Concerned citizens, including graduating university students, should not worry themselves with compromise, as if they are elected leaders.

Kevin Gosztola talks to Jeremy Scahill about his new book based on the “Drone Papers,” including top secret documents on the expanded use of assassinations.

Testimony from the former top intelligence lawyer undermines President Obama’s claims that he’s had no desire for leak prosecutions.

Next Cold War Roundup 4/22/16 Pres. Obama traveled to Germany, Saudi Arabia and the UK.  In the UK he urged Britons not to Brexit. The Saudi visit revolved around keeping the Saudis in line to maintain the oil price war and other war planning in the Middle East region. Russian

President Obama highlights the unequal enforcement of laws to “protect” national security against high-ranking government officials and low-level personnel.

President Obama’s United States Supreme Court nominee, Merrick Garland, has a mixed record when it comes to civil liberties and national security cases.

Next Cold War Roundup 3/11/16.  The Obama Doctrine and the Underside of Buses _ A very long read in the Atlantic by Jeffrey Goldberg, “The Obama Doctrine,” is based on an interview with Pres. Obama, describes a president with a “natural reticence toward getting militarily ensnarled”, mismatched with his hawkish and/or

The Obama administration intended to create the perception that it would disclose numbers, thereby diminishing concerns about human rights violations.

In the “Secret” filing, the DOJ argued the court’s order will mark a “sea change in the protections given to properly classified information.”