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Impeachment Scandal Shows Why Congress Desperately Needs to Reform What’s Kept Secret
The Trump administration is again potentially abusing government secrecy — this time in an effort to distract from impeachment and punish rivals.
National Security
A New Satire of FBI Terrorism Stings Draws Its Characters From Real Cases
In Chris Morris’s “The Day Shall Come,” the absurdity is not far removed from reality.
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Donald Trump's Call With Ukrainian Leader, One Day After Robert Mueller's Congressional Testimony, Shows the President Is a Brazen Criminal
Trump has been acting like a bank robber who beat one rap because of a technicality, and so decides to rob every bank in sight.
All the President’s Crimes
Trump-Ukraine Call Puts Attorney General William Barr in the Hot Seat
Any involvement by Barr in digging up dirt on a Trump opponent would be an extraordinary political intervention by the top U.S. law enforcement official.
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I Wrote About the Bidens and Ukraine Years Ago. Then the Right-Wing Spin Machine Turned the Story Upside Down.
Many observers now seem to think this suddenly hot story came out of nowhere this year, but that is not true.
More U.S. Commandos Are Fighting Invisible Wars in the Middle East
“We’re not getting answers to basic questions, like who the U.S. has killed and why it hasn’t better protected civilians.”
"Never Be Ashamed”: Why I Decided Not to Delete My Old Internet Posts
In this excerpt from his memoir, the NSA whistleblower describes his realization that no one should have to “pretend to be perfect.”
William Barr Has Long Tried to Limit What a President Must Share With Congress. The Whistleblower Complaint is No Exception.
Barr has been a strong proponent of the “unitary executive,” a legal theory that states the president has near absolute authority over the executive branch.
Climate Crimes
The Military Has Done Little to Prepare As Climate Change Threatens Guantánamo
Trump wants the island prison to stay open indefinitely, leaving aging detainees in deteriorating facilities at the mercy of supercharged hurricanes.
Threatening New War for Oil, Donald Trump Calls His Own Offer of Iran Talks "Fake News"
As he threatened to bomb Iran at Saudi Arabia’s behest, Trump also intensified his battle with objective reality, by denying his own prior comments.