But Was It Murder?

Bill Blum / Truthdig May 14, 2011 As much as we all might wish that the counter-narrative, with all of its uncomfortable implications, would fade away, it’s not likely to, given this country’s obsession with legal process. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Senators Give Post-bin Laden Prognoses

Staff / Truthdig May 4, 2011 In titling this clip featuring Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, The Associated Press noted that the "Bin Laden-Fed Unity May Be Short-Lived" in Congress. You think? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Washington Post Delves Into ‘Top Secret America’

Staff / Truthdig Jul 19, 2010 It's no secret that the intelligence community in the United States has undergone significant changes since Sept 11, 2001, but the extent to which the spying business has expanded in nine years is nearly impossible to gauge (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Terrorists, Turn In Your Citizenship Cards

Staff / Truthdig May 7, 2010 A new bill by everyone's favorite Sen. Joe Lieberman and newly elected Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown aims to give the State Department permission to yank the citizenship status of individuals who allegedly ally themselves with terrorists and terrorist groups. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama Renews Patriot Act Provisions

Staff / Truthdig Feb 28, 2010 The president has signed a one-year extension of several provisions in the Patriot Act that would have expired Sunday, renewing the government's authority to spy on phones and seize records and property of citizens. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Senate Democrats Whittle Down Jobs Bill

Staff / Truthdig Feb 12, 2010 Here we have yet another example of partisan politicking in action: Senate Democrats, led by Harry Reid, tossed out a jobs bill they'd created in tandem with Republicans and produced a trimmed-down alternative at the eleventh hour This did not please their former collaborators from the GOP (continued). Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

U.S. Treats Refugees Like Terrorists

Staff / Truthdig Jul 27, 2009 McClatchy reports on a section of the Patriot Act that bizarrely requires the U.S. to treat certain refugees as terrorists. Sami Alkarim, an Iraqi artist who was tortured by Saddam Hussein's regime, can't get his status sorted "because of messenger work he did as a teenager for the same political party that counts the current prime minister of Iraq as a member." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Amy Goodman on ‘Standing Up to the Madness’

Staff / Truthdig Mar 31, 2009 The "Democracy Now!" host talks about her book, the state of activism and why "the media are the most powerful corporations on Earth -- more powerful than any bomb, more powerful than any missile." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Rebutting the False Choice Between Security and Freedom

Staff / Truthdig Feb 17, 2009 A three-year review of more than 40 countries has found that justice systems prior to 9/11 were perfectly capable of combating terrorism. The U.S. and Britain were especially opportunistic in their violations of human rights and international law and gave comfort by example to other abusive regimes, the International Commission of Jurists found. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Report: NSA Listened In on Americans’ Phone Sex

Staff / Truthdig Oct 10, 2008 Just what kind of interpretation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act would allow U.S. National Security Agency linguists to eavesdrop on Americans', er, pillow talk? That's the charge being leveled by more than one such NSA interpreter who worked at an NSA listening station at Fort Gordon, Ga. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Libertarian Barr, Mustache Visit Colbert

Staff / Truthdig Jun 6, 2008 Say what you will about Libertarian Bob Barr, but one thing's for sure: We haven't seen a mustachioed presidential contender like this since Teddy Roosevelt? During a "Colbert Report" appearance on Wednesday, Barr seemed pleased with Stephen Colbert's assessment of his tea strainer, but gave his host the wary eye throughout the rest of his visit A very serious man, that Bob Barr No sudden moves, Stephen. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Tim Robbins on Orwell, Obama and the Media

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Jun 3, 2008 It's usually a reliable sign that a once-original idea has been utterly stripped of its impact by the time it becomes the premise for a reality television show. Not so for "Big Brother." Several seasons of that particular televised train wreck have come and gone, and besides, Apple Computer also cashed in on the whole surveillance paranoia theme ages ago. Big Brother is watching. We get it. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )