Obama and DC Dance the Torture Minuet
Kiss the Era of Human Rights Goodbye
Recently, in a Washington Post op-ed, Mark Danner wrote: "However much we would like the [torture] scandal to be confined to the story of what was done in those isolated rooms on the other side of the world where interrogators plied their arts, and in the...
Calls for Torture Inquiry Aren’t Going Away
A coalition of 19 human rights, faith-based and justice organizations is calling on President Barack Obama to investigate torture they charge was sanctioned by the administration of former President George W. Bush. The group, led by the National Religious Campaign...
Torture ‘to Achieve a Political Objective’
The Wrong Argument Over Torture
The calls currently heard for an independent commission to investigate America's use of torture in George Bush's war on terror usually argue that a congressional investigation, or a straightforward criminal investigation under the authority of the Department of...
Court Reins in ‘State Secrets’ Privilege
In what may become a landmark decision, a federal appeals court ruled Monday that the "state secrets privilege" – routinely used by the government to block lawsuits against its officials – can only be used to contest specific evidence, but not to...
