More Camp Speicher Victims Found; 88 Killed in Iraq
Executions in Kirkuk; 102 Killed in Iraq
Chelsea Manning, A Heroine for Our Times
The commutation of Chelsea Manning’s sentence by President Barack Obama is bad politics – and, from my vantage point, the only moral act on his part that I can recall. It took balls to do this, and for that I have to give him credit. One has to also note that the...
What the Clemency of Chelsea Manning Means About Obama
I was desperately hoping to be wrong last week. I was delighted and surprised that I was indeed mistaken about President Obama being unlikely to pardon army whistleblower Chelsea Manning. My cynicism in the previous column was a challenge to the president, almost an...
Militants Execute Civilians in Mosul; 101 Killed Across Iraq
Obama’s Bombing Legacy
As President Obama leaves office, much of his foreign policy record remains shrouded in the symbolism that has been the hallmark of his presidency. The persistence of Obama’s image as a reluctant war-maker and a Nobel Peace Prize winner has allowed Donald Trump and...
A Parting Shot at Personal Freedom
On Jan. 3, outgoing Attorney General Loretta Lynch secretly signed an order directing the National Security Agency – America's 60,000-person-strong domestic spying apparatus – to make available raw spying data to all other federal intelligence agencies, which then can...
Operations Wrapping up in Eastern Mosul; 131 Killed in Iraq
A Demand for Russian ‘Hacking’ Proof
MEMORANDUM FOR: President Barack Obama FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) SUBJECT: A Key Issue That Still Needs to be Resolved As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take the oath of office Friday, a pall hangs over his upcoming presidency...


