How Do You Get Off the U.S. ‘Kill List’?

Marjorie Cohn / Truthout May 31, 2018 Since the Bush administration created the secret list after the 9/11 attacks, the criteria for inclusion have morphed and remain elusive. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Berta Cáceres Topped Honduras Military’s Kill List, Whistleblower Says

By Nika Knight / Common Dreams Jun 21, 2016 U.S.-trained special forces in Honduras are ordered to systematically "eliminate" environment and land defenders, according to a former first sergeant with the unit that operates on the Caribbean coast. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Royal Air Force Drones Have Been Hunting British Jihadis in Syria for Months

Staff / Truthdig Sep 9, 2015 Unmanned British aerial drones armed with Hellfire missiles have been flying the skies over Syria for months in an effort to target British jihadis on a “kill list” written by senior ministers on the U.K. National Security Council. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Syrian Regime Should Face Trial on Allegations of ‘Systematic’ Mass Killings, Experts Say

Donald Kaufman / Truthdig Jan 22, 2014 As the diplomatic summit on the Syria crisis got underway in Switzerland on Wednesday, reports of the suspected "systematic killings" of 11,000 prisoners heightened the urgency of the proceedings. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Power Killer

David Sirota / Truthdig Jun 22, 2013 The deep-thinking moralist that we were told was in the White House might worry that in fighting terrorism we have resorted to engaging in terrorism. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Tornado Kill List

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Kill List

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Bonehead

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Eight Things I Miss About the Cold War

By Jon Wiener, TomDispatch Jan 16, 2013 It couldn’t be a sadder thing to admit, given what happened during the Cold War, but -- given what’s happened in recent years -- who can doubt that the America of the 1950s and 1960s was, in some ways, simply a better place than the one we live in now? Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Drone Wars: From ‘Kill Lists’ to the ‘Disposition Matrix’

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Oct 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 )

DNC Chair Has Never Heard of Obama’s ‘Kill List’ (Video)

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Oct 20, 2012 You may know from a widely discussed New York Times article published earlier this year that Barack Obama has a secret “kill list” he has used to select targets for assassination around the world. But U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, doesn’t. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

How Soon Republicans Forget Ken Starr

Joe Conason / Truthdig Jun 21, 2012 Having demanded a federal investigation of intelligence leaks, Republicans on Capitol Hill now claim to be outraged because Attorney General Eric Holder has asked two United States attorneys to conduct that probe -- and one of the two happens to be a Democrat. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )