Glenn Greenwald is a constitutional lawyer, the author of the political blog Unclaimed Territory and the author of a New York Times bestselling book on executive power, "How Would a Patriot Act: Defending American Values From a President Run Amok."

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Wednesday, Oct 14, 2009 03:15 PDT

How to avoid the GOP's mistakes during the Bush years?

"The left has held Obama's feet to the fire way more than the right ever did to Bush": is that a good thing?
Tuesday, Oct 13, 2009 04:14 PDT

Democrats and Afghanistan: what's at stake

There's a reason those who benefit most from perpetual war are so aggressively pressuring Obama to escalate.
Monday, Oct 12, 2009 02:13 PDT

Gay issues, the "fringe left" and the liberal veal pen

The conflicts emerging over Obama's inaction on gay equality repeat themselves in most other areas
Sunday, Oct 11, 2009 07:12 PDT

Salon Radio: Jonathan Weiler on authoritarianism in American politics

What role does the authoritarian mindset play in shaping America's political character? Audio
Saturday, Oct 10, 2009 06:11 PDT

Accusing Obama critics of "standing with the terrorists"

Is there a patriotic duty to join a "national celebration" over Obama?
Saturday, Oct 10, 2009 04:11 PDT

On the government's owners

A leading progressive economist and a Democratic Congresswoman examine who controls our political system.
Friday, Oct 9, 2009 04:10 PDT

Obama's Nobel Peace Prize

A story that at first seems like an Onion gag continues to feel that way upon further reflection.
Thursday, Oct 8, 2009 10:09 PDT

A historian's account of Democrats and Bush-era war crimes

If the goal of Democrats had been to protect and suppress Bush-era war crimes, how could they have done any better?
Wednesday, Oct 7, 2009 16:08 PDT

The still-missing central fact in the Iran drama

The American media repeatedly asserts that Iran found out it got caught "red-handed." There's no evidence of that.
Wednesday, Oct 7, 2009 06:08 PDT

The suffocatingly narrow Afghanistan "debate"

The supposed "costs" of leaving Afghanistan are endlessly highlighted, but the costs from staying are ignored.
Tuesday, Oct 6, 2009 04:07 PDT

The joint Post/Obama defense of the Patriot Act and FISA

A prime example of stenographic journalism claims, and disproves, Obama is abandoning the Bush terrorism approach Video
Sunday, Oct 4, 2009 12:05 PDT

The sources used by the Liberal Media

The Sunday news shows create intense cognitive dissonance: A debt-crippled nation debating whom to attack next Video
Friday, Oct 2, 2009 04:03 PDT

Iran: More accomplished in one day of negotiations than in 8 years of threats

Iran's concessions underscore the factual distortions in America's media discussions
Thursday, Oct 1, 2009 07:02 PDT

Salon Radio: Patriot Act and FISA reforms

Is there any chance Congress will fix the abuses they enabled with past legislation? Audio
Thursday, Oct 1, 2009 05:02 PDT

Georgia/Russia: how our political discourse works

A new investigative report from the EU reaches conclusions squarely at odds with the dominant claims last year.
Thursday, Oct 1, 2009 03:02 PDT

Post editors should read their own columnists

A righteous attack on "Polanski apologists" ignores that two of its leading members are at the Washington Post.
Wednesday, Sep 30, 2009 08:31 PDT

How similar are the cases against Iran and Iraq?

The NYT explores whether government and media behavior now differ from what happened in 2002.
Tuesday, Sep 29, 2009 07:30 PDT

Talking about Iran on the TV

Who is the belligerent and war-threatening party in the Middle East? Video
Monday, Sep 28, 2009 04:29 PDT

A glossary of terms in foreign affairs

Righteous anger over Iran raises some deep confusion about the meaning of technical terms.
Saturday, Sep 26, 2009 03:27 PDT

Should any Iraq lessons be applied to Iran?

The claims about Iran raise more questions than they answer. Virtually none is being asked by America's media.
Friday, Sep 25, 2009 08:26 PDT

Jim Cooper primary challenge, TV episode on torture prosecutions, and various other matters

Accountability Now names its first target; Law & Order advocates Bush prosecutions; DC drowns in corporate control. Audio
Friday, Sep 25, 2009 04:26 PDT

David Brooks: our nation's premier expert warrior

The NYT columnist's shameful war record should discredit him for life. Why does the opposite happen?
Thursday, Sep 24, 2009 03:25 PDT

Victory on preventive detention law: in context

Anyone who cares about due process should be very glad that Congress will get nowhere near a new detention law.
Wednesday, Sep 23, 2009 07:24 PDT

Salon Radio: Rep. Alan Grayson on de-funding corrupt defense contractors

Congress just unintentionally enacted a bill de-funding America's 10 largest defense contractors. Audio
Tuesday, Sep 22, 2009 05:23 PDT

Glenn Beck and left-right confusion

What accounts for the growing confusion over where Beck and the protest movement fall on the political spectrum?
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