I also think that we [Americans] are operating out of fear in our country. It's not that terrorism is not a threat, but it's not an existential threat. It is not the preeminent threat facing most Americans on any given… — Jeremy Scahill Copy Share Image
I wasn’t like, boo hoo, Bin Laden’s dead, but I wasn’t jumping. America’s a very nationalistic country, and in episodes like that of his… — Jeremy Scahill Copy Share Image
“operations] that previously only Tier One Special Mission Units would be doing.” — Jeremy Scahill Copy Share Image
I have chosen to cast my lot with independent media outlets because I believe that only through independent reporting where you are not beholding… — Jeremy Scahill Copy Share Image
“The British version of 'Shit My Dad Says' is really entertaining.” — Jeremy Scahill Copy Share Image
I believe that one of the most important institutions in a democratic society is a free press. — Jeremy Scahill Copy Share Image
The first week I was in Iraq, I said, "This is what I want to do. I want to be a reporter and to tell stories of people whose stories would not be told if we don't gather them." It's part of what I think of as the one-two punch of journalism. You're trying to give voice to the voiceless,… — Jeremy Scahill Copy Share
Because I didn't see war in Iraq through the partisan lens that seems to dominate a lot of the perspective today with Fox News on the one side and MSNBC on the other, I didn't see it as Democrats good, Republicans bad. I saw it as a situation where the United States is a force that engages in these military… — Jeremy Scahill Copy Share
“Remember that there was great controversy that George Bush asserted the power simply to detain American citizens without due process or simply to eavesdrop on their conversation without warrant. Here you have something much more severe. Not eavesdropping on American citizens, not detaining them without due process, but killing them without due process. And yet many Democrats and progressives, because… — Jeremy Scahill Copy Share
Now, here we are, and we have Obama in office, and he has drawn down forces in Iraq - which is a plan that was on Bush's desk the day that he left office. The forces in Afghanistan, he's going to draw down, too. But at the same time, Obama has also expanded a lot of the more unsavory, covert… — Jeremy Scahill Copy Share
I believe that we [Americans] are making more new enemies than we are killing terrorists at this point, and I think it's time that… — Jeremy Scahill Copy Share Image
You can do as much diligence as possible before you go somewhere to try to protect yourself and the people around you. — Jeremy Scahill Copy Share Image
My fear, as an American, is that our own actions are going to contribute to an inspiration for terrorists to want to harm us… — Jeremy Scahill Copy Share Image
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