The secret prison was set up on a secure U.S. naval base outside the U.S. and so beyond the slightest recourse to legal oversight. It was there that the CIA clandestinely brought its "suspects" to be interrogated, abused, and tortured. That description might indeed...
Watching Tom and Jerry in Amman
Last week, Umm Daoud ("the mother of Daoud") met me and three friends at a bridge that crosses into her neighborhood. It was just after sundown; the streets were darkening as she guided us toward the narrow path that leads to her home. She and her five...
Surveillance Society
In the 1970s and '80s – as a response to Irish Republican Army attacks – the British government installed an extensive network of closed-circuit television surveillance cameras (known as the "ring of steel") in central London. British authorities...
Tuesday: 1 GI, 59 Iraqis Killed; 103 Iraqis Wounded
Updated at 11:20 p.m. EDT, July 24, 2007Today’s most significant event was a suicide bombing that killed or injured almost 100 in Hilla. Altogether, 59 Iraqis were killed and 103 were injured in the latest attacks. The DOD reported that one American...
Baquba: Living in a Dead City
BAQUBA - Life in the violence-plagued capital city of Iraq's Diyala province has become a struggle for day-to-day survival. Heavy U.S military operations, sectarian death squads, and al-Qaeda militants have combined to make normal life in Baquba, 30 mi. northeast of...
Nuke Deal: Breakthrough or Bad Bargain?
NEW DELHI - After tortuous negotiations spread over four days in Washington, the United States and India have reported "substantial progress" on a bilateral agreement on civilian nuclear cooperation, but said they would now "refer the issue to our governments for...
Foreign Warring Subverts Freedom at Home
In June the Future of Freedom Foundation hosted "Restoring the Republic: Foreign Policy and Civil Liberties," a conference that brought together liberals, conservatives, and libertarians in favor of peace and liberty. Among the speakers was James Bovard, author of...
Monday: 3 GIs, 104 Iraqis Killed; 114 Iraqis Wounded
Updated at 11:45 p.m. EDT, July 23, 2007A series of car bombings in Baghdad today left dozens dead and injured. Overall, 104 Iraqis were killed or found dead and 114 more were wounded in violence throughout Iraq. Three American servicemembers were killed in separate...
Will Bush Invade Pakistan?
Congress is finally going to defund a repressive and increasingly unpopular U.S.-backed government that is currently engaged in a losing conflict with Islamic radicals and is endangered by rising anti-Americanism in the country. The current regime is not among the...
Democratic Doublespeak
on Iraq
Start with the simplest, most basic fudge. Newspapers and the TV news constantly report on various plans for the "withdrawal of American troops" from Iraq, when what's being proposed is the withdrawal of American "combat troops" or "combat brigades." This isn't a...