As the officials of the Bush administration pack up in Washington and move into their posh suburban homes around the country, will they be able to rest easy, or will they be haunted by the fear that...
The Pentagon’s report yesterday that the conditions at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp meet all the requirements of the Geneva Conventions, was, not surprisingly, met with a mixture of skepticism and...
The last “enemy combatant” being detained in America is incarcerated at the U.S. Naval Consolidated Brig in Charleston, South Carolina—a tan, low-slung building situated amid acres of grassy...
Binyam Mohamed, an Ethiopian residing in Britain, said he was tortured after being sent to Morocco and Afghanistan in 2002 by the U.S. government. Mohamed was transferred to Guantánamo in 2004 and...
WASHINGTON (AFP) — Pentagon documents released by rights groups Thursday detailed the agency's involvement in "war on terror" excesses, fueling debate over possible probes into the...
New York City police officers stopped more than half a million people on the streets last year, more than in any previous 12-month period in the years since the Police Department began reporting the...
When Sen. Pat Leahy (D-Vt.) yesterday proposed to an audience at Georgetown University the creation of a “truth and reconciliation commission” to investigate Bush administration lawbreaking, he...
President Obama's recent order to bring Guantánamo into full compliance with international law requires US officials to make a fundamental judgment about the difference between mere detention and...
Isolation and harsh conditions at Guantanamo Bay have driven a Syrian prisoner to attempt suicide, repeatedly bang his head against the wall and show other signs of "mental deterioration,"...
In early March, more shocking details emerged about George W. Bush legal counsel John Yoo's memos outlining the destruction of the republic. The memos lay the legal groundwork for the president to...
