Why Israel’s Security Experts Support the Iran Deal — and Iran’s Hard-Liners Don’t

Joe Conason / Truthdig Aug 7, 2015 As congressional Republicans seek to undermine the nuclear agreement between Iran and international powers, they assert that hard-line Islamists in the Islamic republic are delighted with the deal while Israelis concerned for their country's security are appalled. But that message is largely false. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Israel Brands Rock-Throwing as Terrorism; Charge Could Carry Up to 20 Years in Prison

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Jul 23, 2015 Palestinian activists and officials have condemned the law as repressive and racist. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

AUDIO: ‘Left, Right & Center’: Greece, Hacks and Trump on Top

Staff / Truthdig Jul 11, 2015 Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other “Left, Right & Center” panelists discuss Greece’s pursuit of another bailout from the EU, two major security breaches of U.S. government databases and whether Donald Trump could win America’s Latino vote. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Chelsea Manning

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Jul 4, 2015 Sitting in prison on the Fourth of July for exposing some harsh truths about U.S. war crimes, the whistleblower should actually be honored as a true patriot. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Up to 600 Million Samsung Phones Exposed to Attack, Control by Hackers

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 17, 2015 A software vulnerability on hundreds of millions of Samsung Galaxy phones allows hackers—civilian or government—to “look through the phones’ camera, listen to the microphone, read incoming and outgoing texts and install apps,” according to researchers cited in The Independent. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Undercutting the Patriot Act Is a Major Win for Rand Paul and Edward Snowden

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Jun 2, 2015 The senator was a legislative force against the invasive law, but most of the credit goes to the now-exiled whistleblower who revealed the government’s massive and secret abuse of our privacy rights. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Khalida Jarrar

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Apr 21, 2015 The lawmaker, feminist and human rights activist was recently seized by Israeli forces for her leading role in Palestine’s accession to the International Criminal Court. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Robert Scheer: ‘Disturbing the Government Is an Obligation of Citizenship’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 20, 2015 In a discussion with C-SPAN about the spying and civil liberty matters at the heart of his new book, Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer says that "the word is not 'privacy,' it's really 'sovereignty.' " Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Surveillance State Repeal Bill Gets Bipartisan Support

Donald Kaufman / Truthdig Apr 7, 2015 Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wis., is sponsoring the proposed law with the help of five other House members, including Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky. When Congress returns from recess next week, Pocan plans to present the bill in an effort to repeal parts of the Patriot Act. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Dig

Lauren B. Davis / Truthdig Apr 3, 2015 Cynan Jones' powerful new novel uses the idea of the badger and the sett -- its den -- as an allegory "for the way we try to create a safe space for ourselves and the things we care for, and how some external force can break into and destroy that." Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

How the Government Outsourced Intelligence to Silicon Valley

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Feb 19, 2015 For years, the outsourcing of defense and intelligence work was, with good reason, controversial in political circles. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

‘More’ and ‘War’: The Tao of Washington

By Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch Jan 22, 2015 In a sense, there are only two operative words in twenty-first-century Washington: more and war. In this context, there really is just one well-policed party of thought in town. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )