Published in the Washington Post by Bradley Klapper via the Associated Press. 

WASHINGTON — Critics of U.S. drone strike policy say the U.S. is blocking a Pakistani opponent of the strikes from accompanying a Pakistani teacher and his family who want to visit Congress to discuss the loss of a family member in a strike.

By Don Hazen for AlterNet.com. 

The State Dept. prevented the lawyer challenging U.S.-led drone attacks from appearing before Congress.

Shahzad Akbar, the lawyer challenging US-led drone warfare in Pakistan, has been blocked by the U.S. Department of State from appearing before a Congressional ad hoc hearing with his clients who have survived drone strikes in their town. Rafiq ur Rehman – a teacher in a primary school in North Waziristan – lost his mother in the same October 2012 drone attack that hospitalized his children Nabila and Zubair. 

By Natasha Lennard for Salon.com. 

Reprieve's Shahzad Akbar claims his visa was held up by U.S. to derail hearing on CIA drone attacks

British human rights group Reprieve is claiming that the U.S. purposefully blocking a Pakistani lawyer who represents drone strike victims from speaking on Capitol Hill.

Posted on The Raw Story. By Ryan Devereaux. 

The US government is being accused of derailing a congressional hearing that would be the first to hear testimony from survivors of an alleged CIA drone strike by failing to grant the family’s lawyer’s a visa.

By Bradley Klapper for the Associated Press.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Critics of U.S. drone strike policy say the U.S. is blocking a Pakistani opponent of the strikes from accompanying a Pakistani teacher and his family who want to visit Congress to discuss the loss of a family member in a strike.

By Matt Sledge for the Huffington Post. 

Before he started representing Pakistani victims of U.S. drone strikes, Shahzad Akbar never had trouble entering the United States. But now the Pakistani lawyer claims the State Department is blocking his efforts to speak to Congress about drone strikes.

By Ryan Devereaux for The Guardian. 

The US government is being accused of derailing a congressional hearing that would be the first to hear testimony from survivors of an alleged CIA drone strike by failing to grant the family's lawyer a visa.

Robert Greenwald made an appearance on the Ed Schultz Radio show on Sirius XM on Monday, September 9, 2013. This is a two part interview. Both clips are available above. 

Brave New Foundation's President and Founder Robert Greenwald joined Ed Schultz on the Ed Schultz radio show on Thursday, August 28th, 2013 to discuss the ongoing questions surrounding military action toward's Syrian President Bashar Assad. 

https://soundcloud.com/bravenewfoundationpress/robert-greenwald-on-the-ed-1

Robert Greenwald appeared on MSNBC's the Ed Show to discuss WalMart workers protesting for fair wages and the potential military intervention in Syria on September 5th, 2013.