Dumb and Dumber

Staff / Truthdig Feb 13, 2013 Last week there was a perfect drone storm of a story, only a year or so late. The most striking thing is that it should have set everyone’s teeth on edge, yet next to nobody even noticed. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

‘Left, Right & Center’: Drones and the Saturday Mail Shocker

Staff / Truthdig Feb 9, 2013 Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other "Left, Right & Center" panelists discuss the war over drones that has erupted during confirmation hearings for John Brennan as CIA director. Should the president be allowed to use unmanned drones to execute a U.S. citizen overseas without due process or judicial review? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

An Interview With Marjorie Cohn About Targeted Killings

By Dennis Bernstein Feb 9, 2013 We have a global battlefield, where if there is someone, anywhere, who might be associated with Al-Qaida, according to a high government official, then Obama can authorize on Terror Tuesday who he is going to kill after consulting with counterterrorism guru John Brennan. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

CIA Nominee Can’t Evade Drone Questions at Senate Hearing

By Thomas Hedges, Center for Study of Responsive Law Feb 8, 2013 The confirmation hearing of John Brennan to become CIA director began and ended Thursday with questions about his oversight of the drone program that is said to have been responsible for the deaths of at least 2,629 people.John Brennan faced scrutiny about the program said to be responsible for thousands of deaths. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Sanders Wants to End Corporate Tax Handouts, O’Reilly Makes Big Error, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Feb 8, 2013 A look at the day's political happenings, including GOP infighting involving Karl Rove and the latest Republican-led assault on women's rights. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

U.N.’s Drone Investigator Backs Brennan for Top CIA Job

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 8, 2013 The head of the United Nations inquiry into drone strikes and targeted killings has endorsed John Brennan, President Obama’s top counterterrorism adviser who is facing Senate scrutiny Thursday at his confirmation hearing to become CIA director. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

What Brennan Should Explain

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 7, 2013 Amrit Singh, author of a new report showing the extent of international complicity in the United States’ secret prison, rendition and torture program, discusses her findings and the role of counterterrorism czar John Brennan, whose nomination to head the CIA is being considered by a Senate panel Thursday morning. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Brennan and Kiriakou, Drones and Torture

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Feb 7, 2013 John Brennan and John Kiriakou worked together years ago, but their careers have dramatically diverged. Brennan is now on track to head the CIA, while Kiriakou is headed off to prison. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Obama’s Place in History Already Assured

William Pfaff / Truthdig Jan 23, 2013 The overall failure of American foreign policy during the first Obama presidency was foreseeable. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

John Brennan, Sami Al-Hajj and the Blight of Guantanamo

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Jan 10, 2013 A journalist's 7-year detention by the United States should be front and center in the forthcoming confirmation hearings for President Barack Obama's choice the lead the CIA, John Brennan. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Obama’s CIA Pick Stinks of Torture, Targeted Killings

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Jan 8, 2013 John Brennan has spent the last four years as President Obama's counterterrorism adviser and the "architect" of the administration's expansive drone assassination program. Some time before that, he was a deputy executive director of the CIA when that agency pioneered the use of extradition and torture under President George W. Bush. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Paul Krugman’s ‘Trillion Dollar Coin’ Solution, Rand Paul’s Son Arrested, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jan 8, 2013 A look at the day's political happenings, including President Obama's picks to round out his national security team, Hillary Clinton's first day back at work since suffering a concussion and Donald Trump running his mouth again. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )