Juan Cole / TruthdigDec 11, 2014
The hall at the International Criminal Court in the Hague was packed today as the trial began of former U.S. Vice President Richard Bruce Cheney. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Joe Conason / TruthdigDec 11, 2014
With the release of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence report on the use of torture by the CIA after 9/11, the final defense of the indefensible by its perpetrators, advocates and publicists is falling apart before our eyes. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigDec 10, 2014
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who's the head of the Senate Intelligence Committee, revealed that the CIA lied to many people, including former President George W. Bush, about the heinous torture methods it employed. Until 2006, that is. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigDec 10, 2014
That the release in Washington of a dense 450 page report on CIA torture conducted a decade ago would provoke massive demonstrations in the Middle East all along struck me as unlikely. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Donald Kaufman / TruthdigJan 22, 2014
As the diplomatic summit on the Syria crisis got underway in Switzerland on Wednesday, reports of the suspected "systematic killings" of 11,000 prisoners heightened the urgency of the proceedings. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigApr 30, 2013
A look at the day's political happenings, including President Obama's hilarious White House Correspondents' Dinner speech and top U.S. political figures give their take on NBA player Jason Collins' decision to come out. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 27, 2009
What was behind The Philadelphia Inquirer's decision to give torture memo draftsman John Yoo a platform to air his views as a columnist? The paper's publisher, Brian Tierney, endorses Yoo to WHYY's "Radio Times" host Marty Moss-Coane, while fellow guest and Philadelphia Daily News journalist Will Bunch offers a different take on George W. Bush's erstwhile legal adviser. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Amy Goodman / TruthdigMay 20, 2009
The Philadelphia Inquirer, one of that city's two major daily newspapers, is in the news itself these days after hiring controversial former Bush administration lawyer John Yoo as a monthly columnist. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 17, 2009
After President Obama announced that the CIA operatives who employed harsh interrogation methods (read: torture) on suspected terrorists during the Bush administration won't be subject to legal repercussions, the Department of Justice made four "torture memos" publicly available on Thursday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigOct 15, 2008
Two recently disclosed memos from 2003 and 2004 show the Bush administration giving CIA torture techniques, most famously waterboarding, an explicit executive nod after worries arose in the intelligence community about the legality of the treatment of detainees. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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