Tag: 9/11

The documents settle two lawsuits from survivors and responders who spent decades seeking them.

The attacks of 9/11 were designed to push the United States into overextending itself militarily and enter an imperial tailspin.

We look at how post-9/11 policies and the so-called war on terror reshaped the country and the world with two Columbia faculty members who convened a two-day symposium on “The Forever War and the First Amendment.” The symposium brought together journalists, scholars, lawyers and activists to explore the legacy of the “war on terror,” specifically focused on the impact on democratic rights, including the freedoms of speech and the press.

Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies tally the trillions spent and the millions killed in the quarter century of war that followed September 11.

Norman Solomon traces a war on terror that has killed far more bystanders than intended targets, from Predator strikes in Pakistan to 2,000 pound bombs in Gaza.

FBI agents quickly identified a Saudi suspect who helped two of the 9/11 hijackers. But families of the victims are demanding to know what happened in the bureau’s investigation of Omar al-Bayoumi.

Norman Solomon traces 25 years of CIA and military detention practices since September 11, and the officials who faced no consequences for them.

My strange tale of how the war on terror came home in the age of Donald J. Trump.

The abrupt decision to scrap plea agreements with Guantánamo detainees raises questions about justice, torture, and the future of military commissions.

The war deaths we no longer protest (or even think about).