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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrives at Belmarsh Magistrates' Court in London, Monday, Feb. 7, 2011. Assange is accused of sexual misconduct by two women he met during a visit to Stockholm last year and Swedish authorities want him extradited to face the allegations. A two-day hearing that begins Monday will decide Assange's legal fate. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) (AP)

Assange lawyer: Risk of ‘denial of justice’

Jill Lawless
Wikileaks founder's attorney cries foul over Sweden's lack of transparency, extradition proceedings on rape charges
File - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, answers a reporter's question during a joint news conference with Rudolf Elmer, not seen, at the Frontline Club in London, in this Monday Jan. 17, 2011 file photo. Assange returns to a British court Monday Feb. 7 2011, to fight extradition to Sweden, where the WikiLeaks founder is wanted for questioning about alleged sex crimes. The 39-year-old Australian has denied the accusations, which his supporters claim are part of a CIA-led conspiracy against his secret-spilling organization. (AP Photo / Lefteris Pitarakis, file) (AP)

WikiLeaks’ Assange faces extradition

AP/Salon
The founder of WikiLeaks begins a hearing that could send him to Sweden for a sex crimes trial
Pakistani paramilitary soldiers survey the site of suicide bombing in Khar, the main town of Pakistan's Bajur tribal region, along theAfghan border, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010. A female suicide bomber detonated her explosives-laden vest killing scores of people at an aid distribution center in northwestern Pakistan while army helicopter gunships and artillery killed a similar number of Islamic militants in neighboring tribal regions near the Afghan border, officials said. (AP Photo/Anwarullah Khan) (AP)

22,000 Pakistanis flee fighting near Afghan border

Habib Khan
Thousands flee as Pakistan army carries out operations against Islamic militants
A guard looks out from a tower in front of the detention facility on Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba. (Associated Press)

Guantanamo death highlights U.S. detention policy

Glenn Greenwald
A 48-year-old Afghan citizen dies at the camp after 9 years in a cage and no charges filed against him
Clockwise, from left: <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Abdullah_of_Saudi_Arabia.jpg'>King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia</a>, <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:King_Abdullah_portrait.jpg'>King Abdullah II of Jordan</a>, <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Teodoro_Obiang_detail,_1650FRP051.jpg'>Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea</a>, <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Islam_Karimov_(2009).jpg'>Islam Karimov of Uzbekistan</a>, <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gurbanguly_Berdimuhammedov.jpg'>Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov of Turkmenistan</a>

What other dictators does the U.S. support?

Justin Elliott
Aside from Hosni Mubarak in Egypt, here are the other most controversial leaders propped up by the U.S.
Senator Jim DeMint R-S.C., a leading supporter of a balanced budget amendment

The dangerous silliness of a balanced budget amendment

Andrew Leonard
Bad idea: Some GOPers want a government straitjacket in return for raising the debt ceiling
A U.S. soldier of Charlie Company 1-15 Infantry, 3rd Brigade Combat team, 3rd Infantry Division, passes next to a wall painted with the Iraqi flag during a routine patrol in Salman Pak, about 30 miles (45 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, March 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) (Associated Press)

Let’s end America’s “Middle East First” policy

Michael Lind
No more nation-building: Let's downsize the Pentagon and reassert our economic might
James Fremont and Sarah Palin

Actually, we already had a Palin White House campaign

Glenn W. LaFantasie
Her blunder-prone political misadventures carry echoes of those of John C. Fremont 150 years ago
Benjamin Netanyahu and Barack Obama

The Palestine Papers: A fact-based play in one act

Sandy Tolan
"For six decades I've been pretending to be the honest broker -- but I'm here to tell you: It's all lies!"

Why can’t we watch Al Jazeera?

