Eleven people were killed and 24 were wounded in Baghdad. The U.S. government has approved the sale of 175 Abrams tanks to Iraq for $2.4 billion.

The Senate Intelligence Committee's report on how the US government tortured detainees at Guantanamo and at secret "black sites" all over the world has focused on how they did it: rectal feeding, hanging detainees by their arms, "stress positions,"...

Originally posted at TomDispatch. It was December 6, 2019, three years into a sagging Clinton presidency and a bitterly divided Congress. That day, the 500-page executive summary of the Senate Intelligence Committee’s long fought-over, much-delayed, heavily...

At least 142 Iraqis were killed and eight more were wounded. The Pentagon reported the deaths of two senior Islamic State militant leaders and a third mid-level leader.

Is Government Faithful to the Constitution? When the government is waving at us with its right hand, so to speak, it is the government's left hand that we should be watching. Just as a magician draws your attention to what he wants you to see so you will not observe...

After several years of absence from the national spotlight, former Vice President Dick Cheney has unfortunately returned in recent weeks in an attempt to defend the Bush administration and to condemn the Senate's torture report. That report is, Cheney noted, "full of...

A large number of militants were killed in northern Iraq today during an operation to liberate Sinjar. Overall at least 131 people were killed and 12 were wounded.

I’ve been at the doctor all day, which means I’ll miss my deadline – so, unfortunately, no column today. Which I very much regret since I had a hot topic in the pipeline: but it’ll just have to wait until Friday’s column. So please tune in then: it’s going to be a...

At least 241 were killed and 12 more were wounded, including 150 women who were executed for rejecting ISIS/DAASH marriage proposals.

"I thought that when we showed up for class, someone else would be teaching it," said one of my students at the start of my class on Monday, April 7, 2014. "Really?" I asked. "Why?" "Because of that question you asked the Admiral on...