People who have never even been charged with a crime can have their life savings taken away. That’s civil asset forfeiture.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: Robbed by Law Enforcement
Category: Column
JOHN KIRIAKOU: A Whistleblower’s Agony
Denying Joshua Schulte bail because of a fear that he might reveal classified information is one thing. Subjecting him to torture is another.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Biden’s Summit of No-Shows
This could prove an historic shift, reversing more than a century of usually coercive influence in Latin America.
SCOTT RITTER: Turkey Rains on NATO’s Parade
In opposing the application of Finland and Sweden, Erdogan has disrupted the military alliance’s effort to further provoke Russia with even more expansion.
John Kiriakou: The Setback in Russiagate Probe
The jury foreperson said politics wasn’t a factor. But was any prosecution of a senior Clinton campaign official possible in a jurisdiction where Clinton beat Trump 91-4?
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Biden’s Taiwan Talk
We are witnessing the gradual dismantling of strategic ambiguity in favor of the clarity urged by Trump’s belligerent secretary of state, Mike Pompeo.
THE ANGRY ARAB: Lebanon’s Hung Parliament
Did Hizbullah really receive a devastating blow in the elections? As`ad AbuKhalil says the answer is not as simple as Western coverage makes it seem.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: Penetrating the Blue Wall
The fallout for police whistleblowers is at least as bad as for those elsewhere in government.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: The New Iron Curtain
The Ukraine crisis proves to be Europe’s crucible and Europe proves a profound disappointment.
