http://dir.salon.com/topics/torture/?source=rss&aim=torture en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT By Jo Becker Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/08/20/gitmo_jawad/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/08/20/gitmo_jawad/index.html?source=rss Was one of the youngest prisoners at Guantánamo rushed to court by the Bush administration for political reasons? By Mark Benjamin Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/08/04/obama/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/08/04/obama/index.html?source=rss Obama's brain trust wants to form a commission on torture and call Bush officials as witnesses, but put off prosecutions -- if any -- till a second term. By Julia Hall Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/08/01/hamdan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/08/01/hamdan/index.html?source=rss The "capture videos" the Pentagon aims to bury, late-night brutality pointing to the CIA -- and even a surreal viewing of "The Dark Knight" here in Guantánamo. Mark Benjamin Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/07/17/ashcroft/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/07/17/ashcroft/index.html?source=rss The former attorney general raises the possibility that the CIA looked for legal cover only after at least one suspected member of al-Qaida was tortured. By Stacy Sullivan Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/07/15/gitmo_rejectingcounsel/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/07/15/gitmo_rejectingcounsel/index.html?source=rss How the 9/11 suspects are trying to exploit the major flaws in the military commissions implemented by the Bush administration. By James Ross Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:08:00 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 Joe Conason Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2008/07/04/mcain_vietnam/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2008/07/04/mcain_vietnam/index.html?source=rss In spite of overwhelming evidence to the contrary, the former POW insists we could have won. No wonder he talks of occupying Iraq for a century. By Mark Benjamin Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/06/30/richard_myers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/06/30/richard_myers/index.html?source=rss New evidence shows that despite warnings from across the military, former Gen. Richard Myers shut down legal scrutiny of brutal interrogation tactics. By Jo Becker Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/06/24/juveniles_at_gitmo/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/06/24/juveniles_at_gitmo/index.html?source=rss The Bush administration's treatment of juvenile prisoners shipped to Guantánamo Bay defies logic as well as international law. By Mark Benjamin Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:08:00 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. Alex Koppelman Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/06/17/report/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/06/17/report/index.html?source=rss A Senate committee finds that there are major holes in Pentagon officials' stories about the decision to use certain interrogation tactics at Guantánamo. By Ariel Dorfman Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2008/06/11/dorfman/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2008/06/11/dorfman/index.html?source=rss During the making of a film about my exile from Chile, I finally met the anonymous woman who saved my life during Pinochet's murderous reign. By Jennifer Daskal and Stacy Sullivan Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/06/10/guantanamo_mental/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/06/10/guantanamo_mental/index.html?source=rss A new report reveals that a number of prisoners -- even some long ago cleared to leave -- are spiraling into hallucinations, despair and suicide. By Joanne Mariner Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/06/07/gitmo_ksm/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/06/07/gitmo_ksm/index.html?source=rss Hearings for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and others here were marred by intimidation, partial censorship and a ruling that left justice in doubt. Vincent Rossmeier Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/06/05/detainee_trial/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/06/05/detainee_trial/index.html?source=rss Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, puts on quite a show at his arraignment in Guantánamo. By Joanne Mariner Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/04/10/jordan_rendition/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/04/10/jordan_rendition/index.html?source=rss 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 H. Candace Gorman Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/03/14/sick_in_guantanamo/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/03/14/sick_in_guantanamo/index.html?source=rss 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? Alex Koppelman Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/02/15/oreilly/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/02/15/oreilly/index.html?source=rss Discussing waterboarding and warrantless surveillance, the Fox News host couldn't get his facts straight. By Anthony D. Romero Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:08:00 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. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2008/01/31/mukasey_letter/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2008/01/31/mukasey_letter/index.html?source=rss After dodging the question of waterboarding during his confirmation, Attorney General Michael Mukasey continues to avoid the issue now that he's in office. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/big_think/2008/01/21/bt_dershowitz/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/big_think/2008/01/21/bt_dershowitz/index.html?source=rss Alan Dershowitz believes in a jurisprudence for everything, including torture. By Andrew O'Hehir Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2008/01/18/conversations_gibney/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2008/01/18/conversations_gibney/index.html?source=rss 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 Anthony D. Romero Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/01/11/guantanamo_anniv/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/01/11/guantanamo_anniv/index.html?source=rss 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. Alex Koppelman Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/01/04/padilla/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/01/04/padilla/index.html?source=rss The once-accused dirty bomber has targeted Yoo as the architect of the legal theories that allegedly resulted in Padilla's torture. By Alan Berlow Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/01/02/lethal_injection/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/01/02/lethal_injection/index.html?source=rss 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.