Will War Crimes Be Outed?
Jeremy Brecher & Brendan Smith : US Military
As the primary players in the Bush administration leave office, will they be haunted by the fear that they will be held accountable for war crimes?
Jeremy Brecher & Brendan Smith : US Military
As the primary players in the Bush administration leave office, will they be haunted by the fear that they will be held accountable for war crimes?
David Cole : Guantanamo Bay
Salim Hamdam's conviction and short sentence does nothing to repair the damage the Bush Administration has done.
Jeremy Brecher & Brendan Smith : Human Rights
Some Democrats are pushing to let bygones be bygones and concentrate instead on solving problems of the future. Here's why we can't let the Bush Administration off the hook.
In an open letter to Senator Harry Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, lawyers, clergy and human rights activists voice alarm at mounting evidence of torture and human rights violations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Robert Scheer : Guantanamo Bay
The muted response to revelations of torture raises the question of whether Americans are truly savages or simply tone-deaf on matters of morality.
Stephen Gillers : Attorney General
How could two really smart government lawyers authorize torture in arguments that have no foundation in law?
Tom Hayden : Vietnam War
One of Gen. Petraeus's top advisors advocates a return to the global Phoenix program used during the Vietnam War.
David Cole : George W. Bush
Bush has made history by being the first American President to use his veto power to preserve torture.
Ted Gup : Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Long before a top bureaucrat was exposed for destroying secret interrogation tapes, the CIA shrouded his identity, making the press corps complicit in practices that would offend the nation's conscience.
Tom Engelhardt : Civil Rights & Liberties
We have not come to grips with how centrally the Bush Administration has planted torture, abuse, kidnapping, and illegal imprisonment at the heart of governmental practice, the news, and everyday life.
Alexander Cockburn : Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
The agency's secret destruction of tapes is a parable of the futility of oversight.
: Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
The CIA tapes' destruction and violation of anti-torture statutes they recorded require a special prosecutor.
Robert Scheer : Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Why did four key members of Congress failed to inform the public and the 9/11 Commission about the use of torture on terror suspects?
Aziz Huq : Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
CIA, Department of Justice, White House--and members of Congress--ran through every legal and procedural red light designed to prevent criminal conduct and its cover-up.
By approving Michael Mukasey's nomination for Attorney General despite his evasions on waterboarding, the Senate has led us all across a dangerous line.
After professing to abhor torture, the Bush Justice Department secretly authorized it. And the consequences for us all are grave.
David Cole : US Intelligence/Covert Ops
If it had followed the rule of law from the outset, the Bush Administration could have brought many terrorists to justice by now.
A close reading of L. Paul Bremer's memoir shows the President knew details about torture far earlier than he has acknowledged.
The Council of Europe and courts at home are calling the Bush Administration to account for secret torture outposts in Poland and Romania.
A Supreme Court ruling turns a blind eye to torture and human rights violations, as long as they're done offshore.
The story of Hassan Nasr, a victim of "extraordinary rendition" who was interrogated and tortured in Egypt for four years, is finally being told.
Naomi Klein : War on Terrorism
As Jose Padilla's trial unfolds in Miami, the cruel methods of US interrogators are finally being put on trial.
Court challenges gain steam as news organizations identify pilots of planes transporting terror suspects to secret prisons.
Rory Kennedy's new documentary examines the plight of torture victims in Iraq and stirs political passions at home.
Robert Scheer : War on Terrorism
The systematic abuse of an American citizen charged with vague crimes related to terror has destroyed his sanity and made us into what we despise.