To gain a true sense of Bush’s legacy, we survey the systematic and politically motivated ways he undermined the federal government.
Tara McKelvey
Tara McKelvey, a senior editor at the Prospect, is a research fellow at NYU School of Law’s Center on Law and Security and the author of Monstering: Inside America's Policy on Secret Interrogations and Torture in the Terror War.
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MEET THE NEW SECRETARY.
He is well known among those who have been skeptical of the Iraq War. In testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee in February 2003, Gen. Eric Shinseki , who has been named the new head of the Department of Veterans Affairs, said the U.S. would need more troops in Iraq than were planned, aggravating […]
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Damaged Heroes
Four recent films reveal how America sees its Iraq War veterans.
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Distress Signal
One Iraq veteran’s suicide shows the human cost of the overburdened VA medical system, and the tragedies that occur when the care of veterans is delayed or insufficient.
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The Cult of Counterinsurgency
A quiet revolution in the U.S. military has resurrected Vietnam-era strategies to fight the war on terrorism. Retired Lt. Col. John Nagl makes counterinsurgency seem so appealing that it’s easy to forget its dark side.
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Man Without a Shadow: An Interview with Barton Gellman
Barton Gellman, author of Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency, reveals the inner workings of one of the most secretive offices in history.
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LEGAL LACUNA.
The term “enemy combatant” is an awkward one, made even more complex because its definition has shifted over time. In the early days in the war on terror, it meant individuals who had attacked the United States. Over time, though, it began to include a broader range — from individuals who had been involved in […]
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REPORTING ON GEORGIA.
The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma runs a program, Ochberg Fellowships, for journalists, editors and photographers who cover traumatic incidents and violence. I was an Ochberg Fellow last year, and I got to meet Margarita Akhvlediani. She was a perfect fit for our group: Super-nice, smart, accomplished — and she had seen the world’s […]
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GEORGIA ON THEIR MINDS.
Over at CQ’s SpyTalk, Jeff Stein says we knew all about the invasion of Georgia, and also about Georgia’s decision to send troops into South Ossetia last Thursday, despite our Casablanca defense (we are “shocked, shocked”) that Rob discusses below. Stein makes a convincing case: We have so many military “advisers” in Georgia that it […]
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A Polaroid of War
The new HBO miniseries Generation Kill perfectly captures the mundane details of military life, but it lacks the emotional depth that any truly accurate depiction of war should have.