Tough-guy John Bolton, hiding under his bed
As usual, right-wing pseudo-warriors are drowning in extreme cowardice.
Nov. 25, 2009
Phil Carter's resignation from key detainee policy post
Many of the "War on Terror" policies he spent years condemning were ones expressly embraced by Obama.
Nov. 25, 2009
Greg Craig and Obama's worsening civil liberties record
A new Time account of the fall of Obama's White House counsel sheds much light on rule of law issues.
Nov. 24, 2009
The extreme secrecy of the federal courts
Judges are not only permitted, but required, to conceal anything the government declares to be secret.
Nov. 23, 2009
Rule-of-law extremism engulfs primitive Eastern Europe
Why would the new President of Lithuania demand investigations of CIA black sites in her country?
Nov. 21, 2009
The Washington establishment suffers a serious defeat
Approval of the Paul/Grayson bill to audit the Fed is both rare and important in several ways
Nov. 20, 2009
The administration guts its own argument for 9/11 trials
If some detainees get military commissions or indefinite detention, how can 9/11 trials be justified?
Nov. 19, 2009
The Weekly Standard's ACLU smear indicts only itself
Neoconservative contempt for the Constitution is not only un-American; it is al-Qaida's greatest ally
Nov. 18, 2009
CNN on our new "huge, huge bomb" to use against Iran
What could possibly lead Iran to want to hide their nuclear facilities?
Nov. 17, 2009
Ex-Islamic radicals on what motivates -- and impedes -- extremism
Why are such glaring truths about the effects of our policies continuously ignored?
Nov. 16, 2009