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Do New Yorkers Want a Terror Trial in Their City? Depends on Who You Ask

BarbinMD, Daily Kos. November 17, 2009.

Some surprising demographic breakdowns in one of New York's most divisive trials.

NYC 9/11 Trial Will Shine the Lights on the Roots of Terrorism

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.

9/11 Plotters Will Be Tried in New York

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.

CIA Report Reveals Interrogator Threatened to Kill Detainee's Children

Nate Carlile, ThinkProgress. 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.

Detainee Abu Zubaydah 'Nearly Died Four Times' From CIA Torture

Agence France Presse June 15, 2009.

Newly released government transcripts reveal more details on the torture inflicted on "high value" prisoners during interrogations.

Was Tortured CIA "Ghost Prisoner" Murdered?

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.

Prosecute This: Torture Was Used to Try to Link Saddam with 9/11

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."

Reagan's DOJ Prosecuted Texas Sheriff for Waterboarding Prisoners

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."

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Was Waterboarded 183 Times in One Month

Emptywheel, Firedoglake. 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.

'These People Fear Prosecution': Why Bush's CIA Team Should Worry About Its Dark Embrace of Torture

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.

Top 5 Myths About Closing Guantanamo

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.

Bush: I Personally Authorized Torture

Staff, ThinkProgress. 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.

9/11 Conspirators to Plead Guilty

Andy Worthington, AlterNet. December 8, 2008.

Are Khalid Sheikh Mohamed and his co-defendants focusing on their pursuit of martyrdom?

With U.S. "Terror Trials " in Disarray, the Case Against Omar Khadr is Falling Apart

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.

"Dirty Bomb" Charges Dropped Against Gitmo Prisoner Binyam Mohamed

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.

At 22, Omar Khadr Has Spent a Third of His Life in Guantanamo

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.

Bin Laden Driver Salim Hamdan Gets Mixed Verdict in First Military Commission Trial

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.

News You Might Have Missed: Court Confirms President's Dictatorial Powers

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."

In Gitmo's Legal Otherworld, 9/11 Trial Defendants Cry Torture

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.

In Shadow of 9/11 Arraignment, an Afghan Fantasist Faces Trial

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."

The Pentagon's Guantánamo Problem

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.

Six Charged with 9/11 Murders: Why Now? And What About the Torture?

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.

How True Are the Confessions of a Terror Mastermind?

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?