Documents obtained by the ACLU seem to show that medical personnel monitored the waterboarding of Abu Zubaydah
By Sheri Fink May 28, 2009
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President Obama gives a speech on Guantanamo Bay, torture and national security
May 21, 2009
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Dick Cheney keeps saying "enhanced interrogation" was used to stop imminent attacks, but evidence is mounting that the real reason was to invent evidence linking Saddam Hussein to al-Qaida.
By Joe Conason
May 14, 2009
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An FBI agent testifies that an al-Qaida prisoner provided useful intelligence until the CIA got rough -- and casts doubt on Bush's statements about the effectiveness of harsh interrogations.
By Mark Benjamin
May 14, 2009
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The "ticking bomb" scenario only happens on TV. Those, like Dick Cheney, who cite it are leading society down a fatal slippery slope of abuse.
By Gary Kamiya
April 23, 2009
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Bush officials said they only tortured terrorists after they wouldn't talk. New evidence shows they planned torture soon after 9/11 -- and used it to find links between al-Qaida and Saddam.
By Mark Benjamin
April 22, 2009
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The secretary of defense began laying the groundwork for detainee abuse years before Abu Ghraib.
By Mike Madden
April 22, 2009
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The president sounds like he's channeling Cheney or McCain -- or a Cold War hawk afraid of international communism -- when he talks about the war in Afghanistan.
By Juan Cole
March 30, 2009
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What will Obama do with Guantanamo's single largest group of detainees? One hundred Yemenis wait to go home -- but those who've already returned to Yemen didn't find a warm welcome.
By Letta Tayler
March 29, 2009
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The president announces he's sending an additional 4,000 troops and trainers to what's now being dubbed "Obama's war."
By Alex Koppelman
March 27, 2009
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William Dalrymple's review of Ahmed Rashid's "Descent into Chaos" tells a tale of neocon-concocted utter disaster
By Andrew Leonard
January 22, 2009
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The president-elect wants to work with the Pakistani government to "stamp out" terror. It's not nearly that simple.
By Juan Cole
December 12, 2008
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After a two-year investigation, the Senate names names -- Bush, Tenet, Rumsfeld, Ashcroft, Gonzales, Addington, Rice.
By Mark Benjamin
December 12, 2008
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Ayman al-Zawhri says Barack Obama is "the direct opposite of honorable black Americans" like Malcolm X.
By Alex Koppelman
November 19, 2008
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What was an Iraqi politician doing at CIA headquarters just days before he distributed a fake memo incriminating Saddam Hussein in 9/11?
By Joe Conason
August 8, 2008
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The "straight talker" has trashed anyone who dared suggest a withdrawal date. Now he's floated one of his own.
By Joe Conason
May 16, 2008
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Gabriel Schoenfeld suggests terrorists may try to help Barack Obama's electoral prospects this fall, but history doesn't support his take.
By Alex Koppelman
May 12, 2008
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The legendary Texas congressman talks about his secret 1980s Afghan war (and its blowback), the Obama campaign and being better-looking than Tom Hanks.
By Andrew O'Hehir
April 22, 2008
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John McCain's gaffe about an Iran-al-Qaida connection revealed how he and his hard-line allies are itching to target the mullahs next.
By Joe Conason
March 21, 2008
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John McCain claims, on multiple occasions, that Shiite Iran is training Sunni al-Qaida.
By Alex Koppelman
March 19, 2008
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The presumptive Republican nominee's statement doesn't reflect the terror group's past actions.
By Alex Koppelman
March 14, 2008
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In a secret meeting with a Taliban commander, I learned how Bush administration aid to Pakistan helps fund insurgents who kill U.S. troops.
By Matthew Cole
March 10, 2008
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Leading presidential contenders exchange words on al-Qaida.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
February 27, 2008
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A jihadi advice column? Osama bin Laden's second-in-command answers questions from fans of the terror group worldwide.
By Yassin Musharbash
January 16, 2008
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Last week, a former CIA agent came out to defend one instance of waterboarding, saying it had produced valuable information; now, former FBI agents are hitting back.
By Alex Koppelman
December 18, 2007
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