The findings were published on Tuesday, weeks before the United States enters its 20th year of fighting the "war on terror" ....

In the latest installment of “Scheer Intelligence,” Burns tells Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer about the inspiration behind the movie.

Since 9/11, the United States has spent $1 trillion to defend against al-Qaeda and ISIL, dirty bombs and lone wolves, bioterror and cyberterror. Has it worked?

What we shouldn’t be satisfied with is bland assurance that a report was held back for 13 years for no real reason and that our wise authorities have things well in hand.

Almost 15 years ago, warnings of an Al Qaeda attack were flashing red amid evidence of Saudi complicity, but George W. Bush ignored the alarms and the 9/11 attacks changed history, a mystery that 9/11 widow Kristen Breitweiser continues to plumb.

Actor, novelist, screenwriter and playwright Ayad Akhtar knows about the prejudices many Americans have harbored against people like him since 9/11.

The US relationship with Saudi royalty may be upended after allegations that Saudi Arabia bankrolled Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda in the months before 9/11

I hope you know that, on the 11th anniversary of the attacks of September 11, 2001, you live in a country so exceptional it’s blessed by God; that, in fact, it’s — no point in pulling punches — “the greatest nation on earth.”  If you don’t believe me, just listen to President Obama, who used the last words of his ...

By Lisa Hajjar, professor of sociology at the University of California The challenge the government faces is how to prosecute people who have been tortured without putting the torturers and those who authorised them on trial, too. Of course, no one responsible for CIA torture has actually been put on trial, but these 9/11 defendants are a weak link in ...

Tropical Storm Isaac could strengthen into a hurricane and smack Guantanamo Bay in Cuba on Friday.   WASHINGTON, DC — Evacuation plans are under way at the US Naval Station Guantanamo Bay as Tropical Storm Isaac spins toward Cuba. But the nearly 200 prisoners suspected of plotting terrorist attacks against the United States are staying put. For more on this ...

By Carol Rosenberg, Miami Herald The five men accused of plotting the Sept. 11 attacks used their weekend war court appearances to stage “peaceful resistance to an unjust system” being used for political reasons, defense lawyers said Sunday – a day after the 9/11accused turned the judge’s plans to hold a simple arraignment into a 13-hour marathon of prayer and ...