Juan Cole / TruthdigApr 30, 2015
The tragic deaths last January, just now being revealed, of two Western hostages in drone strikes on a relatively empty housing complex in northern Pakistan underlines that the Obama administration is killing people from the air without knowing who they are and is killing significant numbers of innocent civilians. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigJan 28, 2015
"The Daily Show" host explains why a recent White House security breach probably has to do with Obama's love of drones, or rather their love of him. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigSep 29, 2014
John Oliver's been looking for information about the unmanned death robots, such as what exactly an "imminent threat means" or how many people are killed during any given drone strike. So far, "hard facts" have been hard to come by, and in the "Last Week Tonight" host's words, it's "completely fucking terrifying." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigJun 21, 2014
President Obama announced Thursday that he will send 300 Green Beret Army special operations soldiers to Iraq. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 20, 2014
The "Daily Show" host explains how the true difference between administrations is "not necessarily what they do but what they say to get to do it." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Bob Englehart, Cagle Cartoons, The Hartford CourantJun 17, 2013Dig deeper
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