iPhone app iPad app Android phone app Android tablet app

Weapons of Mass Destruction

Will Main Street ever trust Washington again?

Don McNay | Posted 05.20.2013 | Business
Don McNay

"You know you cannot trust them They know they can't trust you." -Steve Goodman (Jimmy Buffett) "Now Watergate does not bother me Does your conscien...

The Real Weapons of Mass Destruction: America's 300 Million Guns

Tim_Arnold | Posted 05.17.2013 | Politics
Tim_Arnold

On 9/11, Islam jihadists turned four U.S. airlines into weapons of mass destruction and killed almost 3,000 people. Within a month the George W. Bush ...

Do Red Lines on WMDs Matter?

Lionel Beehner | Posted 05.07.2013 | World
Lionel Beehner

There has been mounting criticism of the Obama administration for setting a line in the sand on Syria -- the movement or use of chemical weapons -- and then apparently failing to act out on its promise. The criticism has come in two varieties.

Arming Criminals and Terrorists in the US

John Rosenthal | Posted 05.01.2013 | Politics
John Rosenthal

Our law enforcement does a phenomenal job keeping us safe. Recent events, however, have exposed some extreme limitations that have handicapped those same members of our law enforcement as they fight to minimize and eliminate terror risk in America.

Obama proposes shifting funds from nuclear nonproliferation to nuclear weapons

The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 04.11.2013 | Politics
The Center for Public Integrity

By R. Jeffrey Smith and Douglas Birch April 9, 2013 This story was originally published by The Center for Public Integrity, which is a nonprofit, no...

Horrors in the Rear-View Mirror: Ten Years of Iraq

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.23.2013 | Politics
Rick Horowitz

"Why look back?" some of them say. Here's why. ...

Obama, Israel, Iran... and Iraq: Not a Happy Anniversary

William Bradley | Posted 05.20.2013 | World
William Bradley

While Obama opposed the invasion, which ended up costing America trillions of dollars and thousands of lives, and vastly more Iraqis, in creating one of the greatest geopolitical debacles in history, his host, Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, was one of the greatest champions of the Iraq War.

Ex-CIA Analyst: Dick Cheney's Pre-Iraq War Intelligence Involvement Was Unprecedented

HuffPost Live | Posted 03.20.2013 | HuffPost Live 321

Nada Bakos played a key role on the CIA's intelligence team prior to the start of the Iraq War. Now, the former counterterrorism analyst has come out ...

Facing the Legacy of the Iraq War

Chris Ladd | Posted 05.18.2013 | Politics
Chris Ladd

We cannot learn from the Iraq War and move beyond its legacy until we find the courage to confront it with honest eyes.

The Iraq Invasion 10 Years Later: A Wrong War

Richard N. Haass | Posted 05.15.2013 | Politics
Richard N. Haass

It was not a war that needed to be started at the time. Our interests were less than vital and we had alternatives, but I believe the president decided to go to war not so much because of the belief that the Iraqis possessed weapons of mass destruction, but more for three other reasons.

The GOP Got the U.S. Into the Sequestration Mess and Needs To Compromise Its Way Out Of It

Laura Merriman | Posted 05.01.2013 | Politics
Laura Merriman

With the sequester fast approaching, the Republican Party has forgotten that President George W. Bush racked up half our deficit on the War on Terror....

Washington's War-Makers Aren't 'in a Bubble,' They're in a Bunker

Norman Solomon | Posted 04.14.2013 | Politics
Norman Solomon

With the tenth anniversary of the Iraq invasion coming up next month, we can expect a surge of explanations for what made that catastrophe possible.

Decade After Iraq WMD Speech at U.N., Former Colin Powell Aide Lawrence Wilkerson Debates Author Norman Solomon

Democracy Now! | Posted 04.08.2013 | Politics
Democracy Now!

Ten years ago this week, a defining moment occurred in the Bush administration's push to invade Iraq. On Feb. 5, 2003, then-Secretary of State General...

Assault Weapons Are Weapons of Mass Destruction and Should Be Banned

Robert Creamer | Posted 02.14.2013 | Politics
Robert Creamer

The tragedy in Connecticut forces America to confront a simple question: Why should we allow easy access to a weapon of mass destruction just because it could conceivably be referred to as a "gun"?

John McCain: World On Brink Of 'Most Horrendous Act' Of The Century

The Huffington Post | Melissa Jeltsen | Posted 12.11.2012 | Politics

Speaking about reports that Syria is preparing chemical weapons for potential use against its people, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) warned that the world...

2012 Election: Trust and Leadership vs. Racism and Bigotry

Miles J. Zaremski | Posted 12.29.2012 | Politics
Miles J. Zaremski

Why do I say Obama has shown us trust and leadership? He came into office facing the worst financial crisis brought on by an administration to which Romney wants to return us second only to the great depression of the 1920s.

Sam Stein

Republicans: Obama's Libya Policy As Bad As George W. Bush And Iraq

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.14.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Several prominent Republicans on Sunday sought a pound of flesh from the Obama administration over its shifting explanations for the att...

New Surveys Show the Persistence of Misperceptions

Brendan Nyhan | Posted 09.29.2012 | Politics
Brendan Nyhan

While there are ways to present information more effectively, the extensive social science research we review in our New America report suggests that misperceptions are very difficult to counter.

Naked Man: They Made Me Handle A Nuclear Bomb

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 03.20.2012 | Weird News

His excuse was a dud. A drunk, naked Iowa City man claimed during his arrest on Monday that four unknown assailants forced him to carry a nuclear b...

Meet the Bangor 5

Helen Young | Posted 05.15.2012 | Crime
Helen Young

Why is the federal government so interested in a rail-thin octogenarian? The answer can be found in Bangor 5, which follows the federal case against five unlikely "commandos" who executed a bold and daring break-in at one of America's most highly sensitive military installations.

Elvis Impersonator Blames Bomb And Ricin Scare On Diabetes

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 02.29.2012 | Crime

You ain't nothin' but a diabetic bomb hoaxer, cryin' to the cops. Michael Conley, a 64-year-old Elvis impersonator, allegedly locked himself inside...

Two Cry Weapon Of Mass Destruction At Motel

Posted 02.29.2012 | Crime

Two Florida men were charged with serious felonies after they threatened cops with a weapon of mass destruction -- all because they didn't want to get...

Joshua Hersh

Cautioning Against War With Iran, Congressman Calls For Diplomacy

HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 02.15.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The United States must not let itself slide into a war with Iran without more debate and deliberation, Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) told...

Fact Checking the Media: Iran

Rep. Dennis Kucinich | Posted 04.04.2012 | Media
Rep. Dennis Kucinich

The media coverage on Iran is mirroring the coverage in the lead-up to the Iraq war: grand claims about a smoking gun that doesn't exist.

The Wall Street Journal and Climate Change: Where Are the Facts?

James A. Shapiro | Posted 03.31.2012 | Science
James A. Shapiro

Is some unhealthy editorial agenda at work here? The future of climate change reporting in the WSJ should allow us to answer that question.