Obama Nominates John Brennan for CIA Director Brennan has spearheaded the drone program and managed the kill lists Obama uses to target people
Defense Corporations Worry Delay of Sequester Won’t Stop Pentagon Cuts The military industrial complex exaggerates a slight reduction in the rate of growth of defense spending
Obama Nominates Chuck Hagel for Defense Secretary Conservative Republicans, outwardly opposing Hagel, are gearing up for a fight in his confirmation process
Conservative Group Absurdly Claims Awlaki Involved in 9/11 Judicial Watch, using heavily redacted FOIA documents, falsely claims Awlaki bought 9/1 hijackers airline tickets
Nusra Front Takes Lead in Rebel Fight in Damascus The US designated the Nusra group terrorists last month, but their prominence among rebels is growing
Obama Signs 2013 NDAA, Blocking Closure of Gitmo Obama initially threatened a veto, but instead signed it into law with a vague proviso
Court Rejects Lawsuits Demanding Obama Disclose More Info on Drone Program "The Alice-in-Wonderland nature of this...is not lost on me," the judge said, referring to the nightmarish world in which people are sentenced to death before a verdict is in.
US Defense Corporations Benefitting From Obama’s ‘Asia-Pivot’ A boom in arms sales has arms manufactures fat and happy, while the security of Asia-Pacific is threatened
President Obama Reauthorizes Warrantless Wiretapping Law Congress passed and the President signed five more years of federal spying on Americans' communications
Congress Postpones ‘Automatic’ Defense Budget Cuts The $500 billion in automatic defense cuts Congress faces has been postponed for two months
