Stephen Colbert to Senate: Gun Lobby’s ‘Got Your Balls in Their Hands’ (Video)

Staff / Truthdig Jun 22, 2016 The host of "The Late Show" hits the target—and certain members of Congress—where it counts in this timely gun control takedown. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Stephen Colbert on the ‘Growing Cable News Consensus’ That Bowe Bergdahl Doesn’t Deserve to Be Alive

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Jun 11, 2014 Traitor, loser, deserter. While Fox News can't seem to find enough insults to describe Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, CNN is busy wondering whether the prisoner of war modeled his life after the fictional TV series "Homeland." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

How the U.S. Intelligence Community Came Out of the Shadows

By Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch Dec 18, 2012 The Invisible Government, published by David Wise and Thomas B. Ross in 1964, was groundbreaking, shadow-removing, illuminating. It caused a fuss from its very first paragraph, which was then a shockeroo: “There are two governments in the United States today. One is visible. The other is invisible.” Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

Moving Day for Some at Guantanamo

Staff / Truthdig Dec 20, 2009 While President Barack Obama will miss his goal of shutting down Guantanamo by January, the U.S. has returned 12 detainees from the notorious prison to their respective homelands. That leaves more than 100 detainees awaiting repatriation. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Homeland Insecurity

Marie Cocco / Truthdig Feb 14, 2008 The president and other fear mongers love to harangue Americans with the specter of terrorism when their pet projects (and our freedoms) are on the line, but when it comes to the basic programs that protect us from disaster, money talks louder than threats. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Website Exposes Airline Security Flaw

Staff / Truthdig Nov 2, 2006 Christopher Soghoian created a boarding pass generator, allowing visitors to his website to sneak through airport security with fake documents. Though the FBI has shut down Soghoian's site, the flaw that enabled it remains a security threat. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Airport Security Beset by Technology Failures

Staff / Truthdig Sep 3, 2006 The Transportation Security Administration has suspended the installation of trace-detection portals, the machines that detect explosives on passengers. The move comes amid criticism that the TSA and the Department of Homeland Security have been unable to develop and implement effective airport security tools. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. Terror Targets: Petting Zoo and Flea Market?

Staff / Truthdig Jul 12, 2006 The official anti-terrorism database is so flawed that it lists 8,591 potential terrorism targets in Indiana--50% more than in New York and twice as many as in California. Examples: "Old MacDonald’s Petting Zoo, the Amish Country Popcorn factory and the Mule Day Parade." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Joe Conason: Fire Chertoff, for Starters

Joe Conason / Truthdig Jun 9, 2006 Department of Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff may have again revealed his incompetence by slashing New York's anti-terror funding, but the problems plaguing that agency reach far deeper than one man. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Feds Cut Anti-Terror Funding in NYC, D.C.

Staff / Truthdig Jun 1, 2006 The Department of Homeland Security slashed anti-terrorism money for Washington and New York in favor of cities like Jacksonville and Sacramento. Stunner: "A DHS risk scorecard for the city asserted that the home of the Empire State Building and the Brooklyn Bridge has 'zero' national monuments or icons." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Claim: Ridge Forced a Whitewash of Security Criticisms

Staff / Truthdig May 2, 2006 The former inspector general for the Department of Homeland Security says he was confronted by then-Secretary Tom Ridge ?to intimidate me, to stare me down, to force me to back off" from criticizing security failures in advance of the 2004 presidential election. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )