NOV ANEWS The issue of terrorism has been front and center in the national discourse since 9/11. Guantánamo has become a symbol of US hypocrisy on human rights. Lawyers handling the criminal case of Guantánamo […]
NOVANEWS It is a bedrock principle of our system of justice that everyone who is charged with a crime is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty. That includes “high-value detainees” awaiting trial in Guantánamo’s […]
NOVANEWS This is a historic verdict. Judge Denise Lind correctly found Bradley Manning not guilty of aiding the enemy because the evidence failed to establish that Manning knew information he provided to WikiLeaks would reach […]
NOVANEWS by Marjorie Cohn Drone operators are asked to execute missions (which sometimes means executing individuals) from thousands of miles away. (File: US Air Force)Last weekend, I participated in a panel on the illegality of drones […]
NOANEWS In this series of Reality Asserts Itself with Paul Jay, James Early talks about American identity and growing up African-American facing the deep racism of the South.
NOVANEWS by Robert Naiman By keeping key information secret, the Administration has been able to avoid having its two key claims in defense of its drone policy refuted in media that reach the American public, says […]
NOVANEWS by Richard Smith (Image: STEVE MEISEL / AFP)When, on May 10th, scientists at Mauna Loa Observatory on the big island of Hawaii announced that global CO2 emissions had crossed a threshold at 400 parts per […]
NOVANEWS ‘Collected data goes beyond basic financial records and uses Social Security numbers to tie financial activity to a specific person – Jon Queally Claiming the same authority as the NSA does for its bulk […]
NOVANEWS ‘After ten years of using drones it is about time that American citizens demand accountability from our government’ – Sarah Lazare LIVE STREAMING: Saturday’s “Drones Around the Globe: Proliferation and Resistance,” a drone summit organized […]
NOVANEWS US blocks British report that is expected to challenge official version of events – Sarah Lazare, Tony Blair and George W. Bush at the former President’s ranch in Crawford, Texas, in 2002 (Photo: Getty […]