Taking this powerful technology from overseas wars and turning it inward on American citizens should be subject to a robust public debate, say Medea Benjamin and Barry Summers.
A ‘Persistent Eye in the Sky’ Coming to a City Near You?
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WATCH: CN Live! Daily Video Report on Assange Hearing–Day 6
Editor-in-Chief Joe Lauria presents a live 10-minute report every day that court is in session at noon EDT during the resumed extradition hearing. Watch his recap of the sixth day’s events.
COVID-19: National Insecurity & the Pentagon Budget
The first real test of whether the U.S. has learned the right lessons from the pandemic will be when the Budget Control Act expires next year, writes Mandy Smithberger.
UPRISING: The Attorney General Has Condoned an Extra-Judicial Killing
Because we are living in a burgeoning police state, those in power celebrated what sounded to many like a cold-blooded, extra-judicial hit job, writes Abby Zimet.
ASSANGE EXTRADITION: Craig Murray: Your Man in the Public Gallery: Assange Hearing—Day 5
Former British diplomat Craig Murray was in the public gallery at Old Bailey for Julian Assange’s hearing and here is his report on Monday’s bizarre events.
‘USA Political & Economic Collapse’: Hedges Interviews Wolff
U.S. workers, who for long enjoyed a better life than most workers, are being crushed by class war in the midst of a pandemic, and it will only get worse, economist Rick Wolff tells Chris Hedges.
ELECTION 2020: From Bob to Don
Why did Trump agree to this book: Details recounted are less important than the projection of the Oval Office’s powerful, intoxicating atmosphere dominated by the commanding presence of the Chief Executive, writes Michael Brenner.
The Idea Behind WikiLeaks: Julian Assange as a Physics Student
Niraj Lal says in this account of the origins of WikiLeaks that there is seldom any focus on the formidable concept of surveillance applied to structural power.
ELECTION 2020: Trump’s Law & Order Campaign Taps US Tradition of Racist & Anti-Immigrant Politics
Throughout this nation’s history, appeals to law and order have been as much about defending privilege as dealing with crime, writes Austin Sarat.
WATCH: Ellsberg, Hedges, Goodale on Assange Extradition
The Pentagon Papers whistleblower joins the NYT general counsel at the time of that leak, and a Pulitzer Prize winner to discuss the fate of journalism as Julian Assange faces extradition.