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Updated August 11, 2013 - 11:17 PM EDT
Obama Claims Broad Surveillance Powers
 
  Obama's NSA Plans Bring Skepticism
  Lawmakers Say Obstacles Limited Oversight of Telephone Surveillance
  Press Fail to Ask Any NSA Questions at Obama's NSA Press Conference
  Secret Legal Opinion on NSA's Associational Tracking Program
  In Misstep, President Discusses Sealed Indictment Against Snowden
For Fearful Yemenis, US and Qaeda Look Similar
 
  Fresh US Drone Strike Kills 2, Yemen Officials Say
  Yemeni al-Qaeda Expert Casts Doubt on Terror Threat Claims
  US Security Alert Belies Claim of al-Qaeda's Demise
Iraqi Kurd President Poised to Intervene in Syria
 
  Scores Killed as Bombings Target Baghdad Shi'ites
  Iraq: 93 Killed, 377 Wounded in Saturday Savagery
Lawmakers Skeptical of Global Spec Ops Plan
US Withdraws Staff From Lahore, But What's the Threat?
Rival of Hamas Says It Was Target of Israeli Drone Strike
Viewpoints
How Secrecy Has Already Corroded Our Democracy in Concrete Ways  by Conor Friedersdorf
Dear Lawrence O'Donnell, Don't Mansplain to Me About Russia  by Julia Ioffe
The Politics of AIPAC's Anti-Iran-Diplomacy Letters  by Marsha B. Cohen
A Defiant Obama Press Conference  by Jacob Heilbrunn
NATO's Georgia Nightmare  by Doug Bandow
Obama's Abuse of the Espionage Act Is Modern-Day McCarthyism  by John Kiriakou

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Manning's Trial Transcripts
Edward Snowden Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
Russia Acted on Snowden in Line With Law: Lavrov
Obama: Putin Is Slouchin'
America's Disappearing War Data
 
Spying on Everyone
US Defense Lawyers to Seek Access to DEA Hidden Intelligence Evidence
Deutsche Telekom Snubs US Email Servers After Snooping Scandal
Obama's Assurances Miss Core Concerns Over NSA Surveillance Program
Assange: Obama Surveillance Changes Vindicate Snowden
Julian Assange on Obama's Plans to Reform America's Global Surveillance Program
Guantanamo
Ex-MI6 Officer Joins Guantanamo Inmate in Hunger Strike
Gitmo Hospital Chief Relieved for 'Personal Misconduct'
Afghanistan
US General Says Afghan Deal Vital
Chinese State Media: 4 Chinese Citizens Killed in Kabul
100 Teachers, Education Officials Killed in Afghanistan This Year
Asia
Two Militants Killed in Retaliatory Fire by Pakistani Forces
Miserable Eid for Divided Kashmir Families
Seven Injured as Sri Lanka Mosque Attacked
52 Years On, Struggle Continues for Compensation of Vietnamese Agent Orange Victims
Colombia
FARC Commander Killed: Colombia President
Colombia, FARC Rebels Say Peace Talks Focusing on Political Participation Post-Conflict
Mexico
US Angry Over Release of Drug Lord After 28 Years in Prison for Killing of US Agent
Attorney Says Another Suspect in 1985 Killing of DEA Agent in Mexico to Go Free
Europe
1,000 Italians March Against US Satellite System in Sicily
Police Decry Belfast 'Anarchy' as 56 Officers Hurt
Americans Still Dying
Newport News (VA) Soldier Leaves Behind Husband, Two Children
Oregon Soldier Dies From Injuries Suffered in July IED Attack
Red Bluff (GA) Family Shares Memories of Soldier Killed in Afghanistan
Marine Missing From Korean War Identified
 
Egypt
Lawless Sinai Shows Risks Rising in Fractured Egypt
In Cairo Camps, Protesters Dig in and Live On
McCain, Graham Say 'Time Is Quickly Running Out' in Egyptian Crisis
North Africa
One Dead, Several Hurt in Libya Fairground Shooting: Sources
Tunisia Opposition to Propose Cabinet of Independents
Africa
Nigerian Military Admits 12 Soldiers, 7 Police Killed in Recent Violence in Islamic Uprising
Mali to Vote in Presidential Election Run-Off
Iraq
Car Bombs Kill Nearly 80 in Iraq, Target Eid Festivities
Iraqis Find Reprieve in a Grisly Summer: It's Only 108° Out
Syria
Intense Battles Incessant in Heartland of Syria
Birth of a Palestinian City Is Punctuated by Struggles
Assad Sends Air Force to Prevent Rebel Advances in Home Province
Palestine/Israel
Netanyahu to Kerry: Palestinians Inciting Against Israel Even After Renewal of Talks
Palestinians Complain to Kerry About Settlements
Israeli Troops Kill Unarmed Palestinian on Gaza Border
Ya'alon Neither Confirms nor Denies Israeli Involvement in Sinai
Funeral Held for Sinai Militants Reportedly Slain in Israeli Drone Strike
Syria's Muslim Brotherhood Faces Enormous Challenges as It Attempts Return From Exile
Lebanon
18-Year-Old Lebanese Killed by Israeli Cluster Bomb
Turkey Advises Citizens to Leave Lebanon
Middle East
Bahrain Deports US Teacher Over 'Radical' Writings
Al-Qaeda's Yemen Branch Eyes a New Haven
Weekend Reviews
Vietnam: A War on Civilians
Book Provides Probing Analysis of American Attitudes in the Aftermath of 9/11
New Film Explores Fallout From Weapons Testing
Against Their Will: Secret History of Medical Experimentation on Children in Cold War America
 
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Justin Raimondo
8/09/2013
Hating On Russia

Philip Giraldi
8/08/2013
Throw the Bums Out

Ivan Eland
8/07/2013
Dangerous US Policy in East Asia

Kelley B. Vlahos
8/06/2013
Congress Finally Getting Wise to JIEDDO

Nebojsa Malic
8/02/2013
KLA Boss and the Empire

David R. Henderson
3/13/2013
Rand’s Stand

Ran HaCohen
3/04/2013
Purim and Genocidal Phantasies

Charles V. Peña
6/15/2012
Cyberwar for Me but Not for Thee
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Uri Avnery
Matthew Barganier
Patrick J. Buchanan
Juan Cole
Jonathan Cook
Christopher Deliso
Tom Engelhardt
Joshua Frank
Aaron Glantz
Leon Hadar
Jorge Hirsch
Scott Horton
Jeff Huber
Dahr Jamail
Kathy Kelly
William S. Lind
Jim Lobe
Sascha Matuszak
Ray McGovern
Thomas Gale Moore
Brendan O'Neill
Rep. Ron Paul
John Pilger
Murray Polner
Gareth Porter
Gordon Prather
Charley Reese
Paul Craig Roberts
Mark Rothschild
Michael Scheuer
Norman Solomon
Paul Sperry
Joseph Stromberg
Jon Basil Utley
Jude Wanniski
Teresa Whitehurst
Andy Worthington
 
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