USA Freedom Act Will Get a Senate Vote, Setting Up Small Victory For Surveillance Reform
Congress appears set to end bulk collection of American phone records, after a debate that was more theatrical than substantial.
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Rand Paul and FBI Director Add Some Drama as Phone-Record Collection is Set to Wind Down
There were two dramatic flourishes on Wednesday as the Senate approached the nearly inevitable decision to end the bulk collection of American phone records exposed by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.
What Obama’s Refusal to Acknowledge the Armenian Genocide Tells Us About the U.S. — and the Rest of the World
What happened is a historical fact, and it shouldn’t be difficult to get presidents and prime ministers to say, “Today we remember the Armenian Genocide.” But it’s almost impossible, especially in the U.S. — because Turkey has made Armenian Genocide denial part of its national identity, and we’re dependent on Turkey’s support for our broader mideast policies.
Video: I.F. Stone's One Weird Trick to Do Great Journalism
I.F. Stone was one of the greatest investigative journalists of the 20th century, and a hero to many in the 21st.
Refusal to Call Charleston Shootings "Terrorism" Again Shows It's a Meaningless Propaganda Term
A Victory for Bipartisanship, a Defeat for the First Amendment
The anti-human trafficking bill whose unanimous passage in the Senate last month was widely hailed as a triumph of bipartisanship includes language that could send publishers of certain adult advertisements to prison, civil liberties advocates have warned.
“Iron Man” Suit Lives On in Dreams of Special Operations Commanders
The U.S. military's most elite command teams up with the private sector to build a science fiction suit.
The Infernal Cocktail Party Corruption of Washington's Elite Media
Mike Allen’s obsequious, pay-to-play Playbook was once hailed by <em>The New York Times</em> as a must-read for Washington’s “elite set of political and news-media thrivers and strivers.” For me, it’s most useful as a shameless chronicle of what that elite group cares about — and how it lives.
You Can't Read the TPP, But These Huge Corporations Can
AT&T, Apple, Dow Chemical, Nike, and the American Petroleum Institute all get access to the secretive trade pact hardly anyone else is allowed to see.
Sy Hersh's bin Laden Story First Reported in 2011 — With Seemingly Different Sources
“Everything that [Hersh] has said has been spot on,” says R.J. Hillhouse, but "You can’t help but notice that everything he is saying in the story was first broken by me."