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The Costs of War Project is a team of 35 scholars, legal experts, human rights practitioners, and physicians, which began its work in 2011. We use research and a public website to facilitate debate about the costs of the post-9/11 wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.

A walkout for Gaza organized by Georgetown Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) drew  several dozen Georgetown students and faculty to Red Square on Oct. 26. Holding handmade signs and dressed in keffiyeh, black-and-white scarves symbolic of the Palestinian liberation movement, protesters gathered around a group of SJP-organized speakers that included Georgetown students and professors to call for action from university administration.

Some Stanford professors told The Daily they were unaware their research was included in the settlement and expressed confusion over disclosure policies.

ShadowDragon tracks BabyCenter, a website for people expecting children, as well as social media sites specifically for Black people, bodybuilders, and the fetish community.

Internal DHS and corporate documents detail the agency’s relationship with Fivecast, a company that promises to scan for “risk terms and phrases” online.

The second-biggest weapons export deal in Canadian history flew under the radar thanks to shipments through US Foreign Military Sales program.

Special Operations vet Jeff Tiegs runs Skull Games, where evangelical Christians use internet surveillance to locate and bust sex workers.

Texas state police bought Israeli phone-tracking software as part of Gov. Greg Abbott’s troubled border crackdown.

A small Nebraska company is helping law enforcement around the world spy on users of Google, Facebook and other tech giants. A secretly recorded presentation to police reveals how deeply embedded in the U.S. surveillance machine PenLink has become.

No transparency.