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The New Red Scare

Reviving the art of threat inflation

It Takes a Villa

From testimony given in January at a Senate subcommittee hearing to examine spending within the Task Force for Business and Stability Operations, a division of the Department of Defense that…

Beyond the Broken Window

by Petra Bartosiewicz,

William Bratton and the new police state

Game On

by Andrew Cockburn,

East vs. West, again

When Pigs Buy

From a list of items available for purchase by local police departments through Department of Homeland Security grants.

Tunnel Vision

by Andrew Cockburn,

Will the Air Force kill its most effective weapon?

Search and Destroy

by Andrew Cockburn,

The Pentagon’s losing battle against IEDs

A Letter to Barack Obama

by George McGovern,

George McGovern in New Hampshire, 1972. © Constantine Manos/Magnum Photos When President Franklin Roosevelt came into office in the depth of the Great Depression, he sought to stabilize and…

Waste management

by Harper’s Staff,

Why Dogs Go After Mail Carriers

by Garret Keizer,

Mad men

by Ken Silverstein,

Introducing the defense industry's pay-to-play ad agency

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The New Red Scare

It Takes a Villa

Beyond the Broken Window

Game On

When Pigs Buy

Tunnel Vision

Search and Destroy

A Letter to Barack Obama

Waste management

Why Dogs Go After Mail Carriers

Mad men

April 2010

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