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Obama Reverses Himself: Administration Won't Veto 'Global Battlefield' Indefinite Detentions Measure

Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. December 14, 2011.

President Obama is expected to sign a defense policy bill allowing the military to arrest and indefinitely hold terrorism suspects -- even Americans arrested on U.S. soil.

'Global Battlefield' Provision Allowing Indefinite Detention of Citizens Accused of Terror Could Pass This Week

Rania Khalek, AlterNet. December 13, 2011.

Lawmakers are looking to vote as soon as Thursday on the final National Defense Authorization, which has outraged civil liberties advocates.

Selling the Drug War for $3 Billion? How the Pentagon Will Privatize an International War on Drugs

Aurelia Fierros, Huffington Post. December 7, 2011.

In part of a move to transfer tactics from the "war on terror" to the "war on drugs", the Pentagon is paying private security firms millions to fight the drug war internationally.

Empire of Chaos: How 9/11 Shaped the Politics of a Failing State

Arun Gupta, AlterNet. September 9, 2011.

The neoconservative ideas that shaped the war on terror have evaporated as the United States is battered by an economic depression that shows no end.

How War Puts Women Under Siege

Yifat Susskind, On The Issues Magazine. September 8, 2011.

In Guatemala, generations of women have faced murderous violence, but at its core is war. Now, the same dynamic is emerging in Iraq.

The U.S. Response to 9/11 Cost Us Far More Than the Attacks Themselves

Joseph Stiglitz, Al Jazeera English. September 6, 2011.

The September 11, 2001, attacks by al-Qaeda were meant to harm the United States, and they did, but in ways that Osama bin Laden probably never imagined.

Noam Chomsky on the Dangers of American Empire and Why the US Continues to be Bin Laden's Best Ally

Noam Chomsky, TomDispatch.com. September 6, 2011.

Chomsky reflects on 9/11 and the killing of Osama bin Laden.

For Ten Years We've Avoided Asking the Real Question About 9/11

Robert Fisk, The Independent UK. September 4, 2011.

Why, in all the explanations and stories we've heard about 9/11, do we never discuss the role of US support for Israel?

'War on Terror' Set to Surpass the Cost of Second World War

Rupert Cornwell, Independent UK. June 30, 2011.

What America achieved by such outlays is also more than questionable

In Afghanistan Speech, Obama Offers Token Troop Withdrawals While Maintaining the "War on Terror" Mindset

Phyllis Bennis, AlterNet. June 22, 2011.

President Obama passed up an opportunity to recognize our democracy and respect the views of the vast majority of the American people.

100% Scared: How the National Security Complex Grows on Terrorism Fears

Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com. June 10, 2011.

Americans don't expect 100% safety from illness, car crashes, or even shark attacks. But our obsession with 100% safety from terrorism is fueling the military-industrial complex.

Did Osama Bin Laden Win the "War on Terror"?

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. May 4, 2011.

Perhaps we should stop cheering for our "success."

The Killing of Bin Laden: Justice or Vengeance?

Phyllis Bennis, AlterNet. May 2, 2011.

Does the killing of al Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden represent ultimate justice, or even an end to the “unfinished business” of 9/11?

Has Obama Gone Down the Wrong Road on Terror?

Andrew Bacevich, TomDispatch.com. April 12, 2011.

Whatever Obama's motives in Libya, by conforming to a pre-existing American penchant for using force in the Greater Middle East, this president has chosen the wrong tool.

CIA Psychologist's Notes Reveal True Purpose Behind Bush's Torture Program

Jason Leopold, Jeffrey Kaye, TruthOut.org. March 22, 2011.

One of the architects of the government's top-secret torture program said detainees were brutalized -- and not just to obtain intelligence.

Conservatives Are Still Fighting the Crusades -- We Must Overcome Their Destructive Islamophobia

Tom Engelhardt, John Feffer, TomDispatch.com. November 7, 2010.

The increased power of GOP militants in Congress suggests that we'll be living with Islamophobia for some time. Let's hope Crusades 2.0 have a shorter lifespan than the original.

No One Cares About Child Soldiers if They're in Guantanamo

Chase Madar, TomDispatch.com. November 5, 2010.

In many ways, Guantanamo is not the exception, but far closer to the rule of our criminal justice system.

Jeremy Scahill: The U.S. Is Losing in Afghanistan

Jeremy Scahill, Laura Flanders, GRITtv. November 2, 2010.

Journalist Jeremy Scahill talks with Laura Flanders about the U.S.'s failed efforts in Afghanistan.

Creating a Lawless Executive Branch

Lawrence Davidson, Consortium News. November 1, 2010.

Attorney General John Ashcroft allowed Muslims to be detained under fabricated claims. Will the Obama administration and the right-wing high court protect him?

Why We Can't Win the "War on Terror"

Andrew Bacevich, TomDispatch.com. October 10, 2010.

When, where, and how will the war end? Bluntly, are we almost there yet? Not even.

Gagged for 6 Years by FBI 'National Security Letters,' Internet Provider Speaks Up

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. August 16, 2010.

Finally allowed to speak, Nick Merrill joins us in his first broadcast interview to talk about how he challenged the FBI’s use of national security letters.

Israel, the War on Terror and the "Holocaust Effect"

Sander Hicks, AlterNet. August 12, 2010.

The “The War on Terror” is driven by a seductive mix of violence and propaganda tied to existential threats.

The Politics of Fear: How Fighting Terrorism is Bankrupting the World and Making Us Less Safe

Loretta Napoleoni, Seven Stories Press. July 22, 2010.

The likelihood that bin Laden will destroy us is extremely low; the likelihood that finance will do so is, on the other hand, extremely high -- a virtual certainty.

The Assault on American Muslims Puts All Americans in Danger

Stephan Salisbury, TomDispatch.com. May 23, 2010.

Covert police actions against U.S. Muslims lead to broken homes, deported parents, bereft children, suicides, killings -- and they make everyone less safe.

My Brother Faces a Lifetime of Solitary Confinement on a Spurious Terror Conviction

Mariam Abu-Ali, AlterNet. May 12, 2010.

Ahmed Abu Ali is not in a foreign prison or at Guantanamo; he is in a supermax prison in Colorado.

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