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Burma's military junta accused of torturing and killing ethnic rebels

The villagers scattered as machine guns raked the darkness, fleeing from the Burmese troops into the thick of the jungle. When day came they crept from their hiding places to find each other.Nu La…
PUBLISHED: Dec. 18, 2011
LENGTH: 7 minutes (1880 words)

Drone-Ethics Briefing: What a Leading Robot Expert Told the CIA

Last month, philosopher Patrick Lin delivered this briefing about the ethics of drones at an event hosted by In-Q-Tel, the CIA's venture-capital arm. It's a thorough and unnerving survey of what it…
LENGTH: 19 minutes (4818 words)

How private firms have cashed in on the climate of fear since 9/11

A US homeland security helicopter patrol over New York in 2003. Photograph: US Coast Guard/AFP/Getty Images Charles Smith always enjoyed visiting US troops aboard. Though a…
PUBLISHED: Sept. 5, 2011
LENGTH: 6 minutes (1693 words)

The Double Game

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PUBLISHED: May 16, 2011
LENGTH: 12 minutes (3158 words)
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