Commentary

Iran’s Bomb: Haven’t We Been Here Before?

Iran’s Bomb: Haven’t We Been Here Before? »

I am far from any kind of expert in nuclear weapons development, so I could be 180 degrees wrong. But I have a growing sense that the increasingly ominous reports about Iran’s A-bomb aspirations mimic a story I’ve heard before. It was in 2002 and 2003, when the drumbeats of impending war were being pounded [...]...

February 7 2012 / No comment / Read More »

World

How Did An Al-Qaeda Magazine Get Into Guantanamo? That’s A Secret, Pentagon Says »

How Did An Al-Qaeda Magazine Get Into Guantanamo? That’s A Secret, Pentagon Says

This report was originally published on Truthout. The Pentagon won’t release any details of an investigation initiated by the commander of the Guantanamo Bay...

Feb 4 2012 / 3 comments / Read More »

Torture

Former Guantanamo Detainee Forcibly Repatriated To Algeria By US Sentenced To Prison »

Former Guantanamo Detainee Forcibly Repatriated To Algeria By US Sentenced To Prison

This story was originally published on Truthout. The UK action charity Reprieve, whose attorneys represent over a dozen prisoners at Guantánamo Bay, reports that...

Feb 1 2012 / No comment / Read More »

World

What We Left Behind In Iraq »

What We Left Behind In Iraq

Human Rights Watch is charging that, despite U.S. government assurances that it helped create a stable democracy, the reality is that it left behind...

Jan 30 2012 / No comment / Read More »

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Law

Government Now Says High-Value Detainee Abu Zubaydah Never Member Of Al-Qaeda »

Government Now Says High-Value Detainee Abu Zubaydah Never Member Of Al-Qaeda

This exclusive report was originally published by Truthout on March 30, 2010. It was written by investigative reporter Jason Leopold. The Justice Department has quietly recanted nearly every major claim the Bush administration made about Abu Zubaydah the alleged al-Qaeda leader who was the first...

Jan 28 2012 / No comment / Read More »

World

Baltasar Garzón: The Man Who Refuses Silence »

Baltasar Garzón: The Man Who Refuses Silence

The Spanish Judge whose work triggered the investigation that nabbed Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet back in 1998 believes that Spain could bring charges against six Bush Jr. administration officials for clearing the way for the use of torture during the Iraq war – but he...

Jan 25 2012 / 3 comments / Read More »

Law

Was “Smuggling” Charge Leveled Against Military Lawyer To Justify New Guantanamo Inspection Policy? »

Was “Smuggling” Charge Leveled Against Military Lawyer To Justify New Guantanamo Inspection Policy?

This report was written by investigative reporter Jason Leopold and originally published on Truthout. Early last month, Air Force Capt. Michael Schwartz was summoned into the office of Rear Adm. David Woods, the new commander of Guantanamo, and was accused of “smuggling” into the detention...

Jan 23 2012 / No comment / Read More »

Commentary

The Royal Stall »

The Royal Stall

While unarmed civilians die on Bahrain’s streets, the king of the tiny oil-rich nation continues to tell his people he is eager for dialogue and refuses entry to a prominent human rights champion from the U.S. Denied a visa was Richard Sollom, deputy president of...

Jan 22 2012 / 12 comments / Read More »

Religion

Liars For Yahweh! How The Tikun Olam Charter School Got A $600,000 Federal Grant »

Liars For Yahweh! How The Tikun Olam Charter School Got A $600,000 Federal Grant

Question: How does a charter school whose multiple applications have been riddled with lies and misrepresentations and has been rejected three times by a state education department get approved for a $600,000 grant from the federal government? Answer: The federal government admittedly does not routinely...

Jan 21 2012 / No comment / Read More »

Commentary

ElBaradei’s Anguish »

ElBaradei’s Anguish

After months of performing like Egypt’s Cinderella leader, jet-setting between Cairo and his old home in Vienna, Mohamed ElBaradei has finally reached the limits of his frustration. At a press conference last week, ElBaradei said the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, which took over...

Jan 21 2012 / No comment / Read More »

Nation

Revealed: The FBI’s Secretive Practice Of “Blackballing” Files Requested Under FOIA »

Revealed: The FBI’s Secretive Practice Of “Blackballing” Files Requested Under FOIA

This exclusive report was written by Jason Leopold and originally publishedon Truthout Have you ever filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the FBI and received a written response from the agency stating that it could not locate records responsive to your request?...

Jan 18 2012 / No comment / Read More »
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