Disappearing People and Evidence A Deeper Significance to the SSCI Report
By Katherine Hawkins When the executive summary of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence’s (SSCI) report on the CIA’s torture program is finall
Obama Nominates “War Criminal” To First Circuit Court
David Barron, a Harvard law professor who gave President Obama the green light for his illegal global drone attacks, has been nominated by Obama for a seat
Newly Declassified Documents Show how Surveillance State was Born
Almost no one noticed when the book was quietly released this summer. It has perhaps the most benumbing title in publishing history. Yet inside this volu
Miami Heald The Dirty Secrets of the CIA’s War on Terror
" ... Biden even compared the redemptive value of facing the truth on torture to the effect of the war-crimes tribunals on Germany. Obama probably didn’
New Biography Details Rehnquist’s Complex Legacy
Definition of an activist judge: "Rehnquist saw himself as a partisan. When he came to the court in 1971 (as an associate justice), he came with an agenda
The Inhuman Side of CIA’s Torture Tactics
There is a long list of officials, including President Obama himself, who are guilty of ensuring that no one will be held accountable for the cruel abuses
UC Berkeley’s John Yoo Torture Suit Tossed Out
By Bob Egelko SF Chronicle, May 3, 2012 John Yoo, a law professor at the University of California at Berkeley, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington in
Kris Kobach, Nativist Son – The Legal Mastermind Behind the Wave of Anti-Immigration Laws Sweeping the Country
By Suzy Khimm Mother Jones, March/April 2012 Issue If there's a controversial new anti-immigration law that's captured national attention, chances are tha
CIA Experiments on "War on Terror" Detainees
By Jeffrey Kaye Op-Ed News | February 16, 2011 A National Research Council (NRC) 2008 report on a conference on Emerging Cognitive Neuroscience and Relate
Patterns of Misconduct FBI Intelligence Violations, 2001-2008 (EFF Report)
Electronic Frontier Foundation Table Of Contents Executive Summary Introduction The Intelligence Oversight Board FBI Intelligence Violations
Meet the Conservative U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
mediamatters.org | July 09, 2010 Media figures have emphasized the fact that the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights is technically "bipartisan" to hype its i
Buffett’s Puppet (4) Ben Nelson, Neo-Con
Ben Nelson: Now More Conservative Than Ever ByBrian Beutler | TPM Muckraker | May 25, 2009 If you read this site fairly regularly, you might be think
CIA Death at Salt Pit gets Fresh Attention
By Jeff Stein Washington Post | April 2, 2010 The story of a prisoner’s death eight years ago at the Salt Pit, a secret CIA facility in Afghanistan, i
We Have Met the Nazis, and They are Us
CIA atrocities revealed to a national shrug By Ted Rall Boise Weekly, September 9, 2009 Godwin's Law be damned--it's impossible to read the newly releas
Dealing With The Secret Government
"... But a growing chorus of voices, some of whom served on the original committee and some of whom currently occupy oversight positions in Congress, have
Jane Harman What the CIA didn’t Tell Congress
BY JANE HARMANMiami HeraldJul. 30, 2009 As ranking member on the House Intelligence Committee from 2003 to 2006, I was part of the so-called Gang of Eight
Ex-CIA agent Zubaydah waterboarded before DoJ memos approved
Posted by Desta BishuEthiopian ReviewJuly 26th, 2009A former U.S. intelligence agent said in a report published Monday that terror suspect Abu Zubaydah was
By Sanctioning Torture, Obama becomes a War Criminal/Bush Officials Try to Alter Ethics Report
Bush Administration Torture Reveals How Deceptive Politics As Usual In Washington Has BecomeBill LindnerMay 09, 2009After slithering out of Washington once
CIA Inspector General’s Report on Torture to Be Released?
By SPENCER ACKERMAN 5/11/09... The Obama administration is looking to declassify a 2004 CIA inspector general’s report that laid out grave doubts about t
CIA “Whistle-Blower” Michael Scheuer is Pro-Torture/Washington Post and CIA “Joined at the Hip”
CIA And The Washington Post: Joined At The Hip By Melvin A. Goodman www.pubrecord.org 27 April 2009 Under the stewardship of Fred Hiatt, the editorial and