Recognizing American privilege
I pretty much always agree with the Daily Beast’s Michael Tomasky. Just last week I hailed his article appraising Hillary Clinton’s political career (to date) as the best of a lot of great profiles....
View ArticleTargeted killings: OK if Obama does it?
Civil libertarians have worried that some of President Obama’s comparatively hawkish national security policies are silencing "liberal" Democrats who would have opposed such measures under President...
View ArticleWhen can your government kill you?
At John Brennan’s confirmation hearing to be director of the CIA earlier this month, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., asked him whether the administration could let the public know under what circumstances the...
View ArticleThe secret kill deal that began CIA’s Pakistan drone war
The first target of a CIA drone strike in Pakistan was not a top al-Qaida operative. Rather, as noted in the New York Times this weekend, a Pakistani ally of the Taliban who led a tribal rebellion and...
View ArticleHow drones deceive us
In the brave new world of technologized warfare, every week seems to bring a new sci-fi-movie-worthy revelation about America's ongoing drone operations. This past week was no exception. From the...
View ArticleThe not-so targeted recent Yemen drone strikes
The Obama administration has defended the recent uptick in drone strikes in Yemen as crucial, targeted killings to remove the growing threat of al-Qaida in the Arab Peninsula (AQAP).However, comments...
View ArticleThe secret kill deal that began CIA’s Pakistan drone war
The first target of a CIA drone strike in Pakistan was not a top al-Qaida operative. Rather, as noted in the New York Times this weekend, a Pakistani ally of the Taliban who led a tribal rebellion and...
View ArticleHow drones deceive us
In the brave new world of technologized warfare, every week seems to bring a new sci-fi-movie-worthy revelation about America's ongoing drone operations. This past week was no exception. From the...
View ArticleThe not-so targeted recent Yemen drone strikes
The Obama administration has defended the recent uptick in drone strikes in Yemen as crucial, targeted killings to remove the growing threat of al-Qaida in the Arab Peninsula (AQAP).However, comments...
View ArticleRecognizing American privilege
Can we have empathy for our fellow citizens and our president, as well as those killed in drone wars? We have to
View ArticleTargeted killings: OK if Obama does it?
Salon exclusive: Study finds "liberals" more likely to favor targeted killings once they know it’s Obama's policy
View ArticleWhen can your government kill you?
The focus has been on drones. But the real question is whether targeted killings by other means occur in the U.S.
View ArticleThe secret kill deal that began CIA's Pakistan drone war
The CIA hit a Pakistani enemy of the state with a strike to open up the targeted killing program
View ArticleHow drones deceive us
The advantage of technologized warfare is also its most worrying: The perception of decreased risk to the aggressor
View ArticleThe not-so targeted recent Yemen drone strikes
White House comments reveal lack of knowledge of those killed and their threat level
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