When Will the Dirty Wars End?
Jeremy Scahill’s ‘Dirty Wars’ conveys the sinister, unaccountable, and deadly power concentrated in the halls of Washington that now threatens the planet.
Emphasis Added: The Foreign Policy Week in Pieces (4/12)
Emphasis, as always, added.
At Least Being Railroaded Isn’t as Bad as Being Waterboarded
Could the charges on which former C.I.A. agent John Kiriakou are being jailed be any flimsier?
Plain Old Murder
The Pakistani government loudly protests that many of the casualties of drone strikes are civilian.
As Drones Grow More Precise, Their Targets Become Increasingly Vague
It’s as if there’s a zero sum relationship between the accuracy of targeting and those targeted.
Bad Pizza . . . and Even Worse Intelligence
The capture of CIA sources in Beirut represents a coup for Hezbollah.
Droning On
The CIA’s drone war in Pakistan is setting precedents that will one day come back to haunt America.
CIA’s Drone Wars Blur Distinction Between Military and Civilian Combatants
Civilians of the CIA conducting drone attacks invites retaliation on U.S. citizens.
The CIA’s Selective Secrecy
President Obama praised the CIA for its role in killing Osama bin Laden, but we should not be so quick to hail a shadowy agency hell-bent on shielding its actions from public scrutiny.
Review: The Interrogator
Glenn Carle was interrogating a top al-Qaeda operative when he started to have doubts.
CIA Vaccination Program to Catch Bin Laden Makes Middle-East Even More Suspicious of Vaccinations
The global anti-polio campaign has recently been complicated by the CIA operation to verify Osama bin Laden’s location by gathering DNA samples through a hepatitis B vaccination program.
Justice Department Gives Torturers a Pass
What will we say when other governments follow our example by providing immunity from prosecution to torturers?
Has the Rendition Program Disappeared?
The Obama administration promised to reverse the Bush-era policies on terrorism. But the president has spent most of his time reversing himself.
Crossing the Lexicon
Did Navy SEALs “assassinate,” “murder,” or “kill” Osama bin Laden?
Raymond Davis Incident Shows How Tangled U.S.-Pakistan Web Is
The Raymond Davis incident encapsulates the growing estrangement between the two countries over their respective strategies in Afghanistan.