Obama Seems to Rule Out Executive Order on Indefinite Detentions
by Dafna Linzer, ProPublica President Obama appeared to rule out issuing an executive order to establish indefinite detention Thursday, nearly a week...
by Dafna Linzer, ProPublica President Obama appeared to rule out issuing an executive order to establish indefinite detention Thursday, nearly a week...
It seemed okay in 2008 for a University Professor to harass a Muslim student and get away with it.
"Unfortunately, I wasn't scared enough, and I wasn't cautious," Anderson admitted. "I got caught because I refused to take the precautions that I probably should have."
The government will not use any statements made by the suspect in secret prisons, nor will the evidence "be very different" from that used when his alleged co-conspirators were tried by the federal court in 2001.
This special report by the Southern Poverty Law Center shows that domestic right-wing terrorism is far more prevalent than most Americans realize.
Today was supposed to be the day that the Justice Department -- after two delays -- released an unclassified version of the CIA Inspector General's 2004 Report into the interrogations of "high-value detainees."
The upcoming days will be a real test for the Iraqi forces. Now that the United States can take credit for restoring democracy to Iraq, is it sufficiently rooted to survive the US withdrawal?
Should suspected terrorists be blocked from buying guns before they commit a violent crime? The gun lobby apparently doesn't think so.
Much as we do not permit convicted pedophiles to teach kindergarten, those who have been imprisoned for plotting violence against abortion clinics should never again be permitted anywhere near such facilities.
Tony Blair is optimistic peace can be achieved in the Middle East during the administration of President Barack Obama.
Sadly, our celebrity-obsessed world is unlikely to pay much attention to the International Day in Support of the Victims of Torture, as the death of Michael Jackson dominates headlines.
Today, the renewed commitment from Russia and the U.S. to work on common ground, focusing their relationship on what unites them, creates a momentum we should built on.
Somalis are given two alluring choices: join the Islamists' fight or head to the high seas. There's no state to either welcome them or be aligned with.
In over three years of researching and reporting about the prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay, I learned that many of the men were "Mickey Mouse" prisoners, with no connection to terrorism whatsoever.
The proper response to the tyranny in Iran is the continued building of a world alliance against the Iranian despot, who may or may not have legitimately won the elections last week.
By Tom Parker, Policy Director, (Counter) Terrorism and Human Rights Four Uighur former Guantanamo inmates are now in Bermuda, other detainees have b...
Democrats have apparently been cowed by intensive industry lobbying and Republican legislators' talking-points at recent hearings denouncing the new bill as a jobs-killer.
It's not just Iran. Getting news out of countries in the throes of political turmoil has always been dicey. And getting the news out has often meant using the most recent technology to thwart the authorities.
The pictures from Tehran are showing that Iranians are not monolithic in their beliefs. Demonstrably they can be both committed to God and to free and fair elections.
Khalid Saad Mohammed seized from a hospital in Pakistan and sold to the U.S. military. But the authorities in GITMO had never managed to build up a credible case against him.
The only option. Change. Radical, untried, brand new ideas implemented to change the way things have been done around here for decades. When are we going to get it? What's it going to take?
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When was the last time Beck showed his face in Manhattan?
If you want to know what the people who aren't thinking are thinking - tune in to Glenn Beck...
wow
I can't believe this guy isn't being investigated for what he just said. But...I guess...if it had been anyone else that said it...well...you know...
why is that freak alive
but who cares what liebowitz has to say?
Certainly not the same ones who care what you do...
I think I know what its like inside Becks head now. I just watched a movie called " Land of Plenty" on IFC..
It was a visual insight on how people like Beck think and react. Scary actually.
was this another Gore 'documentary'?
No Gore documentaries based on facts, which you are immune to.
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