NOVANEWS Kerry’s Framework Agreement by JONATHAN COOK In recent days, US and European diplomats have been engaged in a frenzy of activity on the Israeli-Palestinian front, before they settle down for the usual two-week Christmas […]
NOVANEWS Lies of the Lie Detectors by JEFFREY ST. CLAIR and ALEXANDER COCKBURN Even J. Edgar Hoover knew that the polygraph wasn’t any good for detecting deception. He dropped the test. The polygraph was invented in 1915 by […]
NOVANEWS The Mystery of the Missing Uranium by CHRIS BUSBY The United Kingdom Veterans of the Atomic Atmospheric Testing in the Pacific and Australia have always maintained that they suffered harm, including cancer and leukemia. […]
NOVANEWS Slip Sliding Away by MIKE WHITNEY According to a new Washington Post-ABC poll, Barack Obama now ranks among the least popular presidents in the last century. In fact, his approval rating is lower than […]
NOVANEWS I visited Belfast the last few days during some negotiations about unresolved problems between Unionist and Republican (or Nationalist) political parties, I was struck by the absolute dependence for […]
NOVANEWS Forty-six recommendations in 300-page report released early by Dan Roberts and Spencer Ackerman The National Security Agency should be banned from attempting to undermine the security of the internet and stripped of its power […]
NOVANEWS Phyllis Bennis: ‘This puts the world at risk of another war’ – Sarah Lazare Powerful Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) (Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)In what critics are slamming as a […]
NOVANEWS President Obama’s NSA review is cast as a set of ‘policy recommendations’ as if this is all just a political debate by Marcy Wheeler President Obama’s NSA review panel only made ‘policy’ recommendations. (Photograph: Oliver […]
NOVANEWS by Dave Johnson There are numerous reports that the Obama administration is getting ready to push “Fast Track” legislation in Congress. It looks like there will be a major effort to get this through. We […]
NOVANEWS Death Sentences Remain Near Record Lows, Number of States Repealing Capital Punishment Grows, and Public Support for Death Penalty at 40-Year Low With 39 executions in 2013, this year marks only the second time […]