John Kiriakou / TruthdigJul 13, 2016
Al-Qaida's reported No. 3 operative is a bad guy, but he did not help plot the Sept. 11 attacks and has provided no actionable intelligence since his capture—and subsequent torture—in March 2002. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 10, 2016
Abu Zubaydah’s sworn statement provides a chilling, first-person account of how U.S. officials tortured a man they wrongly believed was a top al-Qaida operative. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 7, 2016
If you didn't have a chance to watch the Republican debate Saturday night, or simply want a refresher, here are some of the most important moments. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigJun 15, 2015
In anticipation of this week's vote on a proposed law against torture, drafted by Sens. John McCain and Dianne Feinstein, HBO's "Last Week Tonight" host gave an impassioned monologue on the Senate Committee Report on Torture. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigMay 31, 2015
The former CIA agent has seen his life ripped apart by the government because he revealed CIA torture. However, he continues to stand up for truth and humaneness and against a system that views all of us as undiscovered felons. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
John Kiriakou / TruthdigMay 29, 2015
The US government is out to "ruin" people who expose official wrongoing "in every conceivable way," says John Kiriakou in an interview with Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer Kiriakou is a 14-year CIA veteran who was jailed for confirming that the U government tortured prisoners via waterboarding. Dig deeper ( 39 Min. Read )
By Karen J. Greenberg, TomDispatchApr 10, 2015
Someday, at an official U.S. torture museum, our children may wonder how we ever adopted the worst traditions of terror in the Age of Barbarism Lite. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )
John Kiriakou / TruthdigFeb 11, 2015
The former CIA agent-turned-whistleblower tells Amy Goodman he doesn't regret his decision to expose the Bush administration's use of waterboarding. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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The senior attorney at the celebrated civil liberties group is pushing for the prosecution of U.S. officials who tortured detainees and terrorism suspects—an issue the Senate's report on the subject was conspicuously silent about. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Bill Blum / TruthdigDec 10, 2014
The anticipated litigation about the CIA's interrogation tactics will soon land in the lap of the nine justices who sit on the Supreme Court, as issues of critical national importance invariably do. How the high court will rule, however, remains a disturbingly open question. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
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