Julia Dahl
The English version of the Arab news channel is putting MSNBC, CNN and Fox to shame. Too bad no one can see it
*FILE* In this undated file photo providd by the Department of Defense, the F-117A Nighthawk Stealth fighter from the 49th Fighter Wing, 9th Fighter Squadron, from Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. flies during a training mission over the New Mexico desert. Holloman Air Force Base will say farewell to the F-117 Nighthawk, which the nation is retiring from its arsenal after 27 years. The last F-117s scheduled to fly will leave Holloman on Monday, April 21, 2008, then stop in Palmdale, Calif., for another retirement ceremony before arriving at their final destination _ Tonopah Test Range Airfield in Nevada, where the fighter made its first flight in 1981. ( AP Photo/U.S. Air Force, Staff Sgt. Andy Dunaway/HO) (Associated Press)

Why military spending remains untouchable

Andrew J. Bacevich
Despite extraordinary expenditures, it's clear that Americans just aren't getting much for their money
Yemeni students chant slogans calling on their president Ali Abdullah Saleh to leave the government and follow Tunisian ousted President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali into exile during a protest in Sanaa, Yemen, Saturday, Jan. 22, 2011. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed) (AP)

Yemen protests against government mark latest Middle East uprising

Ahmed Al-haj
The wave of dissent across North Africa has reached Yemen in the heart of the Middle East
Maj. Gen. Arnold Fields (Ret.)

“There is no plan”

Justin Elliott
That's how an inspector general describes the $11 billion effort to build facilities for the Afghan army
President Barack Obama is applauded by Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker John Boehner on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011, while delivering his State of the Union address (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool) (AP)

Full text and video of Obama’s State of Union address

AP/Salon
Read or watch President Obama's second State of the Union address in its entirety
U.S. President Barack Obama during his first State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington

State of the Union 2011 liveblog

Alex Pareene
Our continuously updated analysis of America's new Sputnik moment
FILE - In this Dec. 6, 2010, file photo President Barack Obama, visiting Forsyth Technical Community College in Winston-Salem, N.C., speaks about the key to boosting American competitiveness, that it rests in the nation's willingness to invest in a more educated workforce, a deeper commitment to research and technology, and improvements in infrastructure, from roads and airports to high-speed internet. Under pressure to boost the economy the same message will likely be at the center of his State of the Union address Tuesday, Jan. 25. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File) (AP)

Obama State of the Union: Spending, but restraint

Ben Feller
In his speech tonight, the president will announce a five-year freeze on discretionary spending
U.S. Army Pfc. Ryan Walsh, attached to Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, works security on the roof of the police station in the Hatamyia region of Balad, Iraq, Oct. 31, 2009. Soldiers from Delta Company visit the station regularly to build and continue relationships with local leaders. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Steven King/Released) (Mc1 Steven King)

The troops are not all right: how leaders are overlooking our soliders

Michelle Fitzsimmons
Obama won't tell just how American soldiers are doing in his State of the Union tonight, and it's a shame
Ahmed Ghailani

First Gitmo detainee to stand civilian trial gets life sentence

Tom Hays
Judge calls former bin Laden cook and bodyguard's attacks on two U.S. embassies "horrific"

Winners and losers of today’s Oscar noms

Andrew O'Hehir
"True Grit," "Winter's Bone" come out strong, while "Inception" and Ben Affleck get left in the dust
(AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)

Blackwater founder secretly backing Somali militia

Katharine Houreld
Erik Prince supports private security in Africa to override rampant piracy and Islamic radicalism
These aerial photos show the Afghan village of Tarok Kalache before and after American troops dropped nearly 25 tons worth of bombs and rockets on the area.

What 25 tons of explosives will do to an Afghan village

Adam Clark Estes
Leveling villages might not be the best strategy for American troops to make friends with locals
President Bush and President-elect Obama walk along the West Wing Colonnade of the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 10,2008, prior to their meeting. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (Associated Press)

Obama officials caught deceiving about WikiLeaks

Glenn Greenwald
The private statements and reports continue to come out that contradict the administration's public claims

In the crosshairs

Tom Engelhardt
Civilian casualties in Afghanistan go underreported even as the nation mourns victims of the Loughner shooting
Former Vice President Dick Cheney waves during the groundbreaking ceremony for the President George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas, Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010. (AP Photo/LM Otero) (AP)

The vindication of Dick Cheney

Glenn Greenwald
Obama has won the War on Terror debate -- for the American Right. And they're quite appreciative
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