Who Is the United States at War With? That’s Classified Information
President Obama has repeatedly said the U.S. is targeting Al Qaeda and “associated forces.” But the government won’t say who those forces are.
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Vacuum Cleaners, Yoga, and Keeping Inmates Sane
Whatever the method, it’s in everyone’s best interest.
The Man Who Wants to Shoot Islamist Terrorists Straight to Hell With Pork Bullets
An interview with Brendan Hill, a Tea Party conservative in Idaho and creator of the pork-tipped bullet meant to deter jihadi terrorists.
How the NSA’s High-Tech Surveillance Helped Europeans Catch Terrorists
"We were inside their computers."
NSA Surveillance: Better Down the Stretch Than at the Start
Looking at 20 years of jihadist plots in the West, a leading expert on terrorism finds that Internet surveillance has its uses but is no panacea.
Why Don’t Americans Seem to Care About Government Surveillance?
Prism and the NSA’s phone tapping programs were supposed to be emergency measures designed to combat terrorism. But what happens when the threat of terrorism is the norm?
The Changing War on Terror
The Authorization for Use of Military Force was passed by Congress after 9/11 to give the president authority to hunt and fight those responsible. But al Qaeda is a completely different kind of organization now, according to this former CIA operative who spearheaded the Zarqawi Operations team from 2004-2006 as a targeting officer, and we need to rethink the tools we've created.
Terrorism and Privilege: Tim Wise on the Power of Whiteness
A prominent anti-racism author attempts to identify what it is that allows many of us to view the Boston bombings and other tragic events as merely horrific.