Annan Backs Guantanamo Closure

Staff / Truthdig Feb 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 )

Abramoff and the Mob

Staff / Truthdig Feb 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 )

Mark Ruffalo, Daniel Ellsberg Can’t Wait

Staff / Truthdig Feb 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 )

Swiss Investigator Says U.S. ‘Outsourced’ Torture

Staff / Truthdig Jan 24, 2006 The charge comes from the head of a European probe into alleged secret CIA prisons in Eastern Europe. | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Frey Tale Was Debunked By Rehab Staffer Months Before Oprah Show

Staff / Truthdig Jan 24, 2006 A former counselor at James Frey's rehab clinic told Oprah's producers three months before the show that the memoir was full of B.S. | storyEditor's note: We feel confident of both the "essential" and actual truths of the above item. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

European MP’s Will Probe CIA Jails Claim

Staff / Truthdig Jan 13, 2006 A committee will investigate whether the CIA operated secret prisons in Eastern Europe. | storyAlso, documents show that the U.S. Army may have ended some detainee abuse probes prematurely. | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Fresh Torture Claims Arise at Guantanamo

Staff / Truthdig Jan 12, 2006 Amnesty International renews its request for the prison to be shut. | storyAlso, the U.S. general at the center of the detainee abuse scandal refuses to answer questions in a court-martial. | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Friends Don’t Let Friends Use Torture

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Dec 4, 2005 Condi Rice is so tired of Old Europe and its human rights complaints. Big deal, so the CIA is using Soviet era torture camps in Eastern Europe to stash "war on terror" prisoners. Don't those fusspots in the EU understand that our use of torture is fundamentally different because we are the good guys and that Eastern Europe has been liberated? That outmoded European slogan of "friends don't let friends use torture" is so over. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )