Arms dealer Viktor Bout was the merchant of death wanted for feeding conflicts in Africa – until Iraq happened. Today the United States and Britain are using his extensive mercenary services in Iraq. The condemnation of his role in the diamond wars and other...
Though the ill-conceived Millennium Challenge Act has already become law and therefore we are only talking about its implementation, it is nevertheless important to again address some very fundamental problems with this new foreign aid program. I believe that the...
Isn't it funny how politicians have to wait until just before going into retirement to say what they really think about Israel and its influence over Washington policymakers? Congressman Lee Hamilton (D-Indiana), formerly the senior Democrat on the House International...
It was just last January that Ahmed Chalabi occupied the coveted balcony seat next to First Lady Laura Bush and gazed out at Washington's glittering elite who had gathered to hear President George W. Bush deliver his State of the Union Address from the Capitol's...
A new report from the Army War College is garnering headlines and will likely become a hot topic of discussion. The report, "Iraq and Vietnam: Differences, Similarities, and Insights," is written by two scholars at the Army's Strategic Studies Institute. Dr. Jeffrey...
It's still early in the process, and it is important to acknowledge that in the cabal of neoconservative writers and policy wonks we face a generally intelligent, determined, opportunistic and persistent group who are not likely to change their ambitions for the rest...
The United States is pushing for a new U.N. Security Council resolution aimed at exempting its troops from prosecution for war crimes when they serve in any U.N. peacekeeping operations. If granted, the request would renew an exemption first permitted in 2000 and...
Attorney General John Ashcroft, the Department of Justice, and the FBI have been engaged in covering up my reports and investigations into my allegations for over two years now: They have blocked the release of all documents related to my case that were requested...
Pentagon officials apparently lied to reporters last Friday when they said that the top US general in Iraq had not permitted the use of banned interrogation techniques such as stripping prisoners, sleep deprivation, un-muzzled military dogs, and "environmental...
In a rebuke to the U.S. Justice Department, a federal judge in Miami has thrown out a criminal case against environmental group Greenpeace, a prosecution that was watched closely by other progressive organizations that say they are under threat from the Bush...
