Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigFeb 6, 2013
The U.S. Justice Department has abandoned evidenced-based reasoning in an undated memo obtained by NBC News that argues for the right of the government to target and kill American citizens it simply deems to be terrorists. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
By Cora Currier, ProPublicaJan 14, 2013
You might have heard about the “kill list.” You’ve certainly heard about drones. But the details of the U.S. campaign against militants in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia -- a centerpiece of the Obama administration’s national security approach -- remain shrouded in secrecy. Here’s a guide to what we know -- and what we don’t know. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
By Ralph NaderDec 2, 2012
Barack Obama, former president of the Harvard Law Review and a constitutional law lecturer, should go back and review his course work. He seems to have declined to comport his presidency to the rule of law. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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Tracy Bloom / TruthdigOct 25, 2012
The "conventional wars" the U.S. is waging may be winding down, but the implementation of a new phase in drone attacks means that the war on terror is far from over. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigSep 6, 2012
Ten civilians were slain in Yemen over the weekend by the Obama administration’s unmanned drones, weapons that have killed 29 people in a little over a week and nearly 200 this year. But you won’t hear about them or the government’s unofficial war in Yemen at the Democratic National Convention this week. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigSep 6, 2012
Glenn Greenwald sees through the carnival of establishmentarian pieties on display at the Democratic National Convention this week: “Excuse me if I don't join in Democrats' sycophantic cheerleading for an Obama presidency that has shredded laws and liberties,” he writes at The Guardian.“Excuse me if I don't join in Democrats' sycophantic cheerleading for an Obama presidency that has shredded laws and liberties,” Glenn Greenwald writes at The Guardian. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJul 14, 2012
It is with an unlikely mix of discipline, deliberation, personal integrity, a love of law and strong political ideals that President Obama has crafted “The Lethal Presidency,” award-winning journalist Tom Junod writes in Esquire magazine. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
By Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatchJun 19, 2012
Imagine the uproar in this country if a jet took out a wedding party. You might think then that, given the U.S. record of wedding carnage in Afghanistan, which undoubtedly represents some kind of modern wedding-crasher record, there might have been a front-page story, or simply a story, somewhere, anywhere. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 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 )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 9, 2012
A Washington Post poll found that 83 percent of Americans approved of the U.S. government’s use of flying robots to kill terror suspects overseas, while 65 percent found no fault even if those targeted were American citizens. Liberals and Democrats consented to the killings as well, with favorable showings of 55 percent and 58 percent, respectively. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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