(updated below) In 1971, when the New York Times decided to publish the Pentagon Papers leaked to it by Daniel Ellsberg, it knew it…
Glenn Greenwald
Earlier this month, the Pentagon announced that it would deploy "only" one aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf, rather than the customary two. This…
The Justice Department "white paper" purporting to authorize Obama's power to extrajudicially execute US citizens was leaked three weeks ago. Since then,…
(updated below) This past week has been a strangely clarifying political moment. It was caused by two related events: the leak of…
Brooklyn College's Academic Freedom Increasingly Threatened Over Israel Event (updated below) On Tuesday, I wrote about a brewing controversy that was threatening the academic…
(updated below – Update II) The permanent US national security state has used extreme secrecy to shield its actions from democratic accountability…
When it comes to the US "foreign policy community", few if any people are more representative of it than Bruce Riedel. A…
Numerous reports from Friday indicate that President Obama, possibly as early as Monday, will name Chuck Hagel as his nominee to replace Leon Panetta as Defense Secretary. Many…
I've now seen "Zero Dark Thirty". Before getting to that: the controversy triggered this week by my commentary on the debate over…
(updated below – Update II) Over the last months, Democrats and Republicans have been engaged in an intense fight over the suitability…