Will War Crimes Be Outed?
Jeremy Brecher & Brendan Smith : Torture
After the primary players in the Bush administration leave office, will they be held accountable for war crimes?
2008
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Help End Military Commissions
Brave New Films : Civil Rights & Liberties
Military officials who have prosecuted and defended detainees explain why we cannot continue to deny Gitmo prisoners the rights they deserve.
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Can Obama Take On the Pentagon?
Frida Berrigan : Barack Obama Administration
Taking on the Pentagon, with its mega-budget and its mega-power, may be the hardest task Barack Obama faces.
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Antiwar Iraq Vets Arrested
Brett Story & VideoNation : Iraq War
A look at the brutal suppression of antiwar Iraq veterans highlights their continued struggle for justice.
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On Veterans Day, Don't Forget About the War
Aaron Glantz : Iraq War
Most Americans want to put the war in Iraq behind them, but this feeling is based not on a coherent critique but on a kind of collective exhaustion.
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War Is Personal
Eugene Richards : Iraq War
A 25-year-old certified medic, home from Iraq, can't escape the horrors of war.
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How the VA Abandons Our Vets
Joshua Kors
Injured veterans continue their battles at home while fighting for the healthcare treatment they deserve.
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Wasteful Weapons and the Pols Who Love Them
Robert Scheer : Presidential Election 2008
An Air Force contract to build an obsolete B-2 refueling tanker has suddenly become a campaign issue--and the Democrats are on the wrong side.
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Meet the New Dr. Strangelove
Tom Hayden : Iraq War
His name is David Kilcullen, an Australian academic and military veteran, who seeks to impose a mad science of counterinsurgency on Iraq.
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Empire or Republic?
Robert Scheer
Imagine the benefits if we could make significant cutbacks in military spending.
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Geeks and Hackers, Uncle Sam's Cyber Force Wants You!
William J. Astore : Internet & New Media
Part of the Air Force's new "above all" vision of full-spectrum dominance, America's emerging cyber force has control fantasies that would impress George Orwell.
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Dollar-Driven Recruiting
Allen McDuffee
The Department of Defense has dramatically increased its military recruitment budget, but where will the troops come from?
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McCain Sells Out Vets
Brian Beutler : John McCain
There's little evidence that John McCain will do anything, if elected, to repair the damage the Bush Administration has done to veterans' healthcare.
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Gitmo in Disarray
Ross Tuttle
Ethical conflicts and judicial dysfunction cloud the military commissions system at Guantánamo.
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Real Clear Numbers: 101,000 US Casualties a Year
Alexander Cockburn : Iraq War
The psychological wounds of war will be with us for years to come.
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Painful Performance
Robert Scheer : Iraq War
By urging lawmakers to stay the course in Iraq, General David Petraeus remained loyal to his President, but failed the American people.
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Unlawful Influence at Gitmo
Ross Tuttle : Constitutional Questions
Lieut. Cmdr. Brian Mizer has filed a motion to dismiss charges against Salim Hamdan, in light of new evidence documenting the improper involvement of political appointees.
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Winter Soldiers Speak
Laila Al-Arian : Iraq War
In compelling public testimony, US soldiers and Iraqi civilians bear witness to the horrors of combat.
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Pentagon General Counsel Resigns
Ross Tuttle : Constitutional Questions
As criticism over his support for torture and his interference in the Gitmo trials escalates, William J. Haynes steps down.
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Potshots in Space
Tom Engelhardt
From the heaving deck of the USS Lake Erie, the Bush Administration takes shaky aim at a rogue satellite hurtling to Earh, carrying unknown secrets. The missile attack is purely humanitarian, they assure us.
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Bush's Budget Legacy
Robert Scheer : George W. Bush
Curb your enthusiasm. No matter who wins, we can't reverse the damage of Bush's bloated military budget.
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Denial in the Corps
Kathy Dobie : Iraq War
A stressed-out Marine Corps sends its troops on repeated tours to Iraq and then tosses them out when they come back traumatized.
2007
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The Old and New Shapes of Nuclear Danger
Jonathan Schell : Arms Spending & Proliferation
During the cold war, the driving force was the bilateral arms race; now it's proliferation.
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