I think that - not just as a journalist but as a human being - I have the ethical responsibility to avoid actions that can harm innocent people.

The more fear confrontational activism can put into the heart of the political class, the better.

I'd like to vote for the candidate similar to the one the Right absurdly claims Obama is.

Terrorism': the word that means nothing, yet justifies everything.

The fact that war is the word we use for almost everything—on terrorism, drugs, even poverty—has certainly helped to desensitize us to its invocation; if we wage wars on everything, how bad can they be?

The Obama administration already claims the power to wage endless and boundless war, in virtually total secrecy, and without a single meaningful check or constraint. No institution with any power disputes this. To the contrary, the only ones which exert real influence - Congress, the courts, the establishment media, the plutocratic class - clearly favor its continuation and only think about how further to enable it.

[N]othing is less reliable than unchecked claims from political officials that their secret conduct is justified by National Security Threats and the desire to Keep Us Safe.