Hothead McCain
Robert Dreyfuss : US Intelligence/Covert Ops
The GOP nominee favors unilateralism and "rogue state rollback."
War on Terrorism
2008
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The Most-Wanted List
Noam Chomsky : Civilian Casualties
Making a list of the most hated arch-criminals--not the usual suspects.
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Bush's Iran/Argentina Terror Frame-Up
Gareth Porter : Argentina
The Bush Administration cites a 1994 bombing in Argentina to tar Iran as a sponsor of global terror. But a fresh probe finds no evidence of an Iran connection.
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Experts in Terror
Petra Bartosiewicz : Civil Rights After 9/11
The US government relies heavily on the testimony of self-styled terrorism experts in prosecuting the "war on terror." But how credible are they?
2007
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Justice Delayed
The government's case against Khader Hamide and Michel Shehadeh is closed. But did the US government learn anything about its wayward two-decade prosecution of Palestinian activists?
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Cashing In on Terror
Robert Scheer : War Profiteering
What a boondoggle 9/11 has been for the merchants of war.
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Apocalypse Now?
According to Chalmers Johnson, Bush's imperial presidency may be the final chapter in the collapse of American democracy.
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German GWOT Misfire
The government is using antiterrorist laws to suppress political dissent.
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Why We're Losing the War on Terror
David Cole & Jules Lobel : Pre-emptive Strikes
Going on the offensive has only made us more vulnerable.
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The Real Lesson of the Padilla Conviction
David Cole : US Intelligence/Covert Ops
If it had followed the rule of law from the outset, the Bush Administration could have brought many terrorists to justice by now.
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Laboratory for a Fortressed World
Gaza is in chaos, but Israel's economy is booming as high-tech entrepreneurs scramble to meet the post-9/11 world's hunger for spy tools and containment walls.
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The Sum of Our Fears
The money we've wasted on unseen terrorists, nonexistent WMDs and phantom pedophiles could have been used to address any number of legitimate threats.
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A Trial for Thousands Denied Trial
As Jose Padilla's trial unfolds in Miami, the cruel methods of US interrogators are finally being put on trial.
2006
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Jose Padilla's Ordeal
The systematic abuse of an American citizen charged with vague crimes related to terror has destroyed his sanity and made us into what we despise.
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On the Intelligence Report Finding That the War in Iraq Has Produced a New Generation of Jihadists and Increased Terrorism
Yes, there is indeed a link between Iraq and Bush's "war on terror."
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Wrong War, Wrong Word
"Islamo-fascism" looks like an analytic term, but it's really an emotional one, intended to get us to think less and fear more.
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The Semantics of Terror
Ian Williams : Media Coverage of the War on Terrorism
The easy invocation of "terrorism"--whether by pundits or political leaders--is not just sloppy use of language. It is precisely targeted phrasing intended to terrorize dissent.
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The US Military Descends on Paraguay
The US "war on terror" now extends to an unlikely frontier in Paraguay, where farmers are caught in the crossfire and human rights groups are skeptical of the threat posed by Islamic terrorists.
2005
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Right to Trial Imperiled by Senate Vote
Jeremy Brecher & Brendan Smith : Senate
The Senate last week approved a measure that would allow government officials to essentially bypass the courts and lock up people suspected of terrorism without trial. Will cooler heads prevail?
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Midsummer Night's Dream
A midsummer nightmare of the shiny-eyed zealots who would protect us from terror. Plus, summer reading for the President.
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A Presidential Explanation of Patriotic Loafing
Calvin Trillin : George W. Bush
The true and patriotic purpose of presidential loafing revealed.
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Mortgaged to the House of Saud
More evidence that President Bush is losing the "war on terror."
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Terror Comes to London
The London bombings are another reminder that Bush's invasion of Iraq was a counterproductive response to 9/11.
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Whistleblowing: My Story
Jesselyn Radack : John Ashcroft
Government employees should never have to choose between their conscience and their career.
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Blaming the Messenger Fools No One
The Bush Administration respects Amnesty International only when doing so suits its political agenda.
This week, what it all meant. Nation Editor Katrina vanden Heuvel on Barack Obama's victory and the coming battle for progressive change we can believe in. (13mb mp3)
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