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Ice agents are out of control. And they are only getting worse | Trevor Timm
The agency is so harmful to civil rights, there’s a good argument it should be disbanded altogether. Unfortunately they are only becoming more emboldened With arrests of non-violent undocumen...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/may/31/ice-agents-out-of-control-immigration-arrests
Almost everyone gets Russia wrong – apart from Obama | Trevor Timm
Those itching for conflict like to portray Putin as a grandmaster. In reality, his country is weak and his strategy is one of desperation These days it is en vogue in Washington DC to be itchin...
The Republican party is not dead. Far from it | Trevor Timm
The obituaries that were written in haste when Donald Trump took over were naive. The past few weeks make that abundantly clear Reports of the Republican party’s death at the hands of Donald ...
Five things people should stop saying about Bernie Sanders | Trevor Timm
Establishment Democrats want him to stop criticizing Clinton, they want him to lay off the party, they want him to drop out. Here’s why they’re utterly wrong It seems to be open season on B...
Obama is bullish on war, no matter how you spin it | Trevor Timm
The president has reached the dubious milestone of being at war longer than any of his predecessors. And the conflicts aren’t ending anytime soon Barack Obama has now been at war longer than ...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/may/16/obama-legacy-on-war-drones-war-on-terror
If Facebook hides conservative news, a Senate inquiry is a bad idea | Trevor Timm
The Senate commerce committee’s inquiry into Facebook’s editorial decisions is a threat to their first amendment rights Many people were rightly disturbed earlier this week when Gizmodo rev...
As the US meddles in another Middle East war, candidates must address it | Trevor Timm
The US is helping Yemen fight a conflict that its ongoing support of Saudi Arabia helped cause. Yet there’s little public disclosure or debate The Pentagon quietly announced on Friday that US...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/may/09/yemen-saudia-arabia-us-military-trump-clinton
Donald Trump's views are impossible to discern. Why pretend otherwise? | Trevor Timm
The Republican frontrunner has flip-flopped, sometimes multiple times, on every position he’s articulated this campaign season Let’s stop pretending that Trump is anything other than a shap...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/may/02/donald-trump-campaign-views-flip-flop-issues
Donald Trump's foreign policy speech proves: we have no anti-war candidates | Trevor Timm
Hillary Clinton tends to be in favor of military engagement, and Donald Trump’s speech expresses parallel sentiments Now that it’s increasingly likely that Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton...
Obama's troop increase in Syria is part of a troubling trend | Trevor Timm
We weren’t supposed to have boots on the ground in Syria. There’s no telling where or when this will end When it comes to Syria, “no boots on the ground ” was something of a mantra for ...
Bernie Sanders' focus on Clinton's Iraq War vote isn't harping - it's necessary | Trevor Timm
The war was one of the worst foreign policy decisions ever, and its repercussions are still felt. So why do so many claim Bernie is harping on old news? If there is one thing Bernie Sanders nev...
Obama says he's working towards a nuclear-free world. That's a lie | Trevor Timm
When Obama says he’s ‘reduced the number and role of nuclear weapons in our national security strategy’, he’s referring to a drop in the ocean Ahead of the 50-country Nuclear Security S...
The FBI may have dropped one case against Apple, but the battle is far from over | Trevor Timm
The San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone was allegedly unlocked by an ‘outside party’, making that case moot. But many others are going forward After a torrent of public criticism and an 11th-...
After invading Iraq 13 years ago the US is still making the same mistakes | Trevor Timm
The lead-up to war in 2003 was filled with spin and misinformation. But today, we aren’t even having the semblance of a debate about military intervention We invaded Iraq 13 years ago on Sunda...
How the FBI's assault on security provoked a backlash | Trevor Timm
Attempts to undermine iPhone encryption backfired spectacularly. Businesses, the intelligence community, and ordinary people have united to say ‘no’ The FBI’s underhand attempt to get a j...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/mar/16/internet-security-fbi-apple-encryption-privacy
The five foreign policy questions every candidate should be asked
Libya, Yemen, drones and more: why are presidential hopefuls being let off the hook on these critical challenges? It’s amazing that with almost two presidential debates every week, many criti...
Obama claimed to want transparency. His actions suggest the opposite | Trevor Timm
New documents show that the executive branch actively opposed bipartisan legislation that would modernize freedom of information for the digital age The Obama administration has taken a lot of ...
Imagine Obama's national security policies in Trump's hands | Trevor Timm
It’s bad enough that Obama entrenched the illiberal powers of George W Bush. Think what would happen if a man who has praised torture gets hold of them As Donald Trump gets closer to locking ...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/mar/05/donald-trump-national-security-obama
Congress showed it's willing to fight the FBI on encryption. Finally | Trevor Timm
It took a while, but FBI director Jim Comey got the grilling he deserves in the Apple v FBI case Members of Congress did something almost unheard of at Tuesday’s hearing on the brewing battle ...
Guantánamo Bay is only the symptom of a sickness: indefinite detention | Trevor Timm
President Obama wants to close Guantánamo. But unless he ends the policy of indefinite detention, it’s shameful spirit will live on Guantánamo has been a pockmark on our society ever since ...