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Iraqi sues U.S. military contractors
A man who claims he was held at Abu Ghraib for almost a year has filed a lawsuit against two firms, saying he suffered physical and mental torture while imprisoned.
Alex Koppelman May 5, 2008
Interrogating Abu Ghraib
Errol Morris on his film "Standard Operating Procedure," why Lynndie England and others took photographs, and how the infamous images conceal as much as they reveal (podcast and video).
Andrew O'Hehir Apr 25, 2008
Uncovering the truth about CIA torture tapes
Congress must remedy its abysmal record of investigating the Bush administration on prisoner abuse and torture.
By Anthony D. Romero Feb 15, 2008
Inside the CIA's notorious "black sites"
A Yemeni man never charged by the U.S. details 19 months of brutality and psychological torture -- the first in-depth, first-person account from inside the secret U.S. prisons. A Salon exclusive.
By Mark Benjamin Dec 14, 2007
America's trinity of terrorism
The network of U.S.-sponsored terrorism now on global display relies on death squads, disappearances and torture.
By Greg Grandin Dec 14, 2007
The agonizing truth about CIA renditions
The fate of prisoners secreted away under the Bush administration is in some ways worse than even Hollywood has portrayed.
By Stephen Grey Nov 5, 2007
We must ban secretive U.S. torture
Why the White House should turn over secret legal memos, and why I'm sponsoring legislation to end brutal interrogations.
By Sen. Edward M. Kennedy Oct 10, 2007
The dark truth about Blackwater
Outsourcing the war to private military contractors such as Blackwater has shattered the United States' moral authority and its ability to win wars like that in Iraq.
By P.W. Singer Oct 2, 2007
Dan Rather stands by his story
His lawsuit will attempt to show that CBS tried to suppress the report on Bush's National Guard Service and the Abu Ghraib abuses.
By Sidney Blumenthal Sep 27, 2007
The dismal legacy of Bush's top yes man
Alberto Gonzales' successor will face a heckuva job rectifying the damage the attorney general did to American justice.
By David Cole Aug 28, 2007
Will psychologists still abet torture?
At their annual convention, psychologists officially condemned some brutal interrogation techniques, but critics decry a resolution they say isn't stringent enough.
By Mark Benjamin Aug 21, 2007
Heck of a Job: The Abu Ghraib Edition
Two charges are dropped against the only officer prosecuted for abuse; an investigator says he failed to read him his rights.
Tim Grieve Aug 20, 2007
Bush's torture ban is full of loopholes
The president has issued an executive order to stop the CIA from using torture, but the ban is unenforceable.
By David Cole Jul 23, 2007
Abu Ghraib investigator: I was pushed out
Maj. Gen. Paul Taguba says he thought, naively, that Pentagon officials wanted to know the truth.
Tim Grieve Jun 18, 2007
The corporate takeover of U.S. intelligence
The U.S. government now outsources a vast portion of its spying operations to private firms -- with zero public accountability.
By Tim Shorrock Jun 1, 2007
The military's interrogation secrets
A newly declassified Pentagon report details the development of interrogation methods used at Guantánamo Bay and Abu Ghraib.
May 31, 2007
The CIA's latest "ghost detainee"
New details confirm a CIA prisoner disappeared in U.S. custody for months, renewing suspicions the agency could be violating the law and using torture.
By Mark Benjamin May 22, 2007
The secret Iraq documents my 8-year-old found
With a couple of keystrokes, you too can read the hidden history of the Coalition Provisional Authority, America's late, unlamented occupation government in Iraq.
By Pete Moore May 18, 2007
Bush's favorite historian
British author Alistair Horne explains what Pinochet, Sharon and Bush have all taken from his work, why peace means getting rid of the priests, and why Iraq is the wrong war in the wrong place.
By Gary Kamiya May 8, 2007
Beyond the Multiplex
A movie about the Bush-Cheney policy of torture that will make you shake with rage. Plus: Alec Baldwin's unintended laugh lines.
By Andrew O'Hehir Apr 30, 2007
America's dangerous trigger finger
Why the killing of civilians by U.S. Marines in Afghanistan and Iraq could have profound strategic consequences.
By David J. Morris Apr 26, 2007
From Norman Rockwell to Abu Ghraib
To understand how Bush justifies a torture policy that is the bane of our nation, consider the sentimental cowboy art that decks his Oval Office walls.
By Sidney Blumenthal Apr 26, 2007
Alberto Gonzales must go
The U.S. attorney general's willingness to serve as the president's ultimate yes man makes him unqualified for the office.
By Joe Conason Mar 12, 2007
"We listened as his soul cracked"
In HBO's "Ghosts of Abu Ghraib" the "bad apples" express remorse, but claim that they were scapegoats.
By Heather Havrilesky Feb 22, 2007
Better late than never
The Pentagon figures out that it "wouldn't be prudent" to send a convicted Abu Ghraib dog handler back for another tour in Iraq.
Tim Grieve Nov 3, 2006
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