Staff / TruthdigJan 23, 2007
The Pentagon has traditionally played a major role in monitoring U.S. borders and assisting the Coast Guard in intercepting drug shipments, but the burden of Iraq has forced the military to scale back its efforts, opening holes for drug smugglers to exploit. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 17, 2007
Remember that other American "war"? The one with ill-defined, unrealistic goals that targets all the wrong people? Well, yeah: We're losing that one, too.
(via Andrew Sullivan) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 12, 2006
The United States has the largest prison population in the world, with 2.2 million people in prison and 7 million in prison, on probation or on parole. China, which has about a billion more people than the U.S., has only 1.5 million prisoners. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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