Enhanced Interrogation

Former Bush Official Wins Protection From Torture Lawsuit

AP | PAUL ELIAS | Posted 05.03.2012

SAN FRANCISCO — An appeals court on Wednesday tossed out a convicted terrorist's lawsuit accusing a high-ranking Bush administration lawyer who ...

Getting Real About the Presidential Reality Show

Jeffrey Abelson | Posted 02.05.2012

Jeffrey Abelson

This increase in debate viewership is a very good thing. Or at least it could be if questions would go deeper -- beneath the surface of mere talking point positions -- to the moral or philosophical reasoning process candidates use to arrive at their views.

Freshman GOP Senator Challenges Obama On Controversial Policy

AP | DONNA CASSATA | Posted 01.29.2012

WASHINGTON — The face of Republican opposition to President Barack Obama's policy for handling suspected terrorists is a 43-year-old former pros...

When Shackling Pregnant Women Is OK

Marjorie Faulstich Orellana | Posted 12.03.2011

Marjorie Faulstich Orellana

When lockdowns, detention, and "enhanced coercive interrogation techniques" become everyday words, we are preparing children to accept as normal a world in which shackling pregnant women is ok.

Another 9/11? Call 911

Norm Stamper | Posted 07.14.2011

Norm Stamper

The capture of bin Laden argues elegantly against high-priced, nation-building, mission-creeping war, and its inevitable collateral damage, in order to go after individuals who are, at bottom, criminals.

Did Torture Work?

Robert Creamer | Posted 07.10.2011

Robert Creamer

There is only one thing that we know about torture that works for certain: torture debases us. It doesn't just debase its victims or those who perpetrate it. It debases all of us in whose name it is conducted.

The Twisted Logic of Torture Envy

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 07.05.2011

Jeff Schweitzer

With torture we get the worst of both worlds: we gather no useful intelligence and we undermine our reputation as a democratic government of principles.

Video of Torture Hearing Released (VIDEO)

Joshua Kors | Posted 05.25.2011

Joshua Kors

Some of war's most disturbing moments don't happen on the battlefield. Such was the case when Sergeant Chuck Luther sat before a Congressional committee and described how he was tortured by U.S. Army officials.

Petraeus' Vow to Protect Soldiers: A True Commitment or Empty Promise?

Joshua Kors | Posted 05.25.2011

Joshua Kors

Since 2001, over 22,600 soldiers have been pressed into signing such documents, affirming a pre-existing condition, making them ineligible for disability benefits, saving the military billions of dollars.

Facebook Members Rally around Tortured American Soldier

Joshua Kors | Posted 05.25.2011

Joshua Kors

Personality disorder (PD) has been cited as the cause for everything from deafness following a rocket blast to shrapnel wounds, as a means for denying benefits to soldiers who have served multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Shadow Prisoners

Jack Healey | Posted 05.25.2011

Jack Healey

The world's greatest democracy should not be in the business of spiriting people out of sight and outside of a legal system with built-in safeguards.

When the Army Uses "Enhanced Interrogation" on an American Soldier

Joshua Kors | Posted 05.25.2011

Joshua Kors

I had been covering veterans' issues for several years and thought I'd developed a thick skin. But the pain on the other end of the telephone line as Sergeant Chuck Luther told me his story was difficult to stomach.

Guantanamo Justice Center: Ex-Detainees Launch Gitmo Inmates' Rights Group

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

GENEVA — Former Guantanamo Bay detainees have launched an organization to help released inmates return to normal life and to lobby for the relea...

A Question for Dick Cheney: Should We Now Waterboard Tiller's Murderer?

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Chris Weigant

Roeder is claiming the now-infamous "ticking time bomb" scenario of what can only be termed domestic terrorism. Doesn't this mean that he should immediately be waterboarded?

Holder To GOP: I Won't Prosecute "Enhanced Interrogations"

Washington Times | Posted 05.25.2011

President Obama's choice to run the Justice Department has assured senior Republican senators that he won't prosecute CIA officers or political appoin...

Support John Conyers' Truth Commission

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Chris Weigant

Are you frustrated by all the "we need to look forward, not backward" language from Barack Obama and other Democratic leaders? Well, now you can do something about it.

Why Bush Is Quiet on Hamdan Verdict

Jonathan Diamond | Posted 05.25.2011

Jonathan Diamond

It's one thing for the chicken hawks in the administration to argue for "enhanced interrogation" techniques, but it's quite another to make that case when you to face the prospect after capture.

Report: U.S. Soldiers Did 'Dirty Work' For Chinese Interrogators

ABC's The Blotter | Justin Rood | Posted 05.25.2011

U.S. military personnel at Guantanamo Bay allegedly softened up detainees at the request of Chinese intelligence officials who had come to the island ...

Will Thomas

Rove: Stress Positions Are Torture When Done To John McCain

HuffingtonPost.com | Will Thomas | Posted 05.25.2011

Karl Rove's recent opinion piece on John McCain contradicts the definition of torture to which his former employer adheres. Despite repeated claims t...