Anwar Al Awlaki

America the Serial Killer

John Feffer | Posted 05.15.2012

John Feffer

Dexter is all about U.S. foreign policy and the moral calculus of a superpower. Our government has likewise been on a killing streak, and there's no end in sight. But we are also, as a country, conflicted about this propensity toward murder.

What's the Definition of a Crazy Question?

John V. Santore | Posted 05.08.2012

John V. Santore

Within the context of illogic and paranoia that has at times defined Barack Obama's opponents, it is tempting to write off those who make the most strident claims against him. But we shouldn't be afraid to ask big, fundamental questions about the conduct of the administration and its officials.

Al Qaeda Kills 20, Captures 25 In Attack On Yemen Army Base

AP | BY AHMED AL-HAJ | Posted 05.07.2012

SANAA, Yemen — Al-Qaida militants staged a surprise attack Monday on a Yemeni army base in the south, killing 22 soldiers and capturing 25 just ...

Mike Sacks

Bin Laden Raid: 'Obama Made The Decision'

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 04.29.2012

WASHINGTON -- White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan appeared on three separate Sunday morning programs to discuss the administration's eff...

The Bob & Chez Show 3/26/12

Bob Cesca | Posted 05.27.2012

Bob Cesca

This week's show highlights: The Anwar Al-AwlakikKilling and Bob Debates Greenwald on Twitter again; Ron Paul's mercenary army; the contradictions of war and politics; healthcare reform in the Supreme Court; the individual mandate defined, and other topics.

Constitution Check: Can the Public Get Access to the Legal Reasons for Targeted Killing?

Lyle Denniston | Posted 05.14.2012

Lyle Denniston

It is now widely assumed, within the media and among national security experts, that there is at least one legal memo written by a Justice Department lawyer that spells out the case for targeted killing without any review by a U.S. court.

We Take Care of Our Own: Eric Holder and the End of Rights

Peter Van Buren | Posted 05.06.2012

Peter Van Buren

No more clever wordplay (enhanced interrogations, "patriot" act, targeted killing, kinetic operations) but a simple declaration that the U.S. government will kill its own citizens when it wishes to.

Eric Holder Defends U.S. Killing Of American Citizen

AP | By NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 05.24.2012

WASHINGTON -- Attorney General Eric Holder said Monday that the decision to kill a U.S. citizen living abroad who poses a terrorist threat "is among t...

Official: Holder Speech To Lay Framework For Key Terrorism Issue

AP | PETE YOST | Posted 05.04.2012

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric Holder is expected to outline the legal framework for the use of lethal force in targeted killings of America...

America as Constitutional Republic: When Can the President Kill?

Doug Bandow | Posted 04.29.2012

Doug Bandow

What should be done if there are no obvious battlefields and no certain combatants? Should propagandists be treated as fighters? Are any procedural protections required before a U.S. citizen can be killed?

Andrea Stone

Russ Feingold, Foe of Patriot Act, Says Al-Awlaki Drone Killing Was 'Legitimate'

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 02.22.2012

WASHINGTON -- Former Wisconsin Sen. Russ Feingold, whose lone vote against the Patriot Act made him a hero among civil libertarians, said he has no pr...

Mike Sacks

Feds Disclose New Details From Underwear Bomber

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 02.11.2012

The United States on Friday submitted a memorandum to a Michigan federal judge revealing that terrorist leader Anwar al Awlaki had more direct involve...

Mr. President: Include This In the State of the Union...Please

Paul Abrams | Posted 03.23.2012

Paul Abrams

The president should tell us, as is true, that the state of the nation in 2012 is "better" than it was when he took office.

White House Explains Targeted Killings Of U.S. Citizens

AP | MATT APUZZO | Posted 01.31.2012

WASHINGTON — U.S. citizens are legitimate military targets when they take up arms with al-Qaida, top national security lawyers in the Obama admi...

Pipe Bomb Plot Demonstrates Ongoing Threat From Lone Wolves

Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens | Posted 01.22.2012

Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

Although Jose Pimentel appears to be the latest in a long line of hopeless "lone wolves, the case also demonstrates the (very slight) success of al-Qaeda's strategy in the West.

CIA Drones Gone Wild?

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 01.08.2012

Daphne Eviatar

The costs and benefits -- and the legality -- of the U.S. drone program remain unclear. It highlights the need for the Obama administration to lay out what exactly is its "secret" drone policy.

Ruinous Victories

Bruce Fein | Posted 12.25.2011

Bruce Fein

Politicians are chronically myopic and generally ill-educated. Whenever they claim victory abroad, skepticism is justified. The latest case of Libya is no different.

Gaddafi is Dead - A Culture of Needless Violence

Judith Barr | Posted 12.22.2011

Judith Barr

Moammar Gaddafi is dead. He was captured and some say executed. His country was deeply affected by the violence he created. But now . . . there is a c...

Free Speech in the Age of Obama -- A Cruel and Dangerous Hoax

Jeanine Molloff | Posted 12.17.2011

Jeanine Molloff

The decision in the case of Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project, grants the U.S. government the right to criminalize political speech, by upholding the 'material support' provision of the re-authorized Patriot Act.

Former CIA Director William Colby Subject of New Documentary

Michael Rose | Posted 12.14.2011

Michael Rose

The Man Nobody Knew chronicles the life of the filmmaker's father, CIA Director William Colby, whose testimony to the Senate panel prompted numerous reforms in the agency.

America's Secret Empire of Drone Bases

Nick Turse | Posted 12.17.2011

Nick Turse

Using military documents, press accounts, and other open source information, an in-depth analysis by TomDispatch has identified at least 60 bases integral to U.S. military and CIA drone operations.

U.S. Drone Strike Kills 7 Al Qaeda Militants In Yemen

AP | HAMZA HENDAWI | Posted 12.15.2011

SANAA, Yemen — The United States has raised the tempo in its war against al-Qaida in Yemen, killing nine of the terror group's militants in the ...

Jason Linkins

Here Are Some Thoughts I Had For America!: This Week In Pundit Pontifications

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.14.2011

Whether we are heading for a Great Entropy or a Similarly Great Syntropy, I feel that it's important that we sail ahead with some sense of decorum. And so I feel compelled to come out against all of this Occupation of Wall Street that I am seeing throughout the nation. Yes, I do agree with everything they're saying. But I just cannot abide what I am seeing in the streets of America. All of this endless commingling of common people -- their thoughts sprawling hither and yon, their angst worn too evidently on their sleeve, their tonsorial habits too varied and non-traditional -- is just so déclassé.

Al-Qaeda and John Yoo: Concerns and a Qualified Endorsement We Can Do Without

Dorian de Wind | Posted 12.12.2011

Dorian de Wind

Yoo, the mastermind of the infamous "torture memos" that provided "legal" justification for torture in the form of waterboarding, has now expressed his qualified support for the killing of al-Awlaki.

Mitt Romney Recasts Himself as a Neocon

The Morningside Post | Posted 12.12.2011

The Morningside Post

Any potential Romney administration would be heavy on defense spending, to the delight of neocons, but this would run counter to the current climate on Capitol Hill of cuts and more cuts.