Author Archives: Peter Van Buren
Whistleblowers and the Classification Tangle
With 92 million documents, 107 secrecy designations, and retroactive classifications, government secrecy perpetuates itself.
An All-American Nightmare
Why “Zero Dark Thirty” won’t settle the torture question
What Obama & Romney Won’t Talk About
Six questions for a real foreign-policy debate
Tortured Priorities
John Kiriakou, an innocent whistleblower, is the only one being held accountable for DOJ-sanctioned torture.
Imperial Reconstruction
We can’t remake Iraq and Afghanistan–and at home we don’t even try.
The President’s Leak Mystique
The administration wages war on whistleblowers while planting state secrets in the New York Times
Joining the Whistleblowers’ Club
The Obama administration wields the tools of justice to silence dissent.
Chickening Out in Iraq
From TomDispatch: How your tax dollars financed “reconstruction” madness in the Middle …
Occupying Iraq, State Department-Style
From TomDispatch.com: Mercenaries turn Baghdad’s Green Zone into frat house with guns. By …
Warrior Pundits and War Pornographers
From TomDispatch.com: Why it feels so good to be embedded with the …
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Sweden’s Cowardice
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Daniel Larison
McCain and Republican Foreign Policy
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Alan Jacobs
City Meditations: Personal Interlude
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Noah Millman
Worthy Canadian Theatre
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Ron Unz
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