Faiz Shakir, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. October 12, 2009. In his speech to the Human Rights Campaign this weekend, President Obama pledged to "end" Don't Ask, Don't Tell.
Michael Bronner, The Huffington Post Investigative Fund. July 24, 2009. Hussam Amin's story is not one the Bush Administration meant to be heard, at least not for a while.
Andy Worthington, AlterNet. July 13, 2009. Lt. Col. Darrel Vandeveld: "I am here today to offer a single, straightforward message: the military commission system is broken beyond repair."
Liliana Segura, AlterNet. April 24, 2009. Amid citizen outrage and news that torture was used to extract a link between Iraq and al Qaeda, Eric Holder won't say if he intends to prosecute.
Jeremy Scahill, Rebel Reports AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. April 22, 2009. Is Obama really opening the door for accountability? Or will the result be a bipartisan whitewash commission?
Stephen Webster, Diane Sweet, Raw Story. April 22, 2009. Sen. Carl Levin recommends AG Eric Holder appoint a 'distinguished individual or individuals' to 'establish accountability of high-level officials.'
Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Democracy Now!. June 23, 2008. As Congress pieces together the White House torture program, former Army General Antonio Taguba condemns Bush's "systematic regime of torture."
Spencer Ackerman, Washington Independent. June 19, 2008. At a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing this week, answers about the Bush administration's "enhanced interrogations" finally came to light.