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William Fisher has managed economic development programs for the U.S. State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development in the Middle East, North Africa, Latin America, Asia and elsewhere for the past 25 years. Show full bio

Rights Groups Blast Bahrain While US Stays Mum

These were the harsh and unforgiving words used by the Egyptian judge who headed the commission of inquiry mandated by…

FBI Tactics Turning American Muslims into Adversaries

Muslim-oriented organizations in the US – once seen as role models of cooperation with the government – are increasingly taking…

Holy Land Case: War on Terror or War on Feeding the Poor?

The Government had accused HLF – once the largest Muslim-oriented charity in the US -- of providing material support in…

Warrantless Wiretapping and Transparency Uber Alles

Shortly after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, President George W. Bush authorized the NSA to secretly wiretap Americans’…

War is Big Business

When armed conflict breaks out in one of the world’s developing nations, members of the UN Security Council often sit…

What You Should Know About Department of Homeland Security

The mission of the DHS was and is to protect the country from threats emanating or to be executed from…

Court Puts Obama’s Vague Indefinite Detention Power on Hold

If President Obama now feels safer, knowing that there’s a law that gives him the power to imprison someone until…

Morsi Government to Continue Repression of NGOs

In the US, non-governmental organizations play a critical role in bringing human rights and many other humanitarian situations to the…

Bahrain: Despite Sham Ruling the Revolution Continues

As a Bahraini appeals court upheld life sentences for seven “activists,” the tiny kingdom’s public relations apparatus appeared to be…

Morsi Between Censorship and Freedom of the Press

It seems clear at this point that Morsi is hearing Egypt’s journalists. They need to be able to write whatever…

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