Terrorism

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N.Y. Post burns down Yanks' security theater
It takes one day for the paper to embarrass the team into lifting its absurd sunblock ban.
Exposing Bush's historic abuse of power
Salon has uncovered new evidence of post-9/11 spying on Americans. Obtained documents point to a potential investigation of the White House that could rival Watergate.
Answering terror with terror
In "The Dark Side," Jane Mayer chronicles the terrible, destructive decisions the Bush administration made in the name of fighting terrorism.
Sabotage in Guantánamo
How the 9/11 suspects are trying to exploit the major flaws in the military commissions implemented by the Bush administration.
The FBI's plan to "profile" Muslims
It's unconstitutional, un-American -- and it might hurt, rather than help, the FBI's effort to stop real acts of terror.
Beware Bush's preemptive strike on torture
The president might issue a blanket pardon to block prosecution of top U.S. officials behind brutal interrogations -- including himself.
Suing George W. Bush: A bizarre and troubling tale
U.S. officials went to extremes to stifle our legal challenge to Bush's warrantless surveillance -- but a federal judge says the program is criminal, anyway.
Pakistan's deal with the devil
Beheadings, martial law, kidnappings: The Taliban is making its presence felt at the gates of one of Pakistan's biggest cities.
Bush's top general quashed torture dissent
New evidence shows that despite warnings from across the military, former Gen. Richard Myers shut down legal scrutiny of brutal interrogation tactics.
The war on teen terror
The Bush administration's treatment of juvenile prisoners shipped to Guantánamo Bay defies logic as well as international law.
A timeline to Bush government torture
Newly public evidence sheds greater light on Bush officials' efforts to develop brutal interrogation techniques for the war on terror.
Election 2008: Declare a forfeit
To avoid humiliating a once-great party and subjecting America to more painful glimpses of McCain's ideas and teeth, the mercy rule must be invoked now.
In a blow to Bush, the Supreme Court restores habeas corpus
The text of the court's historic decision to strike down part of the Military Commissions Act and affirm the right of Guantánamo prisoners to challenge their detention.
The insanity inside Guantánamo
A new report reveals that a number of prisoners -- even some long ago cleared to leave -- are spiraling into hallucinations, despair and suicide.
Arraigning the 9/11 suspects, Guantánamo-style
Hearings for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and others here were marred by intimidation, partial censorship and a ruling that left justice in doubt.
"It's an inquisition, not a trial"
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, puts on quite a show at his arraignment in Guantánamo.
We are all appeasers now
The GOP and establishment media are attacking Barack Obama for being willing to talk to "terrorists" -- but many parties, including Israel, are doing just that.
Looking for payoff in Iraq
Winning "hearts and minds" is in some sense like a seduction. But what happens if American largesse here runs out?
Former high-ranking Bush officials enjoy war profits
Now working inside America's "shadow" spy industry, George Tenet, Richard Armitage, Cofer Black and others are cashing in big on Iraq and the war on terror.
Still silenced in Guantánamo
After years spent here, one prisoner pins his hope on a single phone call from the outside world -- if it ever comes.
Al-Qaida's female warrior
Malika El Aroud represents women's growing, although restricted, presence in Islamic extremism.
The forgotten kid of Guantánamo
A teenager captured in Afghanistan and shipped to the U.S. prison remained unknown to the world for five years. Now he's being tried as an adult.
Inside the Guantánamo terror trials
A bruised-up detainee rejects the proceedings, and his lawyer discovers that military officials withheld records about his client's mental health.
Lawless in Guantánamo
Even an Air Force colonel who once prosecuted detainees here is condemning military commissions at the prison as politicized and unjust.
So long, Canada
Strict new border policies are turning Canada into a foreign country. Is this any way to treat our neighbors?
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