Is Obama Taking on the Israel Lobby?
Unwieldy Terror Watchlist Hits a Million
Hundreds of thousands of people are being wrongly identified because of the government's wasteful and inefficient management of the nation's one million-strong terrorist watchlist, according to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). The organization cited a recent...
Psychologists Under Fire for Role in Interrogations
A leading human rights organization is charging that an American Psychological Association (APA) task force formed to advise the U.S. military on prisoner interrogations was "stacked with Defense Department and [George W.] Bush Administration officials" and...
Officials Admit Pakistanis Reject US Priorities
The advances of the Taliban insurgents beyond the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) in recent weeks and the failure of the Pakistani military to counter them have brought a rare moment of truth for top national security officials of the Barack Obama...
Palestinians Rebuild With Mud
RAFAH, Palestine - Jihad el-Shaar is pleased with his mud-brick house in the Moraj district of Gaza. The 80-square meter home is a basic one-story, two-bedroom design, with a small kitchen, bathroom and sitting room, made mostly with mud and straw. "My wife and...
Israel’s Bad-Faith Negotiating Position
Af-Pak Troubles Coming to a Head
Despite an overhaul of policy toward Afghanistan and Pakistan, it appears that the U.S. strategy there is running into obstacles as varied as the U.S. Congress and the leaders of those countries, who are both visiting Washington this week. Before their arrival,...