Life in the American Slaughterhouse

Staff / Truthdig Jul 30, 2012 We all know about Aurora. We know a lot less about Anaheim and the killing of Manuel Angel Diaz, shot in the back and in the head by that city’s police just a few short hours after the awful Aurora murders. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

U.S. Africa Command Debates TomDispatch

By Nick Turse, TomDispatch Jul 26, 2012 On July 12, TomDispatch reporter Nick Turse showed how the US Africa Command has spread its influence across that continent, establishing bases and outposts, sending in special operations forces and drones, funding proxy forces, and so on One week later, Col Tom Davis, director of the U Africa Command Office of Public Affairs, responded. Dig deeper ( 26 Min. Read )

The Pentagon Detours to Terminator Planet

By Nick Turse, TomDispatch May 31, 2012 The entire episode involves a seamless integration of robots and troops working in tandem, of next-generation drones “wired” together and operating in teams, and of autonomous drones making their own decisions. But there’s a reason you’ve never read about it in the New York Times or the Washington Post. It won’t take place for 20 years. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Offshore Everywhere: The Plan to End National Sovereignty as We Know It

By Tom Engelhardt Feb 6, 2012 The defense cuts that will change the American way of war may mean little in monetary terms, but in imperial terms they will make a difference: They will offer a direct challenge to national sovereignty. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

The Drone That Fell From the Sky

Nick Turse / Truthdig Dec 21, 2011 The skies seem full of falling drones these days. The most publicized of them made headlines when Iran announced that its military had taken possession of an advanced American remotely piloted spy aircraft, thought to be an RQ-170 Sentinel. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Making Repression Our Business: The Pentagon’s Secret Training Missions in the Middle East

Nick Turse / Truthdig Dec 14, 2011 As the Arab Spring blossomed and President Obama hesitated about whether to speak out in favor of protesters seeking democratic change in the Greater Middle East, the Pentagon forged ever deeper ties with some of the region's most repressive regimes. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Obama’s Reset: Arab Spring or Same Old Thing?

Nick Turse / Truthdig May 18, 2011 If you follow the words, one Middle East comes into view; if you follow the weapons, quite another. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Mortal Sins of Omission

Nick Turse / Truthdig Mar 18, 2011 The lone living top commander implicated in a slaughter of civilians and cover-up has written a history of the US 9th Infantry Division in Vietnam, and what his book does not say could have grim and far-reaching consequencesWhat a new history of the U 9th Infantry Division in Vietnam does not say could have grim and far-reaching consequences. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

The Pentagon Has Always Gone Hollywood

Staff / Truthdig Mar 21, 2008 Remember the game Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon? Nick Turse, author of the new book "The Complex: How the Military Invades Our Everyday Lives," has come up with a far more sinister version of that fun genealogical party activity -- only this time, all proverbial roads lead back to the U.S. military instead of the "Footloose" star. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )