WASHINGTON -- Legal barriers to prosecuting Bush-era officials over alleged torture would be substantial, legal experts said Wednesday. But Democrats were seizing on the issue to score political...
Washington, DC - The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing Wednesday to explore setting up a commission to investigate and report on potentially criminal policies of the Bush administration...
To the Editor: "Discord Grows on the Politics of Intervention" (front page, March 8) describes the tactical and political risks of American intervention in Libya, but nowhere does it state...
Videotapes that may reveal the abusive interrogation of Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohammed al-Qahtani were ordered released by a federal judge. CCR attorney Gitanjali Gutierrez argues that statements...
CCR President Michael Ratner discusses Bradley Manning's April 24 hearing in one of the most important court martial cases in decades. The accused faces life in prison for the 22 charges against him...
"The release of the Senate Intelligence Committee's report on the CIA's secret prisons roiled Washington on Tuesday, but its real impact could be felt in courtrooms across the globe in the months and...
" Four Afghan detainees have been released from Guantanamo Bay and repatriated at the request of President Ashraf Ghani, the U.S. Department of Defense confirmed Saturday. ..."
Last summer, upset by the escalating conflict in Gaza that left more than 2,000 people dead, Professor Steven Salaita took to Twitter to express his outrage. Like many people on Twitter, Salaita’s...
The Obama administration renewed its legal fight against a hunger-striking Guantanamo detainee, telling a federal court Friday the man wasn’t entitled to an order freeing him from the prison despite...
... CAIR will also present a Defender of Liberty award to the Center for Constitutional Rights . Protecting Muslims’ constitutional rights is a top priority for the organization, Hooper said, in...
