Special Ops, Drones, Spy Games, Civilian Soldiers, Proxy Fighters, and Cyber Warfare By Nick Turse via Tom Dispatch It looked like a scene out of a Hollywood movie. In the inky darkness, men in full combat gear, armed with automatic weapons… Continue Reading
How Obama’s Targeted Killings, Leaks, and the Everything-Is-Classified State Have Fused By Peter Van Buren via Tom Dispatch White is black and down is up. Leaks that favor the president are shoveled out regardless of national security, while national security is… Continue Reading
Posted by Tom Dispatch [Note for TomDispatch Readers: Today, you are witnessing the birth of a TomDispatch experiment. Nick Turse and I are launching Dispatch Books, our own little publishing venture (and adventure), with our initial e-book, Terminator Planet: The… Continue Reading
This week Al Jazeera English (AJE) aired a program that speaks to an article we published on Monday by Dr. Emile Nakhleh, a former top Central Intelligence Agency officer and Mideast expert. Nakhleh argues that by continuously repressing reform movements within… Continue Reading
Reposted by arrangement with Think Progress Nearly half of Air Force drone pilots reported high stress levels in a new survey. The stress, linked to long and erratic work hours and a dramatic increase in the use of drones, leads… Continue Reading