AltWeeklies Wire
Normalizing Torturenew
The Bush administration's rationale for torture rests on a hypothetical argument, a legal argument, and a syllogism.
Artvoice |
Bruce Jackson |
10-27-2006 |
Commentary
American Inquisitionnew
The German citizen Khaled El-Masri was kidnapped from Macedonia, drugged and flown to Afghanistan where he was held for five months and where he suffered repeated beatings, humiliation and interrogation.
Boulder Weekly |
Pamela White |
10-23-2006 |
Commentary
Who Would Jesus Torture?new
What if, instead of attempting to elicit questionable information from enemies through torture, the church exhorted our government to see detainees as human beings, to feed them well and to treat them with decency?
LEO Weekly |
Joseph Phelps |
10-23-2006 |
Commentary
Congress Bows To Bushnew
The new Military Commissions Act gives the president more power than ever.
The Village Voice |
Nat Hentoff |
10-11-2006 |
Politics
America's New Saddam
A new video proves what survivors of the Andijon massacre have known all along: America's "strategic partnership" with Uzbek president Islam Karimov is a deal with the devil.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
06-27-2006 |
Commentary
Europe Shames U.S. Congressnew
CIA war crimes in Europe are now under official investigation there, but not here.
The Village Voice |
Nat Hentoff |
05-17-2006 |
Politics
CIA Secret Prisons Exposednew
Are the disappeared dead, or are they alive?
The Village Voice |
Nat Hentoff |
05-10-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Persistence of Memorynew
Members of the Sudanese community in Philadelphia lead efforts to help their homeland.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Jesse Smith |
04-11-2006 |
International
Legislator in Chief?new
President Bush has been quietly using "signing statements" to reinterpret the meanings of laws after the fact -- or say he doesn't have to follow them.
Alito Vague on Torture Bannew
Supreme Court nominee hems, haws through Kennedy's questions.
The Village Voice |
James Ridgeway |
01-12-2006 |
Crime & Justice
The CIA's Torture Taxinew
A plane that appears to be used by the CIA to carry terrorism suspects to dungeons in far-off lands is linked to a mysterious company in Reno and a prominent Nevada politico.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
A.C. Thompson and Trevor Paglen |
12-14-2005 |
Politics
Prisons of Darknessnew
The CIA leads the United States in "researching for the low moral ground" in the war against terrorism.
The Village Voice |
Nat Hentoff |
12-05-2005 |
Commentary
Torturous Timesnew
Welcome to America, where our fearless leader's busy golfing and barely bothered by reports that the CIA's been hiding al-Qaeda prisoners in secret Eastern European jails formerly operated by the Soviet KGB.
Phoenix New Times |
Robrt L. Pela |
11-22-2005 |
Politics
Cell-block Beatdownnew
Inmates claim sadistic beatings have been commonplace in Boston’s jails -- can civil lawsuits make things right?
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
11-10-2005 |
Crime & Justice
CIA Criminalsnew
For the first time in any country where CIA kidnappers have plucked people off the street, 13 CIA agents involved in the abduction of a radical imam have been indicted in Italy.
The Village Voice |
Nat Hentoff |
07-13-2005 |
Commentary
