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Agence France PresseDecember 22, 2009.
"Some of my colleagues in the prison lost their sight, some lost their limbs and others ended up mentally disturbed," recalls Mohamed Saleban Bare. "I'm OK compared to them."
Earl Ofari Hutchinson, New America Media. November 12, 2009.
Though anti-Muslim hysteria has leveled off somewhat since September 11, Muslims still routinely get the blame for anything that even remotely smacks of a terrorist act.
Gina Doggett, Agence France Presse. November 4, 2009.
The CIA's Milan station chief at the time, Robert Seldon Lady, was sentenced to eight years in prison and othersto five years, all in their absence in the landmark trial.
David L. Ostendorf, Imagine 2050. October 23, 2009.
The civil liberties of American Muslims are regularly assaulted and the religious rights of faithful peoples are casually trampled.
Andy Worthington, CounterPunch. October 5, 2009.
Like torture victims groomed for show trials throughout the centuries, Fouad al-Rabiah made up false stories under torture in the hopes of one day leaving Guantanamo.
General JC Christian, Jesus' General AlterNet: World. September 26, 2009.
Ok, not a conventional war with bullets and all that.
Andy Worthington, Comment Is Free. September 11, 2009.
In Guantánamo, 225 men remain imprisoned, most of them never charged, ostensibly for some connection with these attacks.
Agence France Presse August 6, 2009.
Agence France Presse August 2, 2009.
Booman, Booman Tribune AlterNet: PEEK. July 23, 2009.
Attorney General Eric Holder's investigation has important historical implications.
Joshua Holland, AlterNet AlterNet: World. July 16, 2009.
Are these people really the worst of the worst? Only a fair trial would determine that.
Jacob Heilbrun, Huffington Post. May 22, 2009.
Cheney made clear in his speech that his war isn't against terrorism. It's against Obama.
Roy Eidelson, TruthOut.org. May 12, 2009.
Stats show a sizable majority of Americans refuse to rule out torture entirely. This is no accident; it's the result of a mass persuasion campaign.
Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. April 29, 2009.
Sheikh Zoubir Bouchikhi has been held without bail at a private immigration prison in Houston for the past four months.
Jeremy Scahill, Rebel Reports. April 27, 2009.
News that U.S. combat troops won't exactly withdraw from Iraqi cities on June 30th shows the ugly reality behind Obama's facade.
Jeremy Scahill, AlterNet AlterNet: War on Iraq. March 30, 2009.
In his latest love letter to Obama, Boot calls his Afghanistan plan "all that supporters of the war effort could have asked for."
Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: War on Iraq. March 26, 2009.
Now under the banner of "overseas contingency operations," the mission formerly known as the "war on terror" isn't going anywhere.
Michael Dudley, AlterNet. March 25, 2009.
One can almost make a checklist of contemporary issues the series explored: abortion, torture, prisoner rights, terrorism, drugs, and on and on.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. March 24, 2009.
One lawsuit challenges Obama's position on indefinite detention, calling it merely a "partial retreat" from Bush-era policies.
Jason Leopold, TruthOut.org. March 20, 2009.
Yoo has no regrets about the controversial legal opinions he wrote for the White House, giving Bush unfettered power in the aftermath of 9/11.
Maya Schenwar, TruthOut.org. March 19, 2009.
"We have killed, tortured and bombed civilians into submission": Winter Soldiers speak out in Europe.
Willam Fisher, IPS News. March 18, 2009.
Many human rights advocates see the shift as a case of old wine in new bottles.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet. March 17, 2009.
Words matter, as Obama said on the campaign trail. But when it comes to his detention and counterterrorism policies, his actions are speaking louder.
Stephen Foley, Independent UK. February 22, 2009.
The Afghan air base is to undergo a $60 million expansion, allowing it to hold five times as many prisoners as remain at Gitmo.
Don Hazen, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. February 22, 2009.
Obama's latest disturbing move makes him seem more like a bullshit artist than the moral voice we heard when he was a candidate.
