Laurie Becklund, Reporter Who Connected the U.S. to Salvadoran Death Squads, Dies at 66

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 11, 2015 The integrity of journalism has suffered many blows in recent years, including corporate takeovers, advertorials and rank desperation. It is a small tragedy, then, to lose one of the profession's brightest and most unfaltering voices. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Special Ops Surge In 134 Countries

By Nick Turse, TomDispatch Jan 16, 2014 All over the planet, the Obama administration is waging a secret war whose full extent has never been fully revealed -- until now. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

The Fantasy of a Clean War

By Jeremy Scahill, TomDispatch Oct 31, 2013 The day Obama was sworn in for the second time, a U.S. drone strike hit Yemen. It was the third such attack in that country in as many days. Despite the rhetoric from the president on the Capitol steps, there was abundant evidence that he would continue to preside over a country that is in a state of perpetual war. Dig deeper ( 16 Min. Read )

Elizabeth Warren’s Senate Win, Liz Cheney to Run for Office, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jul 17, 2013 A look at the day's political happenings, including Attorney General Eric Holder condemns "Stand Your Ground" laws and Jeremy Scahill stops by "The Colbert Report" to discuss President Obama's drone strike policy. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Thinking About Terrorism? Think Twice

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 15, 2013 Why did President Obama order the death of Abdulrahman al-Awlaki, the 16-year-old American son of radical American imam Anwar al-Awlaki? Investigative reporter and VICE correspondent Greg Palast thinks he knows. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Jeremy Scahill on Obama’s Hands-On Approach to Dirty War

Staff / Truthdig Jun 15, 2013 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: The journalist says the president takes a personal interest in dirty warfare. Also, the legality and privatization of mass surveillance. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Scahill on Obama’s Admitted Killings of Americans

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig May 23, 2013 The Obama administration's unprecedented acknowledgement that four Americans were killed in U.S. drone strikes overseas -- including one whose death was not previously reported -- "raises more questions than it answers," Jeremy Scahill, national security correspondent for The Nation and author of the new book "Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield," told "Democracy Now!" on Thursday. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Another Memorial Day in This Endless War

Amy Goodman / Truthdig May 23, 2013 Nearly 12 years after it was first enacted, the Authorization for Use of Military Force remains in force, giving the Obama administration and the Pentagon carte blanche to wage war, to occupy nations, to kill people with drone "signature strikes," based not on guilt but on a remote analysis of a suspect's "patterns of life." Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Jeremy Scahill

BLANK Apr 28, 2013 With his new book "Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield," Jeremy Scahill brings the last decade of the American government's clandestine war making into the clearest possible focus. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Inside America’s Dirty Wars

Jeremy Scahill / Truthdig Apr 26, 2013 The killing of U.S. born, al-Qaida-affiliated cleric Anwar al-Awlaki set a dangerous precedent here in America. Dig deeper ( 20 Min. Read )

The Secret Story of Obama’s Assassination of Americans in Yemen

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 23, 2013 In an hourlong special on "Democracy Now!" on Tuesday, author and Nation magazine war correspondent Jeremy Scahill tells the story of the radicalization of Islamic cleric and American citizen Anwar al-Awlaki and the U.S. government's subsequent pursuit and assassination of him and his son. Dig deeper ( 40 Min. Read )

Filling the Empty Battlefield

By Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch Apr 23, 2013 With "Blowback," Chalmers Johnson aimed to paint a portrait of how America's informal empire and its historically unprecedented garrisoning of the world looked to others, and so explain why animosity and blowback were building globally. Now we have a secret history of 21st-century American war in Jeremy Scahill’s latest book, "Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield." Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )