown mode unmatched by any inauguration from another era -- not even Lincoln’s second inaugural in the midst of the Civil War, or Franklin Roosevelt’s during World War II, or John F. Kennedy’s at the height of the Cold War. Yet the subject got remarkably little attention during the ensuing media blitz. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

9/11 Trial Lawyers Want to Be Locked Up

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 30, 2013 Attorneys defending the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and four others accused of being involved have asked to be incarcerated “for two nights in the Guantanamo prison in order to understand the conditions in which their clients are held.” Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Another Word for Propaganda

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jan 18, 2013 Why aren't film director Kathryn Bigelow's claimed government sources, including employees of the CIA, in jail like Pfc. Bradley Manning? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )