Tag: National security
Exploring the shadows of America’s security state
Or how I learned not to love Big Brother.
NSC head Flynn was brought down by the very spying machine...
Let’s also see this as a warning that the national security state has crossed a major line and needs to be unravelled.
Federal appeals court maintains block on Trump’s Muslim ban
The big question now is whether or not the Trump administration will appeal to the entire 9th Circuit Court of Appeals or ask the Supreme Court to intervene.
Out of Bounds, Off-Limits, or Just Plain Ignored
Six National Security questions Hillary, Donald, Ted, Marco, et al., don’t want to answer and won’t even be asked.
Mantra for 9/11
Fourteen years later and we are still living in an improbable world. Tom Engelhardt discusses the wars, interventions, assassinations, tortures, kidnappings, the growth of the American national security state and the spread of Islamic extremism.
Four Secret Service Assistant Directors Demoted Amid Scandals
Although acting Director Joseph Clancy demoted four assistant directors, they are now free to resign or report for new assignments within the Secret Service or its parent agency, DHS. Has the Secret Service suffered from a lack of leadership?