CHRIS: We’re live. Hey—welcome, everyone. Thanks for joining. Shaun and I have a lot to cover: what’s happening in Ukraine right now with the
By Andy Worthington While Rodriguez — like John Yoo, Jay S. Bybee and senior Bush administration officials, up to and including the president —
Herman Cain, Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry claimed they would reinstate illegal programs that have been dismissed by experts as ineffective and illegal. They have
Wednesday 5 October 2011 by: Jason Leopold, Truthout (Image: JR / t r u t h o u t) In 2002, not long after he was subjected
Thursday 15 July 2010 by: Jason Leopold, reprinted from TruthOut.org (make sure to support TruthOut with a donation today) Jay Bybee, who as a senior
Reprinted with permission (and creative commons) from TruthOut.org Don’t forget, it is very important to support independent journalist sites like TruthOut.org by Jason Leopold –
Reprinted with permission from The Jurist – First JURIST publication link Listen to interview with Prof. Amos Guiora from this week’s show Listen to reading
Guantanamo Review Task Force – Download Report Guantanamo detainee report is out. It states that 126 detainees should be sent back home or handed over to
In preparation for our interview with Matthew Alexander, we’ll be posting videos and articles to understand the context of his book, “How to break a
I’m reading into intricate details of Haiti and Dominican Republic history. I’m reading on the slave rebellions, the colonial oppression and subsequent “justice” in particular.
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has announced that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will be tried in lower Manhattan. Republicans immediately went into their highly predictable panic
As of today, there are 23 agents who are international fugitives after an Italian court ruled in the abduction of a cleric in Milan. NYTimes
http://www.cheneywatch.org/documents/torture/cia-ksm-docs08242009.pdf The documents Cheney requested are now released, redacted of course, and they do little to foster his view. Reading over the reports above, its
http://www.cheneywatch.org/documents/torture/cia_oig_report.pdf Here is the long awaited report. Many new details have been released. We are reading the document and will elaborate the details here. And
Reports are flying that Eric Holder has read the soon, supposedly, to be released, supposedly, CIA torture report. Will Eric Holder be compelled to investigate
Sheldon Whitehouse laid the truth on the Senate floor the other night: Full text from Sen. Whitehouse site at Senate.gov June 9, 2009 Mr. WHITEHOUSE.
(Thank you to Steve Clemons for allowing us reprint the full text with Col. Wilkerson’s and Steve Clemons’ express permission from The Washington Note.) This
Remarks of US Senator Carl Levin at the Foreign Policy Association Thank you, Tim, for that introduction, and my thanks to the Foreign Policy
Secret Torture Memos have been released by the Obama Administration. These memos show the administration did willfully violate U.S. law and international laws and treaties
Mark Danner appeared on Rachel Maddow to discuss the now released report from the International Red Cross Available here Danner’s journalism is top notch. Thanks
Mark Danner appeared on Washington Journal. Unfortunately I didn’t know until he was about half way through. He’s a solid reporter and knows his beat.
The Italian Constitutional Court has ruled that prosecutors violated “state secrecy laws” in building their case against Italian and U.S. agents who are accused of
From http://www.peaceteam.net From We want you to know that we are gearing up for actions on many critical and substantive issues, health care, mass media
On Wednesday, March 4, 2009, Patrick Leahy convened a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee to discuss the creation of a “Truth and Consequences Commission”
During the Cheney/Bush Administration we saw many examples of judicial manipulation. From the Department of Justice attorney firings to the commutation of Scooter Libby’s sentence,
There is rarely joy to be found in prosecution. This process of holding someone accountable is loaded with frustration from the get go. But without
