Intercepted Podcast: A Nation Addicted to War
Historian Andrew Bacevich makes the case against war on Syria. Arundhati Roy discusses her new novel. Actor Wally Shawn talks about targeted assassinations.
Terrorism
Noor Salman, Widow of Pulse Killer Omar Mateen, Is Found Not Guilty of All Charges
The rarest of events has just occurred: justice is served in a terrorism case involving a Muslim defendant.
At Trial of Omar Mateen's Wife, Judge's Questioning Reveals a Huge Hole in Prosecution's Case and Deceit by Prosecutors
The decision to prosecute Noor Salman was very odd from the start. Today, the case against her all but fell apart.
As the Trial of Omar Mateen's Wife Begins, New Evidence Undermines Beliefs About the Pulse Massacre, Including Motive
The view that Mateen deliberately targeted the LGBT community is almost certainly false. Yet it may play a large role in sending a potentially innocent woman to prison.
The FBI’s Hunt for Two Missing Piglets Reveals the Federal Cover-Up of Barbaric Factory Farms
Systematic abuse of animals lies at the heart of U.S. industrial farms, which are protected by the government. Despite a crackdown on activists, the public is seeing the barbarism.
The Misguided Attacks on ACLU for Defending Neo-Nazis' Free Speech Rights in Charlottesville
The impulse to curtail civil liberties in the wake of terror attacks, and blame those who defend them, is always wrong and dangerous.
Trump’s War on Terror Has Quickly Become as Barbaric and Savage as He Promised
Trump is recklessly killing large numbers of civilians, thus strengthening the groups he thinks he’s destroying.
Trump’s Use of Navy SEAL’s Wife Highlights All the Key Ingredients of U.S. War Propaganda
Imagine how different views of the war on terror might be if Americans were exposed to similar grief from foreign victims of U.S. violence.
Obama Killed a 16-Year-Old American in Yemen. Trump Just Killed His 8-Year-Old Sister.
The war on terror framework continues to savage the world’s poorest civilians.
James Clapper Has a Classified Blog. It's Called "Intercept."
He doesn’t want you to read the comments.