Civil libertarians are condemning a call by two influential U.S. senators for the White House to block the impending release of photographs showing detainees being abused by U.S. military personnel at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and at other U.S. detention...
Americanada? No Thanks
"The way to get the Americans to trust the border is to give them confidence that both countries have the will and ability to protect it. "The security leg of this agreement, then, would include common rules for accepting refugees, joint inspection of containers...
Psychologists Under Fire for Role in Interrogations
A leading human rights organization is charging that an American Psychological Association (APA) task force formed to advise the U.S. military on prisoner interrogations was "stacked with Defense Department and [George W.] Bush Administration officials" and...
Torture? Rudman to the Rescue
The announcement in mid-March that CIA Director Leon Panetta had picked former Sen. Warren Rudman to act as CIA "liaison" with the Senate Intelligence Committee during its "review" of interrogation and detention practices has drawn virtually no...
Obama’s First 100 Days: Mixed Messages On Torture
Jon Stewart: Wimp, Wuss, Moral Coward
Britain Tries to Block CIA Rendition Case
British High Court judges are expected to rule this week on whether a document by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency can be publicly disclosed, thus opening the courthouse door to a lawsuit charging that the British government was complicit in facilitating the...
Torture and Impunity in Iraqi Prisons
The Empire Slogs Ahead
A Start on Guantánamo, but Not Enough
Speaking at a press conference to mark his first 100 days in office, Barack Obama made two bold claims about the policies he has already implemented to tackle the executive overreach of the Bush administration, with regard to detention and interrogation policies in...