How the U.S. Paid for Death and Damage in Afghanistan
From broken mirrors to lost lives, the U.S. military has paid millions to ordinary Afghans for death and destruction during over a decade of U.S.-led military operations.
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The "Snowden is Ready to Come Home!" Story: a Case Study in Typical Media Deceit
The U.S. media yesterday completely invented a false narrative out of whole cloth and then used it to tout self-serving and propagandistic lessons.
New Zealand Spied on WTO Director Candidates
Kiwi surveillance agency used NSA's XKEYSCORE system to snoop on emails about high-profile officials vying for the World Trade Organization's top job, secret files show.
What's Scarier: Terrorism, or Governments Blocking Websites in its Name?
More damage has been inflicted historically by censorship than by the "terrorism" used to justify it.
The Intercept's Laura Poitras Wins Academy Award for 'Citizenfour'
Poitras, a founding editor of The Intercept, won an Academy Award for her documentary about Edward Snowden, the National Security Agency whistleblower.
A Prosecutor Seeks Redemption. Can We Allow Prisoners the Same?
A Louisiana prosecutor apologized for sending an innocent man to die. Why not grant prisoners the same potential for change?
UK Media Regulator Again Threatens RT for "Bias": This Time, Airing "Anti-Western Views"
This move is the classic hallmark of how a government propagandizes its citizens: ensuring that they hear only those views of which the government approves.
How Washington Mourned Tommy Boggs, Friend to the Worst People in the World
Out on Bail, Al-Jazeera Journalist Mohammed Fahmy Speaks from Cairo
He describes the circumstances of his arrest and imprisonment.
