Terror Trials Are Our Defining Moment
Luster Is Off Obama’s ‘High Moral Ground’
Back in April, the U.S. government snatched Raymond Azar out of Afghanistan. His waist, wrists, and ankles were shackled; he was stripped naked and photographed, made to wear headphones, blindfolded, hooded, and stuffed into an executive jet and flown to the United...
The Chimera of Total Security
"No one can terrorize a whole nation unless we are all his accomplices." - Edward R. Murrow Let's talk about the next terrorist attack. We cannot know what form it will take, where it will occur, or what the casualty count will be. But one thing we do know:...
Liberty City Case Leaves Bitter Aftertaste
Pelosi’s Torture Stance Is Pure Partisanship
Somebody call me when Nancy Pelosi gets her story straight. So far, the House speaker's explanation of what and when she knew about the Bush administration's policy of torturing suspected terrorists is crookeder than Dick Cheney's smile. Indeed, it has evolved from a...
Torture and Fool’s Gold
Our story so far: In the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, hundreds of men identified as members of al-Qaeda were captured and imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. There, they were subjected to sexual humiliation, sleep deprivation, dehydration, extreme...
