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The National Security State and the Whistleblower

by Melvin A. Goodman

Counter Punch, Jun-19-2013 | Article

According to Goodman, whistleblowers can help maintain a balance of power in the government and serve to counter the dangerous national security state and culture of secrecy in which we now live... Read More »

The Needed Negotiations with the Taliban

by Bill Goodfellow

The Washington Post, Jun-14-2013 | Letter

In a Letter to the Editor, Goodfellow stresses the need for a negotiated political settlement in Afghanistan... Read More »

Cowboys and Indians

by Tom Barry

Boston Review, Jun-03-2013 | Article

As tensions rise in Chihuahua over water, farmers take to the streets in protest of the government's failure to protect their rights... Read More »

Hagel's Strategic Review: A Reasonable US Defense Posture?

by Carl Conetta

Huffington Post, May-29-2013 | Article

Carl Conetta offers his insight to safely reducing US defense spending, freeing up more than $70 billion for debt reduction... Read More »

The Sooner the US Exits Afghanistan, the Better

by Matthew Hoh, Matt Southworth

The Guardian, May-23-2013 | Article

There is no military solution to Afghan political problems. Staying longer only costs more lives and money... Read More »

Another Voice: Schumer’s Push for Program in New York is Off-target

by William D. Hartung

The Buffalo News, May-23-2013 | Article

If the Pentagon goes ahead with an East Coast missile defense system, Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., wants it to be based in New York State... Read More »

Magic and Realism in a Homemade Chihuahua Museum

by Tom Barry

New Mexico Mercury, May-23-2013 | Article

Through a visit to a homemade museum in Chihuahua, Tom Barry explores the region's water crisis from a different angle... Read More »

Drones Over the Homeland: From Border Security to National Security

by Tom Barry

Truthout, May-19-2013 | Article

Public attention and Congressional review, writes Barry, should focus on the increasing militarization of border control, especially in the management of the border drone program... Read More »

Diplomacy Empowers Obama’s Syria Strategy

by Harry Blaney

Financial Times, May-16-2013 | Letter

In a letter to the Financial Times, Harry Blaney outlines options the U.S. can pursue in regards to Syria... Read More »

The Real Benghazi Scandal

by Melvin A. Goodman

CounterPunch, May-15-2013 | Article

In the light of the "Benghazi Scandal," Goodman explores other CIA debacles, stressing that the decline of the CIA and intelligence community can be corrected by one thing: the truth... Read More »

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