"It's not easy finding something pleasant to say about this douche bag, I mean, V.P.," said one official, "although if it IS there, we'll find it. That is, if he didn't conceal THAT from Congress, too."
Frank Naif | Posted 07.21.2009 | Politics
Different parts of the government had important clues about the 9/11 attacks well in advance, but didn't share them with intelligence or law enforcement units that could have acted on them.
Lorelei Kelly | Posted 07.06.2009 | World
We need to step back, take a deep breath and realize that we are at a turning point -- where all of our middle east relationships converge.
M. Zuhdi Jasser | Posted 07.05.2009 | World
We must marginalize and defeat the ideas of political Islam which ultimately drive the dreams of militant Islamists.
Peter Henne | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics
Obama's policies are the best chance for ensuring that the United States of America remains the greatest country in the world.
Beth Borzone | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics
Lots of people are disappointed with some of Obama's recent decisions but they still love him because he is a person of conviction working within a flawed system.
Sam Black | Posted 06.04.2009 | World
Finding a way to conduct effective tactical counter-terrorism operations without compromising counterinsurgency in Pakistan or Afghanistan should be a U.S. priority.
Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 05.17.2009 | World
Dr. Post offers a step-by-step approach for political, military and ideological actions to induce behavioral, emotional and attitudinal changes to manage and minimize a "war" we just can't win.
New York Times | Posted 05.10.2009 | World
Britain's most powerful counterterrorism officer resigned on Thursday, a day after being photographed carrying a document that outlined details of a m...
Lydia Khalil | Posted 03.28.2009 | Politics
Hope as a Counterterrorism Strategy? Lydia Khalil After the historic presidential elections in the United States, messages poured in from around th...
Shahid Buttar | Posted 03.28.2009 | Politics
We need not sacrifice our nation's fundamental constitutional freedoms to address extremist violence. Rather, we need merely stop pursuing corporate subsidies that inadvertently encourage it.
Kerry Kennedy | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics
A war on terror which undermines the most basic values of society -- life, liberty, the rule of law -- is not worth waging if we end up creating a society which mirrors the repression we battled in the first place.
Cheryl Howard Crew | Posted 02.21.2009 | World
I support the president, but I'm sure Obama will discover quickly that Americans are the last ones who should be heading any military action, ground or air, into Afghanistan.
Arch Puddington | Posted 02.15.2009 | World
Early 2005 marked the culmination of the Orange Revolution in Ukraine, the most significant and largely nonviolent protest movements that succeeded in supplanting corrupt and autocratic governments in the former Soviet Union.
Frank Naif | Posted 01.16.2009 | World
While it's true that Guantanamo has been a blow to US prestige and moral leadership, the policy of rendition has unnecessarily complicated relations between the US and long-time allies.
Ginny Sloan | Posted 01.15.2009 | Politics
Proponents of national security courts claim that these new hybrid courts would eliminate burdensome procedural rules that protect the rights of defendants.
Sunil Adam | Posted 01.09.2009 | World
What ensured the stupendous success of the Mumbai terrorists was the saturated coverage by international television networks, fueled by a weak news cycle over the Thanksgiving weekend.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.21.2008 | Politics
Over at the Washington Independent, Spencer Ackerman has taken the pulse of a number of self-described "progressives" on their opinions for a new path...
David Quigg | Posted 10.17.2008 | Politics
Our safety depends on us acting together. And our shared action depends on a basic shared understanding that it is far too soon to claim "never again."
Frances Moore Lappe | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics
More and more people around the world are disavowing violence against civilians, and support for terrorism is drying up.
Michael Schwartz | Posted 09.12.2008 | Home
The fact is that the Bush Administration's legal maneuvering has won over American citizens to torture. The only viable argument against torture now is the moral argument.
Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 08.08.2008 | Politics
Don't believe the "surge" freaks, like McCain, who tell you the insurgency in Iraq is disappearing. Anywhere there is illegal occupation, there will be justifiable insurrection.
ABC News | Posted 08.05.2008 | Politics
Government officials have been quietly stepping up counterterror efforts out of a growing concern that al Qaeda or similar organizations might try to ...
William Fisher | Posted 08.02.2008 | Politics
In the name of "Global War on Terror," the U.S. Government is waging war on non-governmental organizations, forcing them to "operate within a legal regime that weakens civil society."
Ray Hanania | Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics
We have to learn to distinguish between real moderates and the extremists if we plan to defeat the terrorists. Profiling can't do that. Americans need more, not less education.
John Marshall | Posted 08.12.2009 | Comedy