Confronting Britain’s Legacy of Torture

By Alex Adams Nov 25, 2019 Like the U.S., France and many other countries, the United Kingdom has a sordid history of the practice. We need to face up to it. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

American History for Truthdiggers: Bush II and the Birth of Forever War

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig Aug 10, 2019 The 43rd president—besides leaving the domestic economy in ruins—bequeathed a disastrous foreign policy. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )

Kneeling in Fenway Park to the Gods of War

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Jul 7, 2014 In sporting events across the country the religion of sports fuses with the religion of war -- a mark of all militarized societies Games at Fenway are as much about venerating the military as the Red Sox The religion of sports fuses with the religion of war in all militarized societies . Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

The Shooting Gallery: Obama and the Vanishing Point of Democracy

By Henry A. Giroux, Truthout Feb 13, 2013 We live at a time in the United States when the notion of political enemies has become a euphemism for dismantling prohibitions against targeted assassinations, torture, abductions and indefinite detention. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

Autonomous Robots Coming Soon to a Hospital Near You

Staff / Truthdig Feb 8, 2013 The FDA has approved the use of autonomous telemedicine robots in U.S. hospitals; although President Obama's second term inaugural speech was inclusive and liberal, it failed to mention the growing crisis of inequality our nation faces; meanwhile, a new book details the scandalous antics of hard-partying authors. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

What Brennan Should Explain

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 7, 2013 Amrit Singh, author of a new report showing the extent of international complicity in the United States’ secret prison, rendition and torture program, discusses her findings and the role of counterterrorism czar John Brennan, whose nomination to head the CIA is being considered by a Senate panel Thursday morning. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Report Finds Global Collaboration in Torture Scheme

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 7, 2013 The U.S. counterterrorism practice known as extraordinary rendition, in which officials quietly transport suspects to secret prisons around the globe for detention that can lead to torture, involved the participation of more than 50 national governments, an Open Society Foundations report released Tuesday says. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Impunity at Home, Rendition Abroad

By Alfred W. McCoy, TomDispatch Aug 15, 2012 Through rendition -- the sending of terrorist suspects to the prisons of countries that torture -- and related policies, President Obama has outsourced human rights abuse to Afghanistan, Somalia and elsewhere, thus avoiding the political stigma of torture, while tacitly tolerating such abuses and harvesting whatever intelligence can be gained from them. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Court Dismisses Torture Flights Case

Staff / Truthdig Sep 9, 2010 Five men who say they were kidnapped and tortured would like to sue a Boeing subsidiary for flying them to their agony, but the Obama administration successfully convinced an appeals court Wednesday to throw out the case. One judge said the court "reluctantly" bought the national security argument. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Italy Convicts CIA Agents for Rendition

Staff / Truthdig Nov 5, 2009 Twenty-three CIA agents are going to have to think twice about leaving the U.S. now that an Italian court has convicted them in absentia for snatching an imam in Milan and sending him to Egypt, where the cleric says he was tortured. (continued) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Tortured Logic Continues

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Nov 4, 2009 "Extraordinary rendition" is White House-speak for kidnapping. Just ask Maher Arar. He's a Canadian citizen who was "rendered" by the U.S. to Syria, where he was tortured for almost a year. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Legal Troubles Might Lie in Wait for Ashcroft

Staff / Truthdig Sep 5, 2009 Did then-Attorney General John Ashcroft violate the Constitution in his handling of certain national security investigations shortly after the 9/11 terrorist attacks? According to the Los Angeles Times, a three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has reason to believe that he did, and thus Ashcroft can be sued for prosecutorial abuses even this long after the fact, the paper reported Saturday.Did then-Attorney General John Ashcroft violate the Constitution in his handling of certain national security investigations shortly after 9/11? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )