Exclusive: President Obama refused to hold “war on terror” torturers to account but punished truth-tellers severely, a bleak legacy not erased by Chelsea Manning’s belated commutation, as Jonathan Marshall explains.
Category: The Bush-43 Administration
Obama’s Bombing Legacy
It’s Not About Trump, But Us
America’s Self-Destructive Obsessions
The U.S. population is led from one hysteria to the next, now transitioning from the Global War on Terror to the New Cold War with Russia, a fearful madness that is infecting the collective psyche, says Michael Brenner.
Who’s the Real Manipulator of Elections?
America in Need of ‘Democracy Promotion’
Did Trump Kill ‘Liberal Democracy’?
How Obama Spread the Mideast Fires
Obama’s Unkept Promise on Nuclear War
The ‘Post-Truth’ Mainstream Media
Exclusive: U.S. mainstream media sees itself as the definer of what’s true and what’s “propaganda,” but has gotten lost in a fog of self-delusion and is now the principal purveyor of “post-truth” news, writes Nicolas J S Davies.