The hawkish defender of Guantanamo Bay and the post-9/11 security state worries President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown is threatening civil liberties.
On Sunday talk shows, the vice president made the case for bombing Iran—a notable shift from his previous anti-war rhetoric.
The conflict with Iran is the latest in a decadeslong series of regime change operations, long-term entanglements, and all-out wars that always seem to invite more problems.
The president’s speech in Saudi Arabia promised a new course for U.S. policy in the Middle East. Can he deliver?
Designating cartels as terrorist organizations could allow the feds to prosecute people who pay protection money—and might pave the way for undeclared war.
Matthew Livelsberger’s alleged manifesto highlights an infamous U.S. drug raid.
The government has given itself special powers to deal with crimes that it could already prosecute.
Researchers went back to check Palestinian casualty reports from October 2023. They found a deadlier month for civilians—and children—than any other chapter of the "war on terror."
Trump's picks for FBI director and Middle East adviser buck his trend of appointing superhawks.
One year ago, political figures spread a false terrorism panic that made everyone less free—and incited violence against a child.
Washington risks Americans’ lives in wars of choice, then uses their deaths to justify more war.
The New Yorker sued for photos of the Haditha killings in Iraq—and found audio of a Marine general bragging about covering up those photos.
Uncle Sam is resorting to some unusual methods to support the Israeli war effort.
Assassinating enemy leaders isn’t a silver bullet for solving international conflict.
The executive branch and the Senate have played hot potato with an infamous torture report, allowing the CIA to evade the Freedom of Information Act.
War on Terror fears and the CIA’s torture program kept Khalid Sheikh Mohammed out of civilian courts—and prevented true justice from being served.
Israeli leaders have been betting on a U.S.-Iranian war for a while. After this week, it might be at their doorstep.
The plot to kidnap the Michigan governor was in large part concocted and encouraged by paid FBI informants and their Bureau handlers.
A new survey shows that neither Hamas, nor its secular nationalist rivals, nor Biden’s plan have majority support among Palestinians.
The White House announced a “near final” defense pact with Saudi Arabia yesterday, just as new evidence about Saudi links to 9/11 is emerging.
It supposedly bans financing terrorism, but that's already illegal. It's really a power grab for the secretary of the treasury.
Many of the Washington hawks calling for war with Iran had sworn up and down that more pressure was not a path to war.
The same tactics used to justify drone strikes are now being used to demonize immigrant men.
The new Nigerien military government has ordered U.S. forces out of their expensive air base.
Eli Lake of The Free Press debates author Jeremy Hammond at The Soho Forum.
All of the unfinished U.S. conflicts in the Middle East are coming together into one big crisis for Biden.
Competing FISA Section 702 reauthorization bills will reach the House floor next week, Speaker Johnson says.
A new podcast asks whether federal agents are catching bad guys or creating them.
Legislators abuse the emergency label to push through spending that would otherwise violate budget constraints.
The feds routinely abuse people’s rights and claim they shouldn’t be held accountable.
Rep. Cori Bush (D–Mo.) and multiple civil liberties organizations cited the "Cop City" project in Atlanta, in which dozens of protesters have been charged with domestic terrorism.
From Russiagate to COVID discourse, elites in government and the media are trying to control and centralize free speech and open inquiry.
Department of Homeland Security
Break it up into fewer, smaller agencies that are more accountable to pre-9/11 departments.
Surveilling American citizens without due process, separating undocumented children from their parents, the TSA—the DHS has been a failure.
The longest-serving California senator was a hardline drug warrior, a surveillance hawk, and no friend of freedom.
Out of 19 suspects arrested on terrorism charges, at least nine are accused of nothing more serious than trespassing.
Intelligence-gathering “fusion centers” repeatedly abuse civil liberties without making us safer.
Instead, the feds are telling us something very revealing about themselves.
Plus: Judge rejects "terrorism" label for January 6 defendant, dozens of abortion clinics have closed since June, FTC staff recommended against Meta lawsuit, and more...
He claims he'll be "the first president to visit the Middle East since 9/11 without U.S. troops engaged in a combat mission there." But that's not true.
All of this is a transparent effort to stop lawsuits from those who have been tortured.
In a program separate from the ones disclosed by Edward Snowden, we see more mass secret domestic data collection.
“Defend the Guard” laws would keep state troops out of conflicts that Congress hasn’t authorized.
Surveillance clearly shows children nearby as strike was called on man mistaken for a terrorist.
We've already seen how this can abuse Americans' civil liberties with little increase in public safety.
Our drones still patrol the skies, and our tax dollars will be paying off the costs of failed nation-building for decades.
“We have been through horrific things, but I’m still proud of being Uyghur," says Tursunay Ziyawudun, a survivor of China's torture camps.
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