Staff / TruthdigMay 2, 2008
Sami al-Haj, a cameraman for Al-Jazeera, was released Thursday evening after spending almost seven years in U.S. custody, six of those as an inmate at Guantanamo Bay. Haj was never charged with any crime, nor was any evidence against him ever revealed. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 27, 2007
According to recently declassified documents, infamous FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover presented President Harry Truman with a plan to suspend habeas corpus and imprison some 12,000 people, mostly Americans, of whom he disapproved. The year was 1950 and the occasion was the start of the Korean War, but Hoover had apparently been building his list of the "potentially dangerous" for years. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 29, 2007
After almost six years since suspected enemy combatants started serving time without being able to challenge their detainment at Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba, the U.S. Supreme Court has changed its stance, giving prisoners -- and their lawyers -- some hope that their cases may eventually be heard. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigJun 12, 2007
Chances are your elementary school education about how the federal government works (or doesn't) wasn't much like the schooling of these L.A.-area public school students. Perhaps some big players on Capitol Hill might want to drum up their own hip-hop-inflected response to the key issues addressed here in "Showdown in the Senate." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 21, 2007
A federal appeals court has upheld the Military Commissions Act, denying Guantanamo detainees access to the U.S. judicial system. Attorneys for the detainees said they would appeal the 2-1 decision, which fell along party lines, to the Supreme Court. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Robert Scheer / TruthdigDec 6, 2006
The Founding Fathers won a war, but their true contribution to human history was to tackle head-on the reality that humans and their institutions can so easily become that which they despise. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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