Staff / TruthdigMar 30, 2006
The disgraced lobbyist and a business partner get five years and 10 months on fraud charges--the minimum they faced. Abramoff faces more jail time in connection with a corruption probe. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 15, 2006
Salon presents a horrifying new gallery of 279 photos and 19 videos of detainee abuse at Abu Ghraib. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 11, 2006
The photo of him in a hood, arms outspread and with electrical wires trailing from his body became the definitive image of the prison abuse scandal.
He is now heading up a prisoners' rights organization. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigMar 10, 2006
Some sources are reporting that the U.S. has decided to close the notorious prison and transfer its prisoners elsewhere, but don't celebrate just yet: The seeds for future abuse are already well sown. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 10, 2006
Over 250 medical experts sign a letter condemning the U.S. for force-feeding prisoners on hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 6, 2006
Even in the wake of Abu Ghraib, reports of torture in American-run Iraqi prisons continue to "pour out of Iraq," according to Amnesty International. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 4, 2006
The bribery conviction nets him eight years--the longest term meted out to a congressman in decades. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 3, 2006
Truly shocking: White House lawyers are arguing that the new law banning cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment of detainees does not apply to people held at Guantanamo.
Of course, we should have seen this coming when Bush, upon signing the law, brushed off Congress and America by reserving the right to ignore the law under his powers as commander in chief. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 20, 2006
Two years before the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, the Navy's general counsel warned the Pentagon that its wink-and-nod policies on torture would invite abuse, reports The New Yorker. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 17, 2006
In the wake of a UN report condemning the US treatment of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the U secretary-general says America must shut down the prison "as soon as possible" U officials react about as you might expect
Earlier: Read about the former U interrogator whose book blew the lid off inhumane practices at Gitmo
Update: From the Jordan Times (via Watching America): "It is immensely sad that the U should end up imitating the worst aspects of the very systems it says it wants to 'democratize'". Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 13, 2006
The Weekly Standard masterfully fleshes out the story of the floating casino company that Jack Abramoff bought from a Greek developer allegedly murdered by mobsters. |story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 3, 2006
The "In the Cut" actor and the Pentagon Papers whistle-blower speak out in support of the "World Can't Wait--Drive Out the Bush Regime" march in Washington on Feb. 4 (podcast available for Ruffalo). Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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