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Obama’s Afghan headache
Masha Hamilton
An epidemic of kidnapping adds to the downward spiral of violence the president-elect's team will soon confront in Afghanistan.
Senate report links Bush to detainee homicides; media yawns
Glenn Greenwald
While the media fixates on the low-level, ultimately irrelevant crimes of Rod Blagojevich, a Senate report all but declares Bush and Rumsfeld to be war criminals
President Obama’s first 100 days
Thomas Schaller
He will inherit the kind of problems that few new presidents have had to face. Where should he start?
Does Obama understand his biggest foreign-policy challenge?
Juan Cole
The president-elect wants to work with the Pakistani government to "stamp out" terror. It's not nearly that simple.
Lying to the mother of a dead soldier
Mark Benjamin
Col. Sean MacFarland, who told Jean Feggins her son was killed by enemy action, is the same officer who may have covered up her son's death by
friendly fire.
Why do Feinstein and Wyden sound much different on the torture issue now?
Glenn Greenwald
The two Senators spent the year emphatically insisting that the CIA's interrogators comply with the Army Field Manual. With Democrats in control, they're not so emphatic any longer
Pirates don’t like loud noises
Vincent Rossmeier
Nick Davis says he can scare off the pirates plaguing the coast of Africa without firing a shot. So far, so good -- except for that little incident last week.
So what’s in this for Hillary?
Mike Madden
Taking charge of the State Department will give Clinton more power than hanging around the Senate -- even if she does have a history with her new boss.
What’s Obama going to tell Gates about Iraq?
Alex Koppelman
The president-elect gives conflicting signals about what the military's mission will be once he takes over.
NBC and McCaffrey’s coordinated responses to the NYT story
Glenn Greenwald
Emails obtained between NBC executives and the retired General further underscore NBC's gross indifference to journalistic ethics.
The ongoing disgrace of NBC News and Brian Williams
Glenn Greenwald
Another story from the NYT further exposes the corruption of NBC's reliance on Gen. Barry McCaffrey as an "independent military analyst."
Not everything is peachy at Gates’ Pentagon
Gabriel Winant
The DOD has redefined combat-related disabilities, and seriously wounded vets are losing benefits.
Why Obama should end the “war on terror”
Gary Kamiya
Bush's infantile response to 9/11 has harmed our national interests for too long. It's time to declare it dead.
Ideology vs. pragmatism: Is one more important than the other?
Glenn Greenwald
The eagerness to eliminate "ideology" and venerate "pragmatism" in politics is understandable, but it's neither possible nor desirable.
Rescue schools and hospitals first, then build light rail
Mike Davis
New infrastructure will become so many bridges to nowhere unless Obama saves human-needs budgets and public-sector jobs.
The list of the governments that have persecuted journalists
Glenn Greenwald
The Washington Post hails those reporters who face grave danger from the Taliban and the governments of Cuba, Uganda, Zimbabwe and the U.S.
Five detainees ordered released “forthwith” after seven years at Guantanamo
Glenn Greenwald
If the U.S. Congress had its way, these men would continue to be imprisoned despite there being no evidence of their guilt.
Has there been too much bipartisanship or too little?
Glenn Greenwald
The reward Joe Lieberman will receive today is justified by the claimed need for more bipartisanship harmony. Is it even possible to have more than we have now?
Should Obama chase Osama?
Juan Cole
On Sunday the president-elect told "60 Minutes" he wants to capture or kill bin Laden. Is he setting himself up for failure?
The Obama effect
Gary Kamiya
Iraq's approval of the security pact shows that Obama's diplomatic approach is already paying dividends. Now, he must talk to Iran.
Blinded for going to school
Tracy Clark-Flory
Attackers in Afghanistan shoot acid in schoolgirls' faces.
Salon Radio: Anthony Romero
Glenn Greenwald
What are the priorities for the restoration of civil liberties under an Obama administration, and how can they most effectively be achieved?
Various matters
Glenn Greenwald
The Washington Post Editorial Page calls for the repeal of DOMA. The New York Times practices real journalism on Georgia-Russia. And it's impossible to know what Obama will do until he does it.
Our biracial president
James Hannaham
When the starry glow around his election fades, Obama will allow us to see ourselves in black and white.
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