Last-Minute Budget Bill Allows New Privacy-Invading Surveillance in the Name of Cybersecurity by Jenna McLaughlin, The Intercept
If We’re this Afraid of Muslims, America Isn’t a True Melting Pot by Chris Farrell, Los Angeles Times
A Special Relationship: The United States Is Teaming Up with Al Qaeda, Again (audio) by Andrew Cockburn with Scott Horton, The Scott Horton Show
Republican Candidates Defend Killing Civilians To Fight Terrorism – and So Do Democrats by Stephen Zunes, Antiwar.com