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Dems Cheer Obama’s Whistle-Blower Persecutions

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 6, 2012 Glenn Greenwald sees through the carnival of establishmentarian pieties on display at the Democratic National Convention this week: “Excuse me if I don't join in Democrats' sycophantic cheerleading for an Obama presidency that has shredded laws and liberties,” he writes at The Guardian.“Excuse me if I don't join in Democrats' sycophantic cheerleading for an Obama presidency that has shredded laws and liberties,” Glenn Greenwald writes at The Guardian. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

‘There’s No Downside’ to Drones, Philosopher Says

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 3, 2012 A newly hired philosophy professor at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif., has become the latest defender of President Obama’s deadly drone program. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

A Former CIA Operative Against Excessive Secrecy

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 5, 2012 Human rights lawyer Scott Horton, on the Harper's Magazine website, asks career CIA counterterrorism agent Henry Crumpton what America can do to balance the need for secrecy with the people’s right to know what their government is doing. Crumpton is author of the new book “The Art of Intelligence.” Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

It Couldn’t Happen Here, It Does Happen There

By Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch Jun 19, 2012 Imagine the uproar in this country if a jet took out a wedding party. You might think then that, given the U.S. record of wedding carnage in Afghanistan, which undoubtedly represents some kind of modern wedding-crasher record, there might have been a front-page story, or simply a story, somewhere, anywhere. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Obama and Predator Drone

Daryl Cagle, Cagle Cartoons, MSNBC.com Jun 15, 2012 Dig deeper

The Plane Truth

Mr. Fish / Truthdig Dec 30, 2009 Dig deeper

Our Murderers in the Sky

Scott Ritter / Truthdig Dec 11, 2009 Key to Barack Obama's surge is his expansion of targeted assassinations taking place under the guise of unmanned aerial drones operating in the Af-Pak region. Obama's senseless Afghanistan strategy will expand the use of targeted assassinations by aerial drones. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )