High Court Lets Ashcroft, Mueller Off the Hook

Staff / Truthdig May 19, 2009 The nation's top court decided on Monday that former Attorney General John Ashcroft and FBI honcho Robert Mueller aren't directly accountable for the abuses that Pakistani detainee Javaid Iqbal, a Muslim, says he endured as a result of his race and religion in a New York prison in 2002. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

No Mirrors

Mr. Fish / Truthdig May 15, 2009 Dig deeper

Torture Is a Crime That Must Be Punished

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Apr 10, 2009 I realize that many Americans, given the scope of the economic crisis and the ambitions of the new administration, would rather look forward than revisit the past. The business of torture, however, is too unspeakable to be left unfinished. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Under New Management

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

Tsvangirai to World: ‘Get Over’ Mugabe

Staff / Truthdig Feb 13, 2009 Much like an unsympathetic friend counseling you after a breakup, recently installed Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is calling on the world to "get over" the wrongs of President Robert Mugabe. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

PR Worries Stalled Release of Gitmo Inmates

Staff / Truthdig Feb 13, 2009 A 2006 memo from the State Department to the US Transportation Command suggested holding Guantanamo detainees after they had been cleared in order to avoid bad press "Got it Thank you," was the reply, and indeed, no prisoners flew out of Guantanamo for three months. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Released

Cameron Cardow / Truthdig Jan 27, 2009 Dig deeper

Civilian Courts Can Deal With Terrorism Cases

Marie Cocco / Truthdig Jan 27, 2009 There is absolutely no reason to create some newfangled and untested system to charge and try those few terrorism suspects whose legal fates present President Obama with an excruciating political decision. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Obama Puts Gitmo Trials on Hold

Staff / Truthdig Jan 21, 2009 President Obama has asked for a stay in all military tribunals at Guantanamo Bay while his administration figures out how to handle the legal cases of the detainees still held in the island prison. The move was welcomed by Human Rights Watch and the ACLU as a positive first step. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

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 )

Sweeping Blackwater Under the Rug

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Dec 9, 2008 The federal manslaughter indictment of five Blackwater Worldwide security guards for the horrific massacre of more than a dozen Iraqi civilians in Baghdad may look like an exercise in accountability, but it's probably the exact opposite. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Taking Over Bush’s Endless War

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Dec 2, 2008 Terrorism (for the umpteenth time) is a tactic, not an enemy. One of the most urgent tasks for President-elect Barack Obama's "team of rivals" is coming up with a coherent intellectual framework -- and a winning battle plan -- for George W. Bush's globe-spanning "war on terror." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )