Ahmed Abdulkadir Warsame, a Somali terrorism suspect, is headed to New York City for trial. What's that sound you're hearing from the usual suspects on cable TV? A mere two days after Independence Day we're being subjected to a mass freak out aimed at convincing Americans that courts in the...

In recent months we heard a lot of pundits wax hysterical about the chaos and mayhem the federal court trial of a former Guantanamo detainee would bring to New York.

The folks at Keep America Safe -- Liz Cheney, Bill Kristol, and Debra Burlingame -- called the...

The recent murder of Pakistani governor Salman Taseer for opposing blasphemy laws tragically showcases the high stakes of the fight for religious tolerance and against extremism.

Salman Taseer, Governor of Punjab, Pakistan and a member of the nation's ruling Pakistan People's Party, was allegedly murdered by a member of...

Opposition is mounting to the "Burn a Quran Day" scheduled for September 11th in Florida. General David Petraeus said it could harm our troops, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called it unrepresentative of Americans. Attorney...

The experts have spoken.

Last week the former Vice President went on television to claim that ending torture, closing Guantanamo, and relying on our federal courts to try terrorism suspects somehow undermines American security. He's wrong. And today, Colin Powell and General David Petraeus definitively refuted him....

It's a double header. As in, double the fear mongering. As I wrote earlier, the former Vice President is going to be on ABC's "This Week" on Sunday. Looks like his daughter Liz Cheney will join the chorus over at FOX. Check out our video for...

You may have heard that Liz Cheney's group - Keep America Safe -- decided to respond to the State of the Union address by producing an ad that outrageously suggests that Americans should be afraid of bringing terrorist suspects to justice.

Read about how she has her facts wrong

Yesterday, a heated debate took place on the Senate floor over an amendment proposed by Senator Lindsey Graham that would have prevented the 9/11 defendants from facing justice in U.S. federal courts. It did not pass. In a major victory for our campaign to close Guantanamo the Senate rejected this...

"Human rights work in Colombia merits special protection: it's legitimate, it's legal and we can't continue to be persecuted just for defending and strengthening democracy" - Gabriel Gonzalez
When words like these, from visionary human rights defenders like Gabriel Gonzalez, are said to decision makers in Washington, the cause...

Before I left for Guantanamo Bay to observe this past week's military commission proceedings, I diligently prepared by playing with Google Earth and re-watching A Few Good Men. Google Earth's satellite photos don't provide enough detail to see the military base's Starbucks or McDonald's, but the mapping program confirmed that...

Four years ago, the world learned that American soldiers had tortured Iraqis at Abu Ghraib prison. In addition to the human cost in pain, suffering, and humiliation that was captured on film, an accounting of the harm done by the incidents at Abu Ghraib must include the price of having...