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The Enduring Crime of ‘Agent Orange’

November 14, 2015

A half century ago, the U.S. government began a campaign of spraying Agent Orange herbicides on the forests of Southeast Asia, thinking that by defoliating vast areas, the military could more effectively bomb the “enemy” but instead created an ecological…

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Foreign Policy, Media, Obama Administration, Politics, Secrecy

Carpetbagging ‘Crony Capitalism’ in Ukraine

November 13, 2015

Exclusive: Ukraine’s Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko and other key officials were given overnight Ukrainian citizenship — with the law requiring them to renounce their old allegiances — but the American-born Jaresko has balked at that mandate, raising questions about her…

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Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Obama Administration, Right Wing

Is Israeli-Palestinian Peace Impossible?

November 13, 2015

Israel’s long-running persecution of the Palestinians continues to stir up hatreds and violence across the Middle East, but Prime Minister Netanyahu remains intent on shifting the collective blame to the people under Israeli occupation, a dilemma that Michael Winship examines.

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Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Obama Administration, Right Wing

Gulf States Slip Out of War on ISIS

November 13, 2015

Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states went through the motions of joining the U.S.-led fight against the Islamic State and other Sunni terrorists, who received substantial help from the same Gulf states, but those U.S. “allies” have now slipped out of the conflict almost entirely, says…

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Campaign 2016, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Obama Administration, Politics, Right Wing, The Bush-43 Administration

Netanyahu Ups the US Ante

November 12, 2015

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu continues to play the tune to which U.S. politicians, including presidents and presidential candidates, dance. Now, his price for a future swirl around the dance floor is being raised to $4.5 billion a year, as retired Army Col.…

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Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Intelligence, Lost History, Media, Obama Administration, Secrecy

Fresh Twists in the Lockerbie Case

November 12, 2015

Exclusive: The near-three-decade-old Pan Am 103 case — a plane bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland — shows how a dubious “group think” of Official Washington not only withstands scrutiny but can become the foundation for further allegations and become “history,” as…

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Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Obama Administration, Politics, Right Wing

New Pressures for Mideast Peace

November 12, 2015

With hardliners controlling the Israeli government and the Mideast ablaze, prospects for an Israeli-Palestinian peace seem as dim as they have in decades, but the worsening conflict and its regional impact also create new pressures for some kind of resolution,…

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Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Lost History, Media, Obama Administration, Politics, Right Wing, The Bush-43 Administration

Separating War from the Vets

November 11, 2015

From the Archive: On Veterans Day, Americans make a point of thanking men and women who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces. But this appreciation has the effect of shielding today’s perpetual warfare from the critical examination it deserves,…

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Campaign 2016, Foreign Policy, Obama Administration, Politics, Right Wing

Rubio’s Big-time Military Build-up

November 11, 2015

Sen. Rubio and most other Republican presidential contenders are competing with ambitious plans to launch a new U.S. military buildup, arguing that the modest cuts under President Obama have gutted America’s global strength, a dubious proposition that budget watchdog Chuck Spinney explores.

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Campaign 2016, Foreign Policy, Obama Administration, Politics, Right Wing

The Progressives’ Green Party Dilemma

November 11, 2015

Many progressives struggle with the “lesser-evil” dilemma. They may sympathize with Green Party positions but fear that voting for Green candidates will give right-wing Republicans control of the U.S. government, as in getting George W. Bush close enough to steal…

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Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Obama Administration, Politics, Right Wing

The Question Marks over Erdogan

November 11, 2015

Turkish President Erdogan’s electoral victory opens new risks and some hopes for the region’s future, depending on whether an empowered Erdogan ratchets up his autocratic approach or chooses to ease up on his military adventurism and repression of the Kurds, as…

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Campaign 2016, Constitution, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Intelligence, Obama Administration, Politics, Secrecy

Obama’s Double-Standard on Leaks

November 11, 2015

Though President Obama touts America as a nation of laws and evenhanded justice, there is a blatant double-standard regarding how people are punished for national security breaches whistleblowers are harshly punished but the well-connected get a pass, writes John Hanrahan.

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Foreign Policy, Obama Administration, Secrecy

How Ukraine’s Finance Chief Got Rich

November 10, 2015

Exclusive: Ukraine’s Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko collected at least $1.77 million in bonuses from a U.S.-taxpayer-funded investment project that she ran even as it was losing money, a sign that her image as a paragon of public-interest “reform” may not…

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Constitution, Foreign Policy, Intelligence, Media, Obama Administration, Secrecy, The Bush-43 Administration

How Technology Kills Democracy

November 9, 2015

In shutting down whistleblowing and investigative journalism on national security issues, the U.S. government can use its technology to determine who is speaking to whom and then use that metadata as evidence of leaks, a chilling new reality that endangers democracy,…

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Obama Administration, Religion, Right Wing

A New ‘War on Christmas’ Absurdity

November 9, 2015

A fairly new and thoroughly obnoxious Christmas tradition is for right-wing American Christian fundamentalists to detect some imagined slight and pronounce it part of the “War on Christmas,” with this year’s battle lines drawn around the Starbucks’ winter-themed cups, as…

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Foreign Policy, Intelligence, Lost History, Obama Administration, Politics, Right Wing, Secrecy, The Bush-43 Administration

How Israel Out-Foxed US Presidents

November 9, 2015

From the Archive: As Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu meets with President Obama, the mainstream media is asking who’s to blame for their chilly relationship. But the problem is not just personal. It goes to Israel’s longstanding efforts to out-fox U.S. presidents,…

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Campaign 2016, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Intelligence, Lost History, Media, Obama Administration, Politics, Right Wing, Secrecy, The Bush-43 Administration

Bush-41 Finally Speaks on Iraq War

November 8, 2015

Exclusive: A dozen years too late, President George H.W. Bush has given voice to his doubts about the wisdom of rushing into the Iraq War, putting much of the blame on President George W. Bush’s “iron-ass” advisers, Dick Cheney and…

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Campaign 2016, Foreign Policy, Obama Administration, Politics

On Bended Knee to Netanyahu

November 8, 2015

Despite Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s in-your-face attempts to sabotage President Obama’s foreign policy, Official Washington’s liberal establishment is on bended knee in an obsequious show of obeisance, apparently in line with Hillary Clinton’s political wishes, writes ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar.

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Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Obama Administration

Squandering Peace Hopes in Syria

November 7, 2015

The Obama administration is so wedded to its false narrative on Syria insisting that the only answer is for Russia to force President Assad to cede power to a largely fictional U.S.-backed “moderate” opposition that new peace talks in Vienna…

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Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Intelligence, Obama Administration, Politics, Right Wing, Secrecy, The Bush-43 Administration

Obama’s Risky ‘Mission Creep’ in Syria

November 6, 2015

Exclusive: President Obama’s plan to dispatch up to 50 Special Forces troops into northern Syria may be a bid to appease Official Washington’s war hawks but it presents a serious risk of “mission creep” if those soldiers and their trainees…

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