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BarbinMD, Daily Kos AlterNet: PEEK. November 17, 2009.
Some surprising demographic breakdowns in one of New York's most divisive trials.
Ray McGovern, Consortium News. November 17, 2009.
As Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the other alleged 9/11 conspirators go to trial, the corporate media's embargo on the truth about the Bush years will be under great strain.
Agence France PresseNovember 13, 2009.
The trial will be held not far from Ground Zero, once the site of the World Trade Center destroyed by two hijacked planes in the September 11 attacks.
Nate Carlile, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. August 24, 2009.
A long-awaited CIA Inspector General report reveals that interrogators also threatened to sexually assault the mother of a key terror suspect.
Agence France Presse June 15, 2009.
Newly released government transcripts reveal more details on the torture inflicted on "high value" prisoners during interrogations.
Andy Worthington, Andy Worthington's Blog. May 13, 2009.
The suspicious death of Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi, who was tortured into lying about an Iraq-al Qaeda connection, raises a series of troubling questions.
Marjorie Cohn, AlterNet. May 1, 2009.
Obama's intent to immunize those who broke the law violates his constitutional duty to "take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed."
Jason Leopold, TruthOut.org. April 27, 2009.
Ignoring the 1983 case is just one of the flagrant violations committed by Bush lawyers who crafted the newly released "torture memos."
Emptywheel, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. April 20, 2009.
Aside from the sheer number of times KSM and Abu Zubaydah were waterboarded, the CIA far exceeded the guidelines outlined in the torture memos.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet. April 11, 2009.
The New Yorker's Jane Mayer discusses the fallout from the Red Cross' shocking report on CIA torture and its serious legal implications.
The Progress ReportJanuary 27, 2009.
Obama has promised to close Guantanamo within a year. So lets debunk some of the most ill-informed myths that might stand in the way.
Staff, Think Progress AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. January 11, 2009.
In an interview that aired today on Fox News Sunday, Bush admitted that he personally authorized the torture of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.
Andy Worthington, AlterNet. December 8, 2008.
Are Khalid Sheikh Mohamed and his co-defendants focusing on their pursuit of martyrdom?
Andy Worthington, AlterNet. October 27, 2008.
The government's case against the Canadian child soldier, who was only 15 when he was imprisoned, is collapsing.
Andy Worthington, AlterNet. October 16, 2008.
Mohamed was brutally tortured after being rendered by the CIA to Morocco. "We're going to change your brain," one of his captors said.
Andy Worthington, Andy Worthington's Blog. September 20, 2008.
Yesterday was the birthday of Guantanamo's child soldier and sole Canadian citizen, Omar Khadr, who has been held in isolation since he was 15.
Andy Worthington, AlterNet. August 6, 2008.
Widely considered a trial of the military commissions system itself, the Hamdan trial was a two-week exercise in government secrecy and propaganda.
Andy Worthington, Andy Worthington's Blog. July 22, 2008.
A 5 to 4 ruling in the case of Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri legitimizes the president's right to indefinitely imprison "enemy combatants."
Andy Worthington, Andy Worthington's Blog. June 9, 2008.
While much reporting after last week's arraignments focused on KSM's desire to be executed, torture itself is on trial at Guantánamo Bay.
Andy Worthington, Andy Worthington's Blog. June 5, 2008.
Guantánamo prisoner Mohammed Hashim's delusions of grandeur have led the Pentagon to charge him with "providing material support for terrorism."
Andy Worthington, Andy Worthington's Blog. April 23, 2008.
As prisoners at Guantánamo begin boycotting their own show trials, the U.S. government is focusing on propaganda in lieu of legitimacy.
Andy Worthington, Andy Worthington's Blog. February 13, 2008.
As the Bush administration announces it will seek the death penalty against six detainees, concerns about Guantánamo seem to be swept aside.
Danny Schechter, MediaChannel.org. March 20, 2007.
Just as a scandal in the Justice Department has the Bush Administration reeling, al Qaeda's #3 operative has admitted to killing U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl. So, what can we believe?
