For more than a month, outrage has been profuse in response to news about NSA surveillance and other evidence that all three branches of the U.S. government are turning Uncle Sam into Big Brother. Now what? Continuing to expose and denounce the assaults on civil...
Women Targeted in Baghdad Among Nine Iraqis Killed
Egypt’s Coup: Revenge of the NGOs?
The United States government hasn't decided yet whether to call the overthrow of Egypt's democratically elected government by the military a coup – they're still mulling that one over in Washington: "Though officials did not dispute the fact that Egyptian...
Egyptian Army’s Firepower Overwhelmingly U.S.-Supplied
When the dust settles from the ongoing deadly confrontations between the Egyptian armed forces and thousands of Islamist protesters in the streets of Cairo and Alexandria, the eventual winner will be the United States specifically U.S.-made weapons systems in...
Accelerate a Complete Withdrawal From Afghanistan
Apparently, in a fit of personal pique at Afghan leader Hamid Karzai, President Obama has threatened a more rapid withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan than the scheduled endpoint at the close of 2014 and also has warned that there could very well be no residual...
Twelve Killed Across Iraq, including four women in Mosul
Vital Interests vs. Democratic Ideals
Understandably, the Muslim Brotherhood is enraged. Having won the presidency of Egypt in free and fair elections after the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak, President Mohammed Morsi has been ousted in a military coup and placed under house arrest. Brotherhood leaders,...
Snowden Honored by Ex-Intel Officials
Sam Adams Associates for Integrity in Intelligence, an organization of former national security officials, has honored NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, praising his decision to reveal the extent of U.S. government electronic surveillance of people in the United...
US Still Preparing for Nuclear War
Nearly a quarter century after the disappearance of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, the U.S. government is still getting ready for nuclear war. This fact was underscored on June 19, 2013, when the Pentagon, on behalf of President Barack Obama, released a...


