Some of our special stories in January focused on the NSA surveillance scandal, the back story of Robert Gates’s new memoir, the Right’s continued assault on democracy, and the collapse of accusations against Syria and Libya.
“Forgetting Why Al-Qaeda Spread” by Robert Parry, Jan. 5, 2014.
“NSA Insider Reveal What Went Wrong,” Jan. 7, 2014.
“The War on Poverty at 50” by Alice O’Connor, Jan. 7, 2014.
“Colombia’s Battered Rebels Seek Peace” by Andres Cala, Jan. 7, 2014.
“Robert Gates Double-Crosses Obama” by Robert Parry, Jan. 8, 2014.
“Robert Gates’s Narcissistic ‘Duty’” by Melvin A. Goodman, Jan. 9, 2014.
“US Foreign Policy if Obama Had Lost” by Adil E. Shamoo, Jan. 9, 2014.
“Robert Gates’s Blame-shifting Memoir” by Paul R. Pillar, Jan. 10, 2014.
“How GOP Gerrymanders Away Democracy” by Beverly Bandler, Jan. 10, 2014.
“The Weapons of the Poor” by Rev. Howard Bess, Jan. 11, 2014.
“NSA’s Preference for Metadata” by Kirk Wiebe, Jan. 13, 2014.
“Buying a Seat at Surveillance State’s Table” by Norman Solomon, Jan. 13, 2014.
“Condemning a Boycott of Israeli Abuses” by Lawrence Davidson, Jan. 13, 2014.
“If Gov. Christie Had NSA’s Metadata” by Robert Parry, Jan. 14, 2014.
“When Protesting Bush’s Wars Was a Crime” by Nat Parry, Jan. 17, 2014.
“How NSA Invites Totalitarianism” by Arjen Kamphuis, Jan. 17, 2014.
“The Mistaken Guns of Last August” by Robert Parry, Jan. 20, 2014.
“Human Rights Watch’s Syrian Dilemma” by Robert Parry, Jan. 21, 2014.
“The Lost Legacy of Otis Pike” by Melvin A. Goodman, Jan. 22, 2014.
“J Street’s Dead End” by Abba A. Solomon and Norman Solomon, Jan. 22, 2014.
“Neocons Take Aim at Syrian Peace Talks” by Robert Parry, Jan. 23, 2014.
“MLK and the Curse of Moderation” by Rev. Howard Bess, Jan. 24, 2014.
“The Crumbling Lockerbie Case” by John Ashton, Jan. 26, 2014.
“No Tears for the Real Robert Gates” by Ray McGovern, Jan. 27, 2014.
“Red State Blues: Trouble in Oklahoma” by Richard L. Fricker, Jan. 28, 2014.
“FDR’s Legacy of Can-Do Government” by Beverly Bandler, Jan. 30, 2014.
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