http://dir.salon.com/topics/abu_ghraib/?source=rss&aim=abu_ghraib en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT By Alfred W. McCoy Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/06/11/mccoy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/06/11/mccoy/index.html?source=rss Throughout the Cold War, the agency outsourced abuse to other nations. Will Obama put us back on this path? By Vincent Rossmeier Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/08/24/cia_report/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/08/24/cia_report/index.html?source=rss Government officials brace as long-anticipated report on torture is finally set to be released By Glenn Greenwald Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/07/27/washington_justice/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/07/27/washington_justice/index.html?source=rss It's time to scapegoat low-level torturers in order to shield the high-level officials who are responsible. By Mark Benjamin Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/06/02/suppressed_photos/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/06/02/suppressed_photos/index.html?source=rss The Pentagon says no sexual abuse, no Abu Ghraib photos among those held back in ACLU suit. By Marcy Wheeler Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/05/18/torture/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/05/18/torture/index.html?source=rss The Bush administration's Torture 13. They authorized it, they decided how to implement it, and they crafted the legal fig leaf to justify it. By Alex Koppelman Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/06/01/appeal/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/06/01/appeal/index.html?source=rss The government will have an additional 30 days to prepare for a fight over releasing the pictures By Mark Benjamin Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/05/15/miller/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/05/15/miller/index.html?source=rss After the invasion of Iraq, Gen. Geoffrey Miller told the Iraq Survey Group they were "running a country club" and needed to get tough on prisoners. By Sheri Fink Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/05/08/apa_listserv/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/05/08/apa_listserv/index.html?source=rss Private messages reveal a dispute at the highest levels about the proper role of psychologists in interrogation, and whether cooperating with the Bush administration was unethical. By Sheri Fink Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/05/05/torture/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/05/05/torture/index.html?source=rss A Senate report shows that during the Bush administration's War on Terror, mental health professionals raised questions about harsh interrogations -- but helped design interrogation programs anyway. By Mike Madden Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/04/22/madden/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/04/22/madden/index.html?source=rss The secretary of defense began laying the groundwork for detainee abuse years before Abu Ghraib. By Mark Benjamin Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/12/01/graner/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/12/01/graner/index.html?source=rss No one from the Bush administration has been held accountable for torture. But the guard from Abu Ghraib prison is still behind bars, and his family wants to know why. By James Ross Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/07/10/bush_pardon/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/07/10/bush_pardon/index.html?source=rss The president might issue a blanket pardon to block prosecution of top U.S. officials behind brutal interrogations -- including himself. By Mark Benjamin Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/06/18/interrogation/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/06/18/interrogation/index.html?source=rss Newly public evidence sheds greater light on Bush officials' efforts to develop brutal interrogation techniques for the war on terror. By Alex Koppelman Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/05/05/abu_ghraib/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/05/05/abu_ghraib/index.html?source=rss 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. By Andrew O'Hehir Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/04/25/morris/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/04/25/morris/index.html?source=rss 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). By Anthony D. Romero Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/02/15/cia_tapes/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/02/15/cia_tapes/index.html?source=rss Congress must remedy its abysmal record of investigating the Bush administration on prisoner abuse and torture. By Mark Benjamin Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/12/14/bashmilah/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/12/14/bashmilah/index.html?source=rss 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 Greg Grandin Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/12/14/unholy_trinity/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/12/14/unholy_trinity/index.html?source=rss The network of U.S.-sponsored terrorism now on global display relies on death squads, disappearances and torture. By Stephen Grey Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/11/05/rendition/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/11/05/rendition/index.html?source=rss The fate of prisoners secreted away under the Bush administration is in some ways worse than even Hollywood has portrayed. By Sen. Edward M. Kennedy Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/10/10/kennedy_on_torture/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/10/10/kennedy_on_torture/index.html?source=rss Why the White House should turn over secret legal memos, and why I'm sponsoring legislation to end brutal interrogations. By P.W. Singer Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/10/02/blackwater/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/10/02/blackwater/index.html?source=rss 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 Sidney Blumenthal Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/09/27/dan_rather_suit/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/09/27/dan_rather_suit/index.html?source=rss 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 David Cole Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/08/28/gonzales_record/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/08/28/gonzales_record/index.html?source=rss Alberto Gonzales' successor will face a heckuva job rectifying the damage the attorney general did to American justice. By Mark Benjamin Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/08/21/psychologists/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/08/21/psychologists/index.html?source=rss At their annual convention, psychologists officially condemned some brutal interrogation techniques, but critics decry a resolution they say isn't stringent enough. By Tim Grieve Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/08/20/abu/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/08/20/abu/index.html?source=rss Two charges are dropped against the only officer prosecuted for abuse; an investigator says he failed to read him his rights.