Jeremy Scahill Condemns President Obama

Staff / Truthdig Jul 26, 2013 The investigative reporter slammed the Obama administration Thursday for the role he says it played in the continued detention of Abdulelah Haider Shaye, a prominent Yemeni journalist who was the first to expose an American cruise missile strike that killed dozens of civilians. Dig deeper ( 2 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 )

America’s Newest Global War

David Sirota / Truthdig Jun 29, 2013 Out of all the harrowing storylines in journalist Jeremy Scahill's new film "Dirty Wars," the one about Abdulelah Haider Shaye best spotlights the U.S. government's new assault against press freedom. Dig deeper ( 3 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 )

Don’t Ignore How Others See Us

By Ralph Nader Apr 25, 2013 What must the others in the Middle East theater of the American Empire think of a great city in total lockdown from an attack by primitive explosives when Iraqis, Afghans, Pakistanis and Yemenis experience far greater casualties and terror attacks several times a week? Dig deeper ( 5 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 )

Democrats Also to Blame for Iraq War, Journalist Scahill Says

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Mar 21, 2013 Nation writer Jeremy Scahill ripped into Republicans and Democrats on the 10th anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, claiming that both parties are to blame for the war during a recent appearance on MSNBC. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )