Tech Needs More Conscientious Objectors – The New York Times

American companies continue to build surveillance tools that are used to violate human rights. Workers who refuse to comply deserve protections. Mr. Poulson is a former research scientist at Google. ImageA protester outside Google’s London headquarters in January urging the company to scrap the Dragonfly project, a censored search engine for China.CreditCreditBen Stansall/Agence France-Presse —…

Read More

The lies senators must tell themselves to support Brett Kavanaugh – The Boston Globe

leading video or graphic inside story_update.jpt In Story Photo or Graphic Section paragraphs 21 leadingContainer photo leadingShape horizontal hasRBox true Make no mistake: Brett Kavanaugh’s a liar. He lies about little things. He lies about big things. He lies under oath. On Friday, another high-drama day on Capitol Hill, Arizona Senator Jeff Flake said he…

Read More

Foreign-born recruits, promised citizenship by the Pentagon, flee the country to avoid deportation – The Washington Post

U.S. troops are sworn in as naturalized citizens on Nov. 2, 2012, at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan. (State Department) Frustrated by delayed promises from the U.S. military for citizenship, and in fear of the Islamic State if he were deported back to Iraq, Ranj Rafeeq has given up the American Dream for a Canadian one. Rafeeq…

Read More

Travelling with James Mattis, Donald Trump’s Pick for Secretary of Defense – The New Yorker

Could James Mattis, the former head of Central Command, have a moderating influence on the Trump Administration and its foreign policy? Credit Photograph by Alex Brandon / AP Barrier Status: ‘none’ In September, 2011, I met General James Mattis, then in charge of U.S. Central Command, at its headquarters, in Tampa, Florida. Central Command directs…

Read More

How U.S. Torture Left Legacy of Damaged Minds – The New York Times

Beatings, sleep deprivation, menacing and other brutal tactics have led to persistent mental health problems among detainees held in secret C.I.A. prisons and at Guantánamo. Before the United States permitted a terrifying way of interrogating prisoners, government lawyers and intelligence officials assured themselves of one crucial outcome. They knew that the methods inflicted on terrorism…

Read More