The US military announced on Wednesday that it was investigating an air strike on a home near the northern city of Kunduz last week that reportedly killed 14 members of a single family, including eight women and three young children.Reuters Afghan officials confirmed the deaths, which resulted from July 19 combat operations conducted by Afghan forces backed by American air strikes. However, the officials said it was still unclear how the 14 relatives died. US military officials last week confirmed American warplanes bombed the area in support of Afghan forces but, as is usually the case,...…The US military announced on Wednesday that it was investigating an air strike on a home near the northern city of Kunduz last week that reportedly killed 14 members of a single family, including eight women and three young children.Reuters Afghan officials confirmed the deaths, which resulted from July 19 combat operations conducted by Afghan forces backed by American air strikes. However, the officials said it was still unclear how the 14 relatives died. US military officials last week confirmed American warplanes bombed the area in support of Afghan forces but, as is usually the case,...WW…

December 4, 2020 10:00AM (UTC)Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe, during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee on May 5, 2020.--This article originally appeared at . It is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License. Feel free to republish and share widely.The Trump administration recently used one of the most controversial surveillance provisions in U.S. history to record an unidentified person or group's visit to an unspecified website, the New York Times  Thursday. The Times reports that...…December 4, 2020 10:00AM (UTC)Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe, during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee on May 5, 2020.--This article originally appeared at . It is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License. Feel free to republish and share widely.The Trump administration recently used one of the most controversial surveillance provisions in U.S. history to record an unidentified person or group's visit to an unspecified website, the New York Times  Thursday. The Times reports that...WW…

The United States has been quietly fundingand equipping elite paramilitary police units in El Salvador accused of extrajudiciallymurdering suspected gang members, according to a forthcoming United Nationsreport reviewed in advance .Beginning with George W. Bush in 2003,successive US administrations have provided tens of millions of dollars inaid for Salvadoran military and police in support of the government’s “ManoDura” (“Firm Hand”) security program, an aggressive campaign to combat out-of-controlgang violence in a country with one of the world’s highest homicide rates.“Mano Dura” aid...…The United States has been quietly fundingand equipping elite paramilitary police units in El Salvador accused of extrajudiciallymurdering suspected gang members, according to a forthcoming United Nationsreport reviewed in advance .Beginning with George W. Bush in 2003,successive US administrations have provided tens of millions of dollars inaid for Salvadoran military and police in support of the government’s “ManoDura” (“Firm Hand”) security program, an aggressive campaign to combat out-of-controlgang violence in a country with one of the world’s highest homicide rates.“Mano Dura” aid...WW…