War on Terrorism

Hothead McCain

Robert Dreyfuss : US Intelligence/Covert Ops

The GOP nominee favors unilateralism and "rogue state rollback."
The Most-Wanted List

Noam Chomsky : Civilian Casualties

Making a list of the most hated arch-criminals--not the usual suspects.
Bush's Iran/Argentina Terror Frame-Up

Gareth Porter : Argentina

The Bush Administration cites a 1994 bombing in Argentina to tar Iran as a sponsor of global terror. But a fresh probe finds no evidence of an Iran connection.
Experts in Terror

Petra Bartosiewicz : Civil Rights After 9/11

The US government relies heavily on the testimony of self-styled terrorism experts in prosecuting the "war on terror." But how credible are they?

2007

Justice Delayed

David Cole : Attorney General

The government's case against Khader Hamide and Michel Shehadeh is closed. But did the US government learn anything about its wayward two-decade prosecution of Palestinian activists?
Cashing In on Terror

Robert Scheer : War Profiteering

What a boondoggle 9/11 has been for the merchants of war.
Apocalypse Now?

Stephen Holmes : Non-Fiction

According to Chalmers Johnson, Bush's imperial presidency may be the final chapter in the collapse of American democracy.
German GWOT Misfire

Neil Smith : Europe

The government is using antiterrorist laws to suppress political dissent.
Why We're Losing the War on Terror

David Cole & Jules Lobel : Pre-emptive Strikes

Going on the offensive has only made us more vulnerable.
The Real Lesson of the Padilla Conviction

David Cole : US Intelligence/Covert Ops

If it had followed the rule of law from the outset, the Bush Administration could have brought many terrorists to justice by now.
Laboratory for a Fortressed World

Naomi Klein : Israel

Gaza is in chaos, but Israel's economy is booming as high-tech entrepreneurs scramble to meet the post-9/11 world's hunger for spy tools and containment walls.
The Sum of Our Fears

Christopher Hayes

The money we've wasted on unseen terrorists, nonexistent WMDs and phantom pedophiles could have been used to address any number of legitimate threats.
A Trial for Thousands Denied Trial

Naomi Klein : Torture

As Jose Padilla's trial unfolds in Miami, the cruel methods of US interrogators are finally being put on trial.

2006

Jose Padilla's Ordeal

Robert Scheer : Torture

The systematic abuse of an American citizen charged with vague crimes related to terror has destroyed his sanity and made us into what we despise.
On the Intelligence Report Finding That the War in Iraq Has Produced a New Generation of Jihadists and Increased Terrorism

Calvin Trillin : Iraq

Yes, there is indeed a link between Iraq and Bush's "war on terror."
Wrong War, Wrong Word

Katha Pollitt

"Islamo-fascism" looks like an analytic term, but it's really an emotional one, intended to get us to think less and fear more.
The Semantics of Terror

Ian Williams : Media Coverage of the War on Terrorism

The easy invocation of "terrorism"--whether by pundits or political leaders--is not just sloppy use of language. It is precisely targeted phrasing intended to terrorize dissent.
The US Military Descends on Paraguay

Benjamin Dangl : US Military

The US "war on terror" now extends to an unlikely frontier in Paraguay, where farmers are caught in the crossfire and human rights groups are skeptical of the threat posed by Islamic terrorists.

2005

Right to Trial Imperiled by Senate Vote

Jeremy Brecher & Brendan Smith : Senate

The Senate last week approved a measure that would allow government officials to essentially bypass the courts and lock up people suspected of terrorism without trial. Will cooler heads prevail?
Midsummer Night's Dream

Patricia J. Williams

A midsummer nightmare of the shiny-eyed zealots who would protect us from terror. Plus, summer reading for the President.
A Presidential Explanation of Patriotic Loafing

Calvin Trillin : George W. Bush

The true and patriotic purpose of presidential loafing revealed.
Mortgaged to the House of Saud

Robert Scheer : Saudi Arabia

More evidence that President Bush is losing the "war on terror."
Terror Comes to London

: Great Britain

The London bombings are another reminder that Bush's invasion of Iraq was a counterproductive response to 9/11.
Whistleblowing: My Story

Jesselyn Radack : John Ashcroft

Government employees should never have to choose between their conscience and their career.
Blaming the Messenger Fools No One

Robert Scheer : Human Rights

The Bush Administration respects Amnesty International only when doing so suits its political agenda.
A Cover-Up as Shameful as Tillman's Death

Robert Scheer : US Military

Once again, grieving relatives point out that the Bush Administration will exploit anything for political purposes.
US Arms for Terrorists?

Frank Smyth : Arms Spending & Proliferation

Two US officers are caught delivering weapons to a Colombian paramilitary group.
The Posada File

Peter Kornbluh : Cuba

Will the Bush Administration recognize that anti-Castro radical Luis Posada Carriles is a terrorist?
Security the Progressive Way

John Tirman : Progressives, Liberals, & The American Left

The lockdown strategy has made America less safe. there's a better approach.
Accounting for Torture

David Cole : Lawsuits
In the Penal Colony

Lisa Hajjar : Jails & Prisons
Is Al Qaeda Just a Bush Boogeyman?

Robert Scheer : Media

Is it possible that a vast and well-organized terrorist conspiracy does not exist?