- Glenn Greenwald's partner detained at Heathrow airport for nine hours—"David Miranda, partner of Guardian interviewer of whistleblower Edward Snowden, questioned under Terrorism Act." Greenwald calls this criminally, insansely stupid abuse of authority a "failed attempt at intimidation."
- Sullivan: Cameron Proves Greenwald Right
- Snowden case: Brazil 'concerned' after UK detention
- CIA refuses to release drone documents—"Despite ruling that agency can't ignore FOIAs on drone program, CIA files brief to keep documents secret." Salon
- Suspected lethal nerve agent discovered at JFK Airport mail facility was just nail polish remover
- US contractor accused of Abu Ghraib human rights violations suing former prisoners
- Why an Iraqi Single Mom Is Suing George W. Bush for War Crimes
- CIA Admits It Was Behind Iran's Coup
- Declassified: Joint Chiefs approved false flag attack on America—They've done it before.
- Japanese WWII Torture Document Eerily Reminiscent Of US Torture Program
- Chomsky: The U.S. behaves nothing like a democracy—"The MIT professor lays out how the majority of U.S. policies are opposed to what wide swaths of the public want." Salon
- Noonan: What We Lose if We Give Up Privacy—"The inevitable end of surveillance is self-censorship." WSJ
- Tread on Me: The Case for Freedom From Terrorist Bombings, School Shootings and Exploding Factories—Great how-to on giving up your civil liberties for a false sense of security. Then again, this is the government shill who writes "I can't wait to write a defense of the drone strike that takes out Julian Assange."
- NSA Agents Told To Withhold Target Information From Those In Charge Of Oversight
- Rep. Amash says he'll push for new vote to curb NSA powers
- Spy Limits Gain Momentum as NSA Violations Spur Congress
- Don't let U.S. government read your e-mail
- There Is No Such Thing As NSA-Proof Email—"Just ask ultrasecure email providers."
- Welcome to America's Police State—"The IRS, which primarily acts as an audit agency, refuses to answer why its agents need AR-15s for 'standoff capability.'"
- Joe Arpaio Requiring His Deputies To Carry AR-15s At All Times, Fight Crime Even When They're Off Duty
- Former Marine Colonel To Town Council: 'You're Building A Domestic Army; Are You Blind?'
- We need crime prevention, not militarization
- Drawing Down: How To Roll Back Police Militarization In America
- Guantánamo Bay: the US was dead wrong, but no one can admit it—"When John Grisham heard Guantánamo prisoners were requesting his books, he wanted to learn more. What he found out about Nabil Hadjarab – detained for 11 years – horrified him."
- The harsh reality of life inside Guantanamo Bay—"For the hunger strikers, breakfast at Guantanamo begins with a visit from the emergency reaction force: five military police officers in riot gear, trained in the 'forced cell extraction' of prisoners."
- Ex-MI6 officer joins Guantánamo inmate in hunger strike—"Show of solidarity for camp's last UK resident, Shaker Aamer, will express officer's shame at service's 'support for torture.'"
- 9/11 lawyer to challenge secret Guantanamo camp
- US to review cases of indefinite detention at Guantanamo Bay
- F'd: How the U.S. and Its Allies Got Stuck with the World's Worst New Warplane—"The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter was meant to improve the U.S. air arsenal but has made it more vulnerable instead."
- The Pentagon Wants To Sell $2.7 Billion In Weapons To A Country On The Verge Of Collapse
- Former NY body armor exec gets 17 years in prison for $185 million stock swindle
- US House Votes To Limit Obama's Ability to Shrink Nuclear Arsenal
- Budget cuts spell end of fire-ravaged nuclear sub—"[Casey James] Fury admitted to setting fire to the USS Miami, a nuclear sub, in May 2012 while it was in dry dock."
- WWII Hero: Nancy Wake—The fearless matriarch of resistance
- Bob Fletcher Dies at 101; Helped Japanese-Americans—"Mr. Fletcher was thought of as an unsung hero for his efforts during World War II in California to manage the farms of Japanese families forced to live in internment camps." NYT
- Berthold Beitz, German industrialist who rescued Jews during World War II, dies at 99
- S. Fla Couple Recalls How Schindler's List Saved Their Lives
- USA Vietnam vet reunites with man he saved 45 years later
- Treblinka survivor recalls suffering and resistance
- James Dawes: The Guts of Atrocity—"Legacy Russell talks with the author of Evil Men about conversing with war criminals and the paradoxes of naming 'evil deeds.'"
- A love that stemmed from the Holocaust—"Kindertransport survivors are reunited in London by the Association of Jewish Refugees."
