Ferguson Is Baghdad Is New York Is Kabul

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Dec 12, 2014 Whether on the streets of Baghdad or Ferguson, soldiers and militarized police forces have historically enforced control, not law. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

How America Made ISIS: Their Videos and Ours, Their ‘Caliphate’ and Ours

By Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch Sep 3, 2014 Minus a couple of invasions, the steps being considered or already in effect to deal with “the threat of ISIS” are a reasonable summary of the last 13 years of what was once called the Global War on Terror and now has no name at all. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

Imprisoned Al-Jazeera Journalist Details Abu Ghraib Torture

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig May 5, 2014 Salah Hassan was tortured by US soldiers inside the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq 10 years ago To date, no high ranking U official has been held accountable for the tortures that became widely publicized, but Hassan and other former prisoners are attempting to sue CACI International, one of the private contractors that ran the prison. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Road From Abu Ghraib

By Karen J. Greenberg, TomDispatch Apr 28, 2014 As the White House, the CIA, and various senators still battle over the release of a summary of a 6,300-page report by the Senate Intelligence Committee on Bush-era torture policies, it’s worth considering, on the 10th anniversary of Abu Ghraib, the strange journey we’ve taken, and wondering just where we as a nation mired in the legacy of torture might be headed. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

Seymour Hersh on Fixing Journalism With a Hatchet

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 27, 2013 The reporter who exposed the My Lai massacre and the abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib wants to shutter the major news bureaus, fire 90 percent of editors and generally make journalists outsiders again. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Jail Break: 500 Detainees Escape Abu Ghraib

Staff / Truthdig Jul 23, 2013 Hundreds of inmates are still free in Iraq after they escaped from two jails, including the infamous Abu Ghraib, following a series of military-style attacks that left at least 20 dead. A senior Iraqi official says that many of the 500 prisoners who escaped from Abu Ghraib were senior members of al-Qaida and had been sentenced to death. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘There’s No Downside’ to Drones, Philosopher Says

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 3, 2012 A newly hired philosophy professor at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif., has become the latest defender of President Obama’s deadly drone program. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Withdrawal Means Withdrawal

Staff / Truthdig Oct 17, 2011 President Obama will be able to say that he kept one of his promises from the ’08 campaign trail come Dec. 31 of this year, when all but 160 American troops will leave Iraq after more than eight years of heavy military involvement (read: war) in the Middle Eastern nation. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Torture in Iraq Continues, Unabated

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Sep 22, 2010 Combat operations in Iraq are over, if you believe President Barack Obama's rhetoric. But torture in Iraq's prisons, first exposed during the Abu Ghraib scandal, is thriving, increasingly distant from any scrutiny or accountability. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

A Truth Commission Beckons

Marie Cocco / Truthdig May 19, 2009 The partisan firefight over House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's incendiary allegation that the CIA lied to Congress about its use of "enhanced interrogation techniques" -- torture -- is a blessing. It turns the compelling case for a public inquiry into the Bush administration's policies toward terrorism detainees into an urgent necessity. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Under New Management

Rainer Hachfeld, Neues Deutschland, Germany Feb 24, 2009 Dig deeper

Torture Report Points the Finger at Rumsfeld

Staff / Truthdig Dec 12, 2008 A bipartisan report released by Sens. Carl Levin and John McCain blames former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other high-level officials for interrogation abuses. Based on an 18-month investigation by the Senate Armed Services Committee, the report determined that prisoner abuse "was not simply the result of a few soldiers acting on their own," as the administration has claimed. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )