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Force-Feeding at Guantanamo Acknowledged

Staff / Truthdig Feb 22, 2006 The head of the American detention center confirms that his officials have been carrying out the aggressive practice in an attempt to preserve the lives of prisoners on hunger strikes. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Prison Death Tally

Staff / Truthdig Feb 22, 2006 Almost 100 prisoners have died in U.S. custody in Iraq and Afghanistan since August 2000, with homicide suspected or confirmed in 34 deaths, concludes a report fom Human Rights First. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Navy Warned Pentagon on Torture

Staff / Truthdig Feb 20, 2006 Two years before the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, the Navy's general counsel warned the Pentagon that its wink-and-nod policies on torture would invite abuse, reports The New Yorker. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Annan Backs Guantanamo Closure

Staff / Truthdig Feb 17, 2006 In the wake of a UN report condemning the US treatment of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the U secretary-general says America must shut down the prison "as soon as possible" U officials react about as you might expect Earlier: Read about the former U interrogator whose book blew the lid off inhumane practices at Gitmo Update: From the Jordan Times (via Watching America): "It is immensely sad that the U should end up imitating the worst aspects of the very systems it says it wants to 'democratize'". Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

In Their Own Words

Blair Golson / Truthdig Feb 16, 2006 Newly released photos and videos of inhumane conditions at Abu Ghraib have again shone a spotlight on America's treatment of its prisoners Read the sworn statements by prisoners at Abu Ghraib, obtained and translated by the Washington Post in 2004 at the height of the prison abuse scandal Excerpt: "As soon as we arrived, they put sandbags over our heads and they kept beating us And every single night this military guy comes over and beat us and handcuffed us until the end of his shift". Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

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In Google, Yahoo, Should We Trust?

Mark Malseed / Truthdig Feb 15, 2006 For years, we've been supplying the oracles of Google and Yahoo with the most intimate details our personal health, political leanings, and secret obsessions. The government is already combing through Internet archives.Mark Malseed, co-author of the international bestseller "The Google Story," argues that it's time we started asking better questions about our queries. For years, we've been supplying the oracles of Google and Yahoo with the most intimate details our personal health, political leanings, and secret obsessions. It's time we started asking better questions about our queries. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Gays Have to Play It Straight in Hollywood

Staff / Truthdig Feb 14, 2006 Sir Ian McKellen says, "It is very, very, very difficult for an American [gay] actor who wants a film career to be open about his sexuality." | story This is exactly what Truthdig's Larry Gross was getting at in "Year of the Queer: Hollywood and Homosexuality." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

…but Gays Don’t Have To Play it Safe in ‘Warcraft’

Staff / Truthdig Feb 14, 2006 The maker of the insanely popular online game says it was wrong to threaten a user with expulsion for advertising a gay-friendly team. | story People take these online universes seriously; Warcraft has apparently seen its share of gay pride marches. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Air Force Eases Rules on Religion

Staff / Truthdig Feb 11, 2006 In the wake of a nationwide petition drive by evangelicals, sectarian prayer and other such divisive elements are creeping back into the service. | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Former U.S. Spy Chief: White House Misused Intel

Staff / Truthdig Feb 11, 2006 The former CIA official who coordinated America's intelligence in the Middle East accused the Bush administration of misusing prewar intelligence to hype the Iraq threat. | storyThis is a big deal: it's the same unnerving story we heard firsthand from Richard Clarke when he left the White House. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush Sr. Condemns ‘Ugly’ Politics at King’s Funeral, Defends Son

Staff / Truthdig Feb 11, 2006 The former president criticizes "political shots" taken at his son by former President Jimmy Carter and the Rev Joseph Lowery during the Coretta Scott King funeral last week Bush defends the administration's domestic spying program, tritely invoking 9/11 as a blanket justification for trampling constitutional freedoms Story | Listen Interview . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

86 Evangelical Leaders Join to Fight Global Warming

Staff / Truthdig Feb 8, 2006 Finally! Evangelicals in the news for something unrelated to divisive social issues. | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )