The Bin Laden raid exposes the Obama administration's selective secrecy |...
The White House punishes whistleblowers even as it permits flattering leaks. So which will it be for a Navy Seal's new book?Earlier this year, the Obama administration responded to a lawsuit seeking...
View ArticleSeal's book recounting Osama bin Laden raid surprises US military
Due for release on September 11, account written by retired special operations member has not been vetted by PentagonThe Pentagon knew nothing about the book by one of its own until it saw the press...
View ArticlePentagon reviewing controversial Bin Laden raid book for classified content
Retired Seal who wrote book may face criminal charges after ignoring US military rule that requires pre-publication reviewThe Pentagon is reviewing a copy of a forthcoming firsthand account of the raid...
View ArticleFilm about Bin Laden killing helped by Obama administration, says watchdog
White House wanted to back 'gutsy' portrayal of US president in new Kathryn Bigelow film Zero Dark Thirty, claims Judicial WatchNewly released documents prove that Barack Obama's administration gave...
View ArticleNavy Seal account of Bin Laden raid contradicts White House claims
No Easy Day, to be published next week, raises questions over whether Osama bin Laden presented a clear threat to US forcesA first-hand account of the US Navy Seal raid that killed Osama bin Laden...
View ArticleCorrespondence and collusion between the New York Times and the CIA | Glenn...
Mark Mazzetti's emails with the CIA expose the degradation of journalism that has lost the imperative to be a check to power(updated below)The rightwing transparency group, Judicial Watch, released...
View ArticlePentagon threatens Seal over Osama bin Laden killing book
No Easy Day author is in breach of agreements not to reveal classified information, says letter that foreshadows legal actionThe Pentagon is threatening legal action against a former US navy Seal who...
View ArticlePentagon considers legal action against Bin Laden raid author
Officials say former Navy Seal Matt Bissonnette is in violation of two non-disclosure agreements that he signed in 2007The Pentagon is considering legal action against a former US Navy Seal whose book...
View ArticlePentagon says Navy Seal's Bin Laden book reveals military secrets
Unauthorised memoir on the raid that killed Osama bin Laden said to be a threat to military families after Pentagon reviewThe much-anticipated insider account of the Navy Seal raid that killed Osama...
View ArticleDemocrats parade Osama bin Laden's corpse as their proudest achievement |...
It's one thing for Democrats to fete Obama's tougher-than-thou national security credentials, but this ghoulish jingoism is warped[Updated below - Update II]One of the formative events shaping my views...
View ArticleNavy Seal author credits 'wicked smart' CIA agent with role in Bin Laden raid
No Easy Day author – who may face discipline over publication – shares details of US military raid in 60 Minutes interviewA "wicked smart" female CIA agent who had been tracking Osama bin Laden for...
View ArticleThe Navy Seal's Bin Laden raid bestseller and US national security | Chris...
Disclosures by American military personnel – either for profit or in partisan politicking – undermine a vital ethic of selfless serviceEveryone holds an opinion, even those who are obligated by law or...
View ArticleObama officials' spin on Benghazi attack mirrors Bin Laden raid untruths |...
In a familiar pattern, White House claims about what motivated the killing of the US ambassador in Libya are now contradictedAlmost immediately after President Obama announced the killing of Osama bin...
View ArticleOsama bin Laden was blind in one eye, says al-Qaida leader
Ayman al-Zawahiri has also revealed that his predecessor was a member of the Muslim Brotherhood in his youthAl-Qaida's leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, has revealed that his predecessor, Osama bin Laden, was...
View ArticleWhat the drones protest march in Waziristan aims to achieve | James Jeffrey
Sports star turned politician Imran Khan and civil rights lawyer Clive Stafford Smith will highlight US drones' innocent victimsThe British civil rights lawyer Clive Stafford Smith and international...
View ArticleSeal Team Six: Harvey Weinstein film about Bin Laden killing to air in the US
Dramatisation could be Barack Obama's secret weapon, airing two days before polling in the presidential electionFilm producer Harvey Weinstein may prove to be the secret weapon of the Barack Obama...
View ArticleThe death of Osama bin Laden: how the US finally got its man
The trail began with a single, false name and ended, years later, with Osama bin Laden's body sinking into the seaViewed backwards, from Osama bin Laden's hideout to the scraps of intelligence that led...
View ArticleOsama bin Laden driver's conviction quashed by US appeals court
Judges' ruling in Salim Hamdan case may have repercussions for others convicted under Military Commissions ActA US appeals court has thrown out the conviction of Osama bin Laden's former driver who...
View ArticleBin Laden raid film incenses GOP as news emerges of extra Obama footage
Movie about the Navy Seal raid is slated to air two nights before the election, prompting calls of unfair election influenceA film about the killing of Osama bin Laden, which will air two nights before...
View ArticleThe Finish by Mark Bowden: The Killing of Osama Bin Laden – review
Jason Burke on the extraordinary operation that led US forces to Bin Laden's hideoutSome time in April last year, Osama bin Laden started writing one of the long, winding letters that had become his...
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