NOVANEWS WASHINGTON – October 17 – A new report by a United Nations expert has warned that the US’ secretive drone programme threatens international security due to a “lack of appropriate transparency and accountability.” […]
NOVANEWS by Amory Lovins Forty years ago this month, Syria and Egypt launched a Yom Kippur surprise attack on Israel to regain land and prestige lost in the 1967 Six-Day War. Israeli forces were nearing Damascus […]
NOVANEWS Government officials request redactions on how NSA assists CIA in drone assassination program – Jon Queally According to documents leaked by Edward Snowden, the NSA can be added to the list of those agencies […]
NOVANEWS LONDON – October 16 – A federal court will on Friday hear an appeal from Guantanamo Bay detainees asking that it rule to end force-feeding – during which ‘a detainee is shackled to a specially-made restraint […]
NOVANEWS © Photo: «Voice of Russia» A US appeals court showed a potential willingness on Friday to allow Guantanamo Bay hunger strikers to sue over being force-fed. After the hearing, Andres Conteris, an activist on a hunger […]
NOVANEWS By Justin King The report by the UN’s Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Counter-Terrorism, Ben Emmerson, asks for the US to share information about attacks coordinated by the CIA and explain its position […]
NOVANEWS ’Conventional wisdom’ on government shutdown is empty and wrong At first glance it may seem strange to assert that the Tea Party, or at least its economic program, has emerged victorious from the government […]
NOVANEWS The following report documents the industry ties of 22 media commentators, and seven think tanks that participated in the media debate around Syria. These individuals and organizations have strong ties to defense contractors and […]
NOVANEWS What could possibly be worse than what we have already learned? FT. MEADE, MD – UNDATED: (FILE PHOTO) This undated photo provided by the National Security Agency (NSA) shows its headquarters in Fort Meade, […]
NOVANEWS John Kerry demands that government agents get immunity from war crimes committed in Afghanistan GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – SEPTEMBER 12: US Secretary of State John Kerry gestures as he listens to a translation of Russian […]