Last week, National Intelligence Director Gen. James R. Clapper sent a brief letter to Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, in which he admitted that agents of the National Security Agency (NSA) have been reading innocent Americans'...
What Does PTSD in Veterans Say?
On April 2 at the Fort Hood, Texas, army base, Iraq war veteran Ivan Lopez killed three people, injured 16, then shot himself before he could be taken into custody by military police. Initial reports that Lopez may have been suffering from depression, a traumatic...
Bombers Strike Across Baghdad and Southern Iraq; 61 Killed, 197 Wounded
Retro-politics and the Return of the Cold War
Editorial note: While Justin Raimondo is still recovering from the effects of what turned out to be a kidney stone, we’re running one of his "Between the Lines" columns originally published in Chronicles magazine in February. We have added links that were...
America’s Peace Ship
Is there an emotional connection between the oceans and the pursuit of peace? For whatever reason, peace ships have been increasing in number over the past century. Probably the first of these maritime vessels was the notorious Ford Peace Ship of 1915, which stirred...
Don’t Free Spy Jonathan Pollard
More than twenty-five years ago, Jonathan Pollard, a U.S. Navy intelligence analyst, was convicted of spying for Israel. Ever since, Israel has been trying to free him. Some in the United States also have doubted whether Pollard should remain in jail, because, after...
Clashes, Bombings Leave 108 Dead, 95 Wounded Across Iraq
Crimea: Whose War Is It?
The much admired American Western, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) contains an insightful scene. The main characters are trying to escape and are considering a very dangerous jump from the cliff: Butch Cassidy: They'll never follow us. Sundance Kid: How do...
Two Executed in Iraq; 52 Killed, 52 Wounded in Attacks
No-Fly-List America
Originally posted at TomDispatch. Here’s what the president said back in June 2013, while reassuring the American people about the National Security Agency’s collection of their phone metadata: “When it comes to telephone calls, nobody is listening...