January 21, 2010

Spotlight

The Crime of Not 'Looking Backward' by Glenn Greenwald

 Former Guantanamo Guard Meets Prisoners
 Media Falling Down on Gitmo 'Suicides'

Murder-Gate: 3 Tortured to Death at GitmoThe Other Scott Horton on a massive cover-up
The Ghost Prisoners of BagramAndy Worthington on Guantanamo East
The Afghan MassacreNathaniel Raymond is going to find the whole truth

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	Israel Finds a New Way to Play the Victim  by Ira Chernus
	Why Use a National Security Letter When You Have Post-It Notes?  by Jacob Sullum
	Torture: Where's the Conservative Skepticism?  by A. Barton Hinkle

	The Official Response Begins  by Scott Horton
	Haiti: Shades of FDR and the Jews  by Jacob G. Hornberger
	A New Dictator?  by Ted Galen Carpenter
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Viewpoints -- January 11, 2010

The Empire Discovers Yemen 
It was there all along, notes Philip Giraldi
George W. Obama 
Nat Hentoff says not much has changed
Will Blackwater Be Banned? 
Jeremy Scahill on the reckless organization

	Making Sense of the New CIA Battlefield in Afghanistan  by Tom Engelhardt and Nick Turse
	The Quiet American  by Uri Avnery
	Obama's Yemeni Odyssey Targets China  by M.K. Bhadrakumar

	The COIN Myth  by Jeff Huber
	Overspent and Overextended by Doug Bandow
	Helen Asks Why  by Ray McGovern
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Old Threat Rings True Today by Eric Margolis

Sen. Dorgan Raised the Issue of War Profiteering  Historians Against the War: Progressives Only Need Apply

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Viewpoints, January 8, 2010

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What’s the Difference Between Obama’s Anti-Terrorism Policies and Bush’s? by Jacob Sullum

	Blackwater and the Khost Bombing: Is the CIA Deceiving Congress?  by Jeremy Scahill
	Have Overseas Bases Been a Mistake?  by William Pfaff
	Getting Away With Torture by David Cole

	No Exit  by Andrew J. Bacevich
	When Do We Go to War in Yemen?  by Christopher Preble
	Afghan Nobody Faces Trial by Military Commission  by Andy Worthington
More Viewpoints The Case of the Tell-tale TunnelsJustin Raimondo with tall tales from the Times Once More Unto the BreachCharles Peña: terrorism isn't an existential threat Afghan Nobody Faces Military CommissionAndy Worthington on a man who poses no threat New Year's Resolutions for the KingMatthew Harwood suggests trials for prisoners Doug Feith's Policy ShopKaren Kwiatkowski saw them lie us into war in Iraq They Hate Us for Our Foreign PolicyMichael Scheuer on the most obvious thing in the world

Viewpoints, January 7, 2010

Where's the Beef, Mr. Murdoch?Don't believe all you read about Iran, says Philip Giraldi
Old Blackwater Keeps on Rollin'Jeff Huber: Maybe we don't need Xe or these wars
Counterterrorism In Shambles; Why?Deal with causes, not consequences, says Ray McGovern

	Another Iranian Revolution? Not Likely  by Flynt and Hillary Mann Leverett
	A Dual System of Justice Violates the Rule of Law  by Jacob G. Hornberger
	Good Morning, Yemen? The Mouse That Roared Was Funnier  by Leon T. Hadar

	Old Blackwater Keeps on Rollin'  by Jeff Huber
	Counterterrorism In Shambles; Why?  by Ray McGovern and Coleen Rowley
	Bodyscanning Captain Underpants  by Julian Sanchez
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CIA Killings Spell Defeat in Afghanistan by Douglas Valentine

Viewpoints, January 6, 2010

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Al-Qaeda Using US to Accomplish Goals – and US Is Playing Along by William Pfaff

	Trade Wars and US Foreign Policy  by Jacob G. Hornberger
	Witness: I Saw a Second Man Arrested in Detroit  Scott Horton interviews Kurt Haskell
	Virtual Strip Searches and Terrorism  by Thomas R. Eddlem

	The Fear Decade  by Ted Rall
	Canada's Unfinished Mandate  by Neil Kitson
	Sarah Palin, Rogue Warrior  by Jeff Taylor
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 Historians Against the War: Progressives Only Need Apply

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Viewpoints, January 5, 2010

Who's Winning?Justin Raimondo on the long war
Is Dick Cheney Unpatriotic?His actions increased our risk of attack, says Ivan Eland
New Holes in Nuclear Trigger Story Gareth Porter on the latest revelations

	US Kicks Hornet's Nest in Yemen  by Eric Margolis
	The $30 Billion Pair of Underpants  by Mark LeVine
	Walls Never Work, in the Middle East or in Ireland  by Robert Fisk

	The Next Quagmire  by Jeff Huber
	The Iron Wall  by Uri Avnery
	The Criminalization of Protest  by Radley Balko
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