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"We'll make you see death": A harrowing account from a man the CIA handed over to Jordan -- smuggled from prison on tiny paper -- exposes U.S. complicity in torture.; By Joanne Mariner Apr 10, 2008
A sickening truth at Guantánamo: A gravely ill detainee I represent, never charged with a crime, has been neglected by military doctors. Will he be the next to die inside the notorious prison?; By H. Candace Gorman Mar 14, 2008
Bill O'Reilly's tortured logic: Discussing waterboarding and warrantless surveillance, the Fox News host couldn't get his facts straight.; Alex Koppelman Feb 15, 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
Mukasey says waterboarding still not "concrete situation": After dodging the question of waterboarding during his confirmation, Attorney General Michael Mukasey continues to avoid the issue now that he's in office.; Jan 31, 2008
Big Think: "Somebody has to make a decision to shoot down that airplane": Alan Dershowitz believes in a jurisprudence for everything, including torture.; Jan 21, 2008
Conversations: Alex Gibney: In this interview and podcast, the director of the terrifying documentary "Taxi to the Dark Side" talks about torture and the tragic fate of an Afghan cabdriver.; By Andrew O'Hehir Jan 18, 2008
Our shameful Guantanamo anniversary: The appalling fact that innocents have been locked up and abused at the U.S. prison for six long years is not the only reason we must close it now.; By Anthony D. Romero Jan 11, 2008
Padilla sues "Torture Memos" author John Yoo: The once-accused dirty bomber has targeted Yoo as the architect of the legal theories that allegedly resulted in Padilla's torture.; Alex Koppelman Jan 4, 2008
Who would Antonin Scalia torture?: Next week, when the Supreme Court hears a case challenging the use of lethal injections, we may learn more about the legal limits to state-sanctioned pain.; By Alan Berlow Jan 2, 2008
Administration lawyers were in on discussion of CIA tapes' destruction: The New York Times reports greater involvement of White House lawyers than previously known; administration officials may even have advocated the destruction.; Alex Koppelman Dec 19, 2007
Did waterboarding really work on Abu Zubaydah?: 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.; Alex Koppelman Dec 18, 2007
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
Architecture of detention: Renderings of cells where a prisoner was held as part of the CIA's "extraordinary rendition" program.; 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
Is waterboarding more like swimming or eating rice pilaf?: Well, whatever, it's just part of the Democrats' "blame America first" agenda, right?; Tim Grieve Dec 12, 2007
Shh! Al-Qaida is listening: If everyone knows that the United States uses waterboarding, why are we still keeping it a secret?; Tim Grieve Dec 11, 2007
Quote of the Day: Bush says it will be "interesting to know what the true facts are."; Tim Grieve Dec 11, 2007
Follow the bouncing tapes: First it was a CIA decision. Then Harriet Miers knew. Now more lawyers were involved, and a source says the White House didn't say, "Hell, no."; Tim Grieve Dec 11, 2007
CIA coverups and American injustice: How the Bush administration's policies in the war on terror are coming back to haunt us.; By Hina Shamsi Dec 11, 2007
For the CIA's eyes only: Was the agency's destruction of two video recordings of harsh interrogations by the CIA a coverup?; By Mark Benjamin Dec 8, 2007
The waterboarding show: Congressional negotiators agree on a ban, but the White House vows a veto.; Tim Grieve Dec 7, 2007
Is the CIA lying about destroyed tapes?: The agency says it told Congress about the tapes and that the 9/11 Commission never asked. Really?; Tim Grieve Dec 7, 2007
Law, torture and Harry Potter: This is not a joke: A flawed legal regime afflicts the Potter-verse.; Andrew Leonard Nov 20, 2007
When did we become like Syria?: As I watched a surreal torture case unfold in a U.S. courtroom, the line between dictatorship and democracy seemed to disappear.; By Alia Malek Nov 14, 2007

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