Human Rights Watch: Prosecute the Bush War Criminals

Staff / Truthdig Jul 12, 2011 A U.S.-based human rights group published a report Tuesday calling on foreign governments to prosecute George W. Bush and some of his chief officials in light of a growing body of evidence of war crimes. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Somali Terror Suspect to Be Tried on U.S. Soil

Staff / Truthdig Jul 6, 2011 A suspected Somali terrorist who was captured and secretly interrogated aboard a U.S. Navy ship for two months while a terror case was built against him was flown from the Gulf of Aden to New York earlier this week to be tried in civilian court. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

No Waterboarding Used to Obtain bin Laden Intel, Rumsfeld Says

Staff / Truthdig May 4, 2011 Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has thrown cold water on the argument that extreme interrogation methods are necessary to prevent terrorist attacks, telling NewsMax that waterboarding was not used to identify Osama bin Laden's courier. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

WikiLeaks’ Guantanamo Files Released

Staff / Truthdig Apr 25, 2011 A large cache of military documents, obtained by WikiLeaks, reveals what many Guantanamo critics have alleged for years: The U.S. government detained and tortured suspects who it knew had no legitimate intel value. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Democracy Now!’: Psychologist Accused of Torture in Guantanamo Interrogations

Staff / Truthdig Apr 7, 2011 Amy Goodman reports on Dr. John Leso, a psychologist who allegedly participated in the torture (or "harsh interrogation," his defenders might say) of Guantanamo detainees and now faces trial in New York. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Neuroscientist Gets 86 Years for a ‘Freak Out’

Staff / Truthdig Sep 24, 2010 MIT-educated neuroscientist Aafia Siddiqui has been sentenced to 86 years in prison for what her lawyers called a "freak out." Siddiqui says she was abducted and secretly held for five years before she snapped, grabbed a gun and opened fire on her captors. (continued) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Colbert Report’: The Wikileaks Squeal-stapo

Staff / Truthdig Apr 13, 2010 After highly upsetting video footage, taken from a U.S. Apache helicopter, showing 12 Iraqi citizens being killed by American gunfire was posted on WikiLeaks, Stephen Colbert wonders how long it'll be before the website's proprietors can be tracked down by Predator drones. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Zazi Case Vindicates Traditional Methods

Joe Conason / Truthdig Feb 25, 2010 Before Najibullah Zazi is finally dispatched to a secure cellblock for good, it is important to remember how the taxi-driver-turned-terrorist was brought to justice -- and why the critics who jeered his civilian prosecution were dead wrong. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Ex-CIA Heads Ask Obama to Drop Interrogation Investigation

Staff / Truthdig Sep 19, 2009 Attorney General Eric Holder may be convinced that he should go forward with his probe into the interrogation techniques used on terror suspects by CIA agents during the Bush II era, but seven former directors of the intelligence agency disagree -- and they're asking Holder's boss, President Barack Obama, to intervene. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A 9/11 Reality Check

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Sep 9, 2009 What if eight years ago the World Trade Center had been leveled by a small nuclear bomb that took out most of lower Manhattan as well? How many millions of innocent civilians would we have killed in retaliation?What if eight years ago the World Trade Center had been leveled by a small nuclear bomb that took out most of lower Manhattan as well? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

WSJ Columnist: Cheney in 2012

Staff / Truthdig Sep 1, 2009 In a move that might spur some anti-Bushie types to nervously consult the Mayan calendar, The Wall Street Journal's James Taranto has offered up none other than Dick Cheney as his pick for president in 2012 -- under the condition that the former veep is right about how to deal with the threat of terrorism. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Cheney Chimes In on Interrogation

Staff / Truthdig Aug 25, 2009 Hey, hasn't something -- or someone -- been missing from this latest round of debate and discussion about America's use of troublesome interrogation tactics in recent years? Who could it be? Oh, of course. Enter Dick Cheney, stage right. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )