- 60 words—"This hour we pull apart one sentence, written in the hours after September 11th, 2001, that has led to the longest war in U.S. history. We examine how just 60 words of legal language have blurred the line between war and peace."
- Condoleezza Rice backs out of Rutgers commencement—"Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has backed out of delivering the commencement address at Rutgers University following protests by some faculty and students over her role in the Iraq War."
- Tony Blair should be prosecuted for war crimes – not just judged by history—"Boris Johnson is right, Blair is 'eel-like' – but if the Chilcot inquiry is published soon, he might not wriggle off the hook."
- Senate to Reconsider Iraq, Afghanistan War Authorizations
- Generals Want CIA Torture Report Declassified
- Blackwater guard charged over Baghdad murder—"US court indicts ex-security guard over alleged role in death of one of a number of civilians killed in city in 2007."
- House committee earmarks $69M for new secret prison—"Some members of Congress have added $69 million for a new secret prison at Guantánamo — even though the Pentagon hasn't asked for it. Construction is not certain." Emphasis mine.
- Cops dead from 9/11 illnesses outnumber officers who died in attacks
- This American Refused to Become an FBI Informant. Then the Government Made His Family's Life Hell.
- Boston Marathon bombing suspect's lawyers say FBI violated his rights
- Man arrested in F.B.I. sting found dead in federal custody
- FBI wants easier process to hack suspects computers—"Proposed rule would allow bureau to obtain warrants to target computers concealed in unknown locations." WaPo
- Obama court nominee wrote memos authorizing drone attacks on Americans—"ACLU: Nominee formed 'legal foundation' for US drone targeted killing program."
- Japan in Depth / U.S. drone missions to monitor Chinese, N. Korean activities
- Every Country Will Have Armed Drones Within Ten Years
- Our Drone Wars Are Just Beginning—"After 13 years, robot attacks are still escalating."
- Drones banned from Yosemite, other parks
- Deploying Drones for News Gathering in El Salvador
- A Drone Almost Crashed Into An U.S. Airliner In March
- Spy Plane Fries Air Traffic Control Computers, Shuts Down LAX
- The Real Winner of the Afghan War Is This Shady Military Contractor—"The State Department paid out $4 billion to rebuild Afghanistan. Some $2.5 billion of that went to a single firm with a bad, bad past."
- F-35 jets fail to beat Chinese and Russian radars
- US Navy Orders 10 Virginia-class Submarines at a Record Cost of $17.6 Billion—These subs will probably be more useful than those tanks.
- Why There Is No Cure for the GOP's Benghazi Fever—"The latest outbreak of Benghazi-mania on the right shows the virus is only growing more resistant to reason."
- Center Ring at the Republican Circus—"House Republicans don't have time to pass a serious jobs bill or reform immigration, but they are happy to go all-out in whipping up their party's base." NYT
- GOP Hypocrisy: Outraged Over Benghazi, Silent on Iraq
- Forget about Obamacare. Benghazi is the Republican Party's new favorite 2014 buzzword. WaPo
- Warren: Benghazi Committee Chair 'Gives Oversight A Bad Name'
- Laura Ingraham Demonstrates How To Make Anything About Benghazi
- GOP's Benghazi Investigator Has 3 New Questions ... That Have Already Been Answered
- Congressman Warns New Benghazi Committee Could Cost 'Tens Of Millions'
- Former Bush Official Bashes Republicans for Obsessing over Benghazi While Ignoring Cheney's War Crimes
- CBS News Asked Nexis To Delete Transcript Of Discredited Benghazi Report
- Former CBS News Correspondent: 60 Minutes Botched Benghazi Report Demands An Independent Outside Review
- Jon Stewart's brilliant takedown of right-wing's hypocritical Benghazi "outrage"
- How the US Created the Afghan War—and Then Lost It—"Driven by the idée fixe that the world was rigidly divided into terrorist and non-terrorist camps, Washington allied with Afghan warlords and strongmen."
- U.S. general: Corruption, not Taliban, the worst threat to Afghanistan
- A precarious time for Afghan women—Women in Afghanistan fear the freedoms they've gained since the toppling of the Taliban are in danger as U.S. troops leave."
- Lawyer for Pakistan doctor jailed over bin Laden hunt quits amid threats—"The lawyer defending a Pakistani doctor jailed after helping the CIA find Osama bin Laden is quitting the case because of death threats and alleged U.S. interference in the trial, the lawyer said Saturday."
