Will U.S. Torturers Ever Be Held Accountable as War Criminals?

Marjorie Cohn / Truthout May 18, 2018 Gina Haspel's confirmation as CIA director sends a message to future administrations that those who authorize and facilitate torture will escape liability. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Guantanamo Bay Should Be Closed Forever

John Kiriakou / Truthdig Jun 21, 2016 The prison is the symbol of everything that is wrong with the United States’ so-called war on terror. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Case Against Torture

Staff / Truthdig Dec 23, 2014 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's US military-appointed attorney says in this short documentary, "How we treat people is a reflection of who we are as Americans". Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Manifesto and New Morality of the 9/11 Mastermind

Staff / Truthdig Jan 15, 2014 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, known as the mastermind of 9/11, has released a new manifesto and allegedly come into a new way of thinking and believing. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

9/11 Trial Lawyers Want to Be Locked Up

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 30, 2013 Attorneys defending the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and four others accused of being involved have asked to be incarcerated “for two nights in the Guantanamo prison in order to understand the conditions in which their clients are held.” Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush Official Warned About Torture in Secret Memo

Staff / Truthdig Apr 5, 2012 Months before al-Qaida operative Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is set to stand trial for his alleged role in the 9/11 attacks, a draft of a secret memo written in 2006 by a senior adviser to Condoleezza Rice warning that the “enhanced interrogation” techniques used by the Bush administration in the "war on terror" violated US law has surfaced at the U State Department . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

New Trial in the Works for KSM

Staff / Truthdig Apr 5, 2012 Remember the name Khalid Sheik Mohammed? KSM, as he became known in the years after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, is still accused of masterminding those attacks a decade later and is still being detained at Guantanamo Bay, but Wednesday brought news of movement in his case. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

How Little We Know About the Origins of 9/11

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Sep 8, 2011 For a decade, the main questions about 9/11 have gone unanswered while the alleged perpetrators who survived the attacks have never been publicly cross-examined as to their methods and motives.For a decade, the main questions about 9/11 have gone unanswered. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

KSM Headed to Kangaroo Kourt

Staff / Truthdig Apr 5, 2011 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who confessed to masterminding the 9/11 terror attacks sometime during or after his 183 waterboardings, will face a military tribunal now that the Obama administration has given up on the idea of trying to convict him in the U.S. justice system. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Still in the Dark About 9/11

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Mar 9, 2011 It is the right -- indeed, need -- of the American public to learn the truth about the motives, financing and methods of those who are alleged to have torn at the heart of our social fabric.Ignorance is the real victor in the president’s reluctant decision to abandon the effort to bring the alleged perpetrators of the 9/11 terrorist attack to account in civilian court. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

British Deny Bush’s Claim That Torture Paid Off

Staff / Truthdig Nov 10, 2010 In his new memoir, George W. Bush claims that information obtained by waterboarding Khalid Sheikh Mohammad 183 times helped foil plots to attack targets in the United Kingdom. British intelligence and Cabinet officials -- Labor and Conservative alike -- beg to differ. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

‘Left, Right & Center’: Health Care Endgame; Educational Hazards

Staff / Truthdig Mar 6, 2010 It's hard to believe that the curtain may soon go down on our health care reform drama, but it looks like we could soon have a bill -- whether three-quarters of Americans like it or not. Should it be voted in now and fixed later? This is surely a question for "Left, Right & Center" regulars Arianna Huffington, Tony Blankley, Matt Miller and Robert Scheer. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )