Declassified documents reveal details about the long history of the US seeking allies willing to cooperate to kill.
- Associate Professor in International Relations, Swansea University
The use of US force against drug traffickers is not without precedent.
US Congress has a long history of supporting the intelligence priorities of the governing administration.
Over the years, sensational spy dramas featuring have mirrored the murky world of intelligence operations.
Over the past two decades, the west has begun to present these extrajudicial killings as ‘justice’ with scant regard for international law.
La administración Trump no ha sido la primera en sortear los límites legales para eliminar a los adversarios extranjeros.
L'administration Trump n'est que la dernière administration américaine en date à repousser les limites de la loi pour éliminer ses ennemis étrangers.
The Trump administration is only the latest to push the boundaries of the law to take out foreign adversaries.
Without a strategy or a legal case to legitimate the use of force, the US is endangering crucial alliances and civilian lives.
Russia is dangerous, the president lied, and now it’s up to the special counsel.
People can make things happen.
The White House’s absurd rationale for firing Comey could mask something deeply disturbing.
Losing a national security adviser is one thing – weeks and months of slow-drip crises is quite another.
Attempts to outlaw the practice have proven difficult, thanks to a tendency on the part of leaders to skirt around the rules.
With the world focused on ISIS and Iraq, last month US Special Forces carried out a capture operation in Libya against Ahmed Abu Khattala, the suspected ringleader of the 2012 attacks in Benghazi. The…
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