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Dispatch From Activist Arrested for "Assaulting" Leon Panetta During Supposedly Public Hearing

Allison McCracken, AlterNet. October 17, 2011.

A CODEPINK activist shares the story of how she and seven others were arrested last week while trying to bring their anti-war message to the Secretary of Defense.

Whatever Happened to the CIA Black Sites?

David Corn, Mother Jones. November 26, 2009.

The CIA ordered its secret prisons closed, but lawyers for terrorism suspects want them preserved as possible evidence -- and the CIA won't say what's going on.

The Secret Government: What a Real Bipartisan Probe of Bush-era Crimes Should Look Like

Christopher Hayes, The Nation. September 2, 2009.

From CIA assassinations to domestic spying, a sweeping investigation of government crimes is not only possible -- it has been done before.

CIA Report Reveals Interrogator Threatened to Kill Detainee's Children

Nate Carlile, ThinkProgress 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.

Why Doesn't CIA Director Leon Panetta Want Torture Investigations?

John Sifton, The Daily Beast. April 13, 2009.

Leon Panetta's attempt to suppress the issue of CIA torture is turning Bush's policy into the Obama administration's dirty laundry.

CIA Director 'Fires' Military Contractors From Interrogating Terror Detainees

Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. April 9, 2009.

Leon Panetta said on Thursday that interrogators will be replaced by agency employees and promised that no suspects would be tortured.

Rendition is a Horrible, Violent Crime in Any Form -- It Should Not Be U.S. Policy

Marjorie Cohn, Jurist Legal News and Research. February 16, 2009.

The U.S. government should disclose the names, fate, and whereabouts of all persons rendered by the CIA since 2001.

Why Obama's Excuse for Not Prosecuting BushCo Just Won't Fly

Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. January 12, 2009.

Maybe, going forward, we should just let Bernie Madoff off too?

McCain Says GOP Must Work With Obama on Fox News

Sam Stein, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. January 10, 2009.

Is John McCain reverting to the role of Republican foil that made him an unpopular figure for many conservatives?

Obama Rolls Out Blair, Panetta; Vows 'No Exceptions' to US Values

Spencer Ackerman, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. January 9, 2009.

"We must adhere to our values diligently and with no exceptions." --Barack Obama