- Lawyers: Man Jailed for Nine Years Is Innocent, Railroaded in Bush's War on Terror—"The case of Hamid Hayat was emblematic of zealous prosecutors building flimsy cases during a time of national panic."
- Pakistan frees FBI agent on bail
- Israeli ministers approve bid to block Palestinian prisoner releases
- Calls to class far-right Jewish settlers as terrorists after Israeli soldiers attacked—"Senior ministers Tzipi Livni and Yitzhak Aharonovitch condemn 'price-tag' attacks as author Amos Oz calls militants neo-Nazis."
- US officials: Even if Israel doesn't like it, Palestinians will get state
- Nigeria refused help to search for kidnapped girls—Now they've accepted an Israeli offer.
- Boko Haram releases new video, says schoolgirls have converted to Islam
- Girl who escaped Boko Haram abduction speaks publicly about ordeal
- Russian law bans swearing in arts and media
- Russia Declares War On Bloggers With Sweeping New Censorship Law
- Russia hangs adults-only rating on The Sims 4—"The Russian Federation has placed an 18+ rating on the upcoming release of The Sims 4, marking the game as 'prohibited for children' due to a controversial law restricting the promotion of same-sex relationships to minors."
- Polls close in eastern Ukraine amid allegations of fraud and double-voting
- Reports: 100,000 'yes' ballots for referendum intercepted in Sloviansk
- Ukraine crisis: rebels claim sovereignty vote victory—"Ukraine's interim president calls referendum in Donetsk and Luhansk a 'propaganda farce without any legal basis' after organisers say 89 per cent voted in favour."
- Self-rule referendums 'a farce'
- EU says won't recognise result of east Ukraine vote
- How a Single Tweet Could Land a Japanese Nuclear Activist in Jail
- Neo-Nazis spark first church alarm since WWII
- Vietnam tries to stop China oil rig deployment
- South Korea says North Korea must "disappear" soon
- House Committee axes NSA bulk phone metadata collection—"Measure removes phone metadata records from NSA control, leaves them with telcos."
- Glenn Greenwald: how the NSA tampers with US-made internet routers—"The NSA has been covertly implanting interception tools in US servers heading overseas – even though the US government has warned against using Chinese technology for the same reasons, says Glenn Greenwald, in an extract from his new book about the Snowden affair, No Place to Hide."
- 'We Kill People Based on Metadata'—"A bill to rein in NSA spying on Americans's metadata is an important first step, but it addresses only one part of the NSA's surveillance activities."
- Intelligence employees, current and past, barred from citing news leaks—"Order comes amid steady stream of disclosures from NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden."
- EFF: The Way the NSA Uses Section 702 is Deeply Troubling. Here's Why.
- Former NSA Chief Defends Stockpiling Software Flaws for Spying
- German NSA investigative panel to allow Snowden to testify—"NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden is to testify before a German panel investigating the activities of the spy agency. However, the panel has not yet determined whether he may travel to Berlin for the hearing."
- The NSA and Snowden: Securing the All-Seeing Eye—"How good security at the NSA could have stopped him."
- John McCain: Americans Should Accept Big Brother
- Israeli spying on US at 'alarming level'
- Whisper CEO Crashes and Burns Over Questions About Gwyneth Paltrow
- Snapchat deceived customers, U.S. federal watchdog says—"'Some things didn't get the attention they should have' during app's development, Snapchat admits."
- Anti-surveillance mask lets you pass as someone else
- California Senate approves smartphone 'kill-switch' bill—"After failing in the state Senate two weeks ago, a bill requiring that device makers include antitheft software on phones sold in the state passes muster."
- Is the government checking you out on Facebook?
- After Facebook Deal, Moves App Changes Privacy Policy WSJ
- Confused by Facebook privacy settings? So is the Supreme Court. WaPo
- Inside Facebook's brilliant plan to hog your data—"Facebook's 'Anonymous Login' is about neither anonymity nor logging in. It's about creating scarcity in the market for user data."
- Facebook defends new privacy policy on its activity tracker Moves—"According to the social network, 'sharing' data is not the same as 'commingling' it."
- Facebook Must Again Face User Fraud Claims Over Data
- Why There's No Such Thing As A Private Facebook Chat
