Making a Killing
John Kerry Gives Saudis a Big Pass on Indiscriminate Bombing of Civilians in Yemen
Kerry instead faulted the Houthis, who are on the receiving end of the airstrikes, for "putting civilians in danger."
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Alex Emmons is a former national security reporter for The Intercept. He joined The Intercept in 2016 as a politics intern.
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Fired for Speaking Out on Guantánamo, Former Prosecutor Settles With Library of Congress
Col. Morris Davis was fired for authoring two opinion pieces that criticized President Obama for his handling of terror prosecutions.
Senator Scolds Obama for "Preaching Nuclear Temperance From a Bar Stool"
Obama is pushing for a $1 trillion effort to replace the U.S.’s entire stock of long-range strike bombers, cruise missiles, nuclear submarines, and land-based missiles.
Former 9/11 Commissioner Won’t Rule Out Saudi Royal Family Foreknowledge of 9/11 Plot
Members of a congressional panel were asked to raise their hands if they thought that Saudi royal family foreknowledge of the 9/11 attacks could be ruled out. Tim Roemer’s hand stayed down.
Chelsea Manning Appeals “Unprecedented” Conviction
The appeal calls her 35-year sentence “grossly unfair and unprecedented” and argues that “no whistleblower in American history has been sentenced this harshly.”
General Advising Donald Trump Says Killing Terrorists’ Families Might Be OK
Al Jazeera’s Mehdi Hasan responded: “Are you kidding me? What circumstances would justify the killing of a family – a wife and a child?”
State Department Fails to Vet or Monitor Military Aid to Egypt
The State Department is supposed to make sure U.S. weapons don't go to regimes that use them to abuse human rights.
Former U.S. Diplomats Decry the U.S.-Backed Saudi War in Yemen
“A friend would counsel the Saudis that this is really not in their interest," said one former U.S. diplomat.
Republicans Don’t Want to Know Costs of U.S. Nuclear Arsenal
A House panel quietly votes down an amendment that would require an accounting of nuclear weapons costs that could exceed $1 trillion over 30 years.
As More American Boots Hit the Ground in Syria, U.S. Parses “Boots” and “Ground"
State Department tries to forget that Obama promised not to put American “boots on the ground” in Syria.