David Sugar, Author at Toward Freedom

The New American Security State

David Sugar August 10, 2005 David Sugar

Fresh on the heels of the London bombings, the U.S. government has been quick to exploit these incidents to further usher in the new security state, which claims to protect citizens from a threat it wishes the public to imagine requires governmental solutions. Never mind that none of these new measures actually increase anyone's security, except the security of those in power from those they govern.

Nuclear Proliferation: A Neo-Con Goal?

David Sugar June 30, 2005 David Sugar

John Bolton offered a harsh and uncompromising view on North Korea even as the Bush administration claimed in public to support a diplomatic solution to the question of the country's nukes. Mr. Bolton's actions as undersecretary for arms control often interfered with and undermined others who were engaged in trying to finding just such a diplomatic solution.