Robert Dreyfuss, The Nation. July 18, 2008. The U.S. is currently spending between $55 and $66 billion a year on intelligence. So why can't we find Osama bin Laden?
Eric Umansky, ProPublica. July 17, 2008. The investigative reporter who connected the dots on detention, rendition and torture, discusses her new book, The Dark Side.
Andy Worthington, Andy Worthington's Blog. July 16, 2008. A closer look at the first Guantánamo interrogation to be released on video reveals, above all, a "victimized and exploited" child.
Jim Lobe, IPS News. June 27, 2008. A muscular group of religious, military and former government officials has created an anti-torture declaration. The names may surprise you.
Clive Stafford Smith, Independent UK. May 30, 2008. As the Pentagon prepares to prosecute Binyam Mohamed in a lawless military tribunal, his own government is MIA.
Middle East OnlineMay 16, 2008. Seven Italians, including the former head of military intelligence General Nicolo Pollari, are also on trial in the case.
Sean Gonsalves, AlterNet. April 7, 2008. Foreign military bases have served as launch pads for American military adventures. Increasingly, they are also being used as CIA 'black sites'.
Jeffrey S. Kaye, Invictus. March 11, 2008. Bush's anti-torture veto -- and his subsequent radio address -- follow a long tradition of obfuscation and doublespeak.
Jeffrey S. Kaye, Ph.D., Invictus. March 6, 2008. Jeffrey Kaye left the APA over its complicity in torture by the U.S. government. This is his letter of resignation.
Andy Worthington, Andy Worthington's Blog. February 7, 2008. The CIA director admits the U.S. waterboarded detainees, but says it was only done on three. He's lying.
Roberto Lovato, AlterNet. January 18, 2008. The actions of three key Latino government officials may determine whether the torture tape investigation reaches the White House.
Manila Ryce, The Largest Minority AlterNet: Video. December 27, 2007. Perhaps the reason why the CIA’s well-documented role in the global drug trade is never really acknowledged is because it never really ended.
Jillian, Sadly No! AlterNet: PEEK. December 25, 2007. This is about being as verbally shocking as possible, in order to confuse and muddy the issue as much as possible.
Faiz Shakir, Think Progress AlterNet: Video. December 25, 2007. Tom Kean says, "I mean, no question that we again and again and again asked for everything, and we needed it, and we weren't given it."