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Arms Control is Not Enough

Early on a Friday morning, I switched on my radio to listen to the news as I slowly woke… more

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Barack Obama and the ‘Unipolar Moment’

Every powerful state relies on specialists whose task is to show that what the strong do is noble and… more

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COIN Toss

Counterinsurgency failed before, but the United States is trying again.

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Colin Powell Skates Free on Torture

There is no one, it seems, that the U.S. mainstream news media loves more than Colin Powell, a "moderate"… more

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Another Bush Intelligence Failure

Add to the list of President George W. Bush's failures his inability to straighten out what he regarded as… more

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‘Zee’ End of Blackwater?

The troubled security firm gets a makeover.

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Closing America’s Torture Chambers

President Obama was courageous to issue an executive order to close Guantánamo by next January. Having litigated on behalf… more

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Blackwater Nation

Contracting soldiers of fortune is only one example of our recent philosophy of government

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Entrapping Inflated Threats

Terrorist "plots" exposed by the administration have been notable for their lack of credible threat and the whiff of political opportunism

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Entrapping Inflated Threats

Was the terrorist plot to blow up JFK Airport a threat or a joke?

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Duck and Cover

The Bush admininstration's "Complex 2030" plan is reviving the nuclear threat

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Kiko Martinez: Watch Listed for Life

Shortly after the 9/11 attacks, Francisco "Kiko" Martinez, a Colorado civil rights attorney and long-time Chicano activist, was flying… more

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Who Is Hoekstras Secret Source?

Russell Tice may not be the one who tipped off Rep. Peter Hoekstra, but he wanted to be.

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