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Torture
June 5, 2023
Prem Thakker
Showtime Mysteriously Pulls Documentary on Ron DeSantis’s Role in Guantánamo
A Vice episode was set to dig into DeSantis’s time as an officer at torture camp Guantánamo Bay. It was quietly dropped.
July 4, 2022
Matt Ford
Impunity Had a Great Year at the Supreme Court
The justices consistently ruled against plaintiffs who had their constitutional rights violated—and, in some cases, their bodies abused—by police, the Border Patrol, and the CIA.
August 5, 2021
Magazine
Patrick Iber
How the War on Terror Undermined American Democracy
Spencer Ackerman’s new book argues that the forever wars created the conditions for Trump’s rise.
March 15, 2018
Sarah Jones
Donald Trump Is the New George W. Bush
The rehabilitation of the worst Bush-era offenders underscores that Trump represents a continuity—not a break—with the past.
March 15, 2018
Marcy Wheeler
Congressional Oversight of the Intelligence Community Is Broken
The response to the Russia investigation and Gina Haspel’s CIA nomination reveals a watchdog complicit in protecting the president from accountability.
March 13, 2018
Sarah Jones
Gina Haspel, Trump’s pick to head the CIA, played a leading role in Bush’s torture regime.
February 7, 2017
Laura Reston
Trump’s Stance on Torture Is Still Dangerous
Even if the president doesn't bring back black sites, his rhetoric is a menace unto itself.
February 6, 2017
Brian Beutler
President Trump is so out of line that George W. Bush’s torture lawyer is like, “damn, that guy is out of line!”
January 26, 2017
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump is going at a blistering pace. How long can he keep it up?
January 25, 2017
Alex Shephard
Whether or not torture “works” is beside the point. (Also, it doesn’t work.)
November 1, 2016
Graham Vyse
Reminder: Trump Still Wants to Bring Back Torture, Build a Wall, and Deport Millions
The election is in a week, and the Republican nominee's policies have never been clearer—or more frightening.
September 22, 2016
Jacob Silverman
The CIA Road Show
How the intelligence community has used "transparency" to create perfectly dull political theater.
August 23, 2016
Ali Gharib
The Fog of Unknowing
How perpetual ignorance shapes the never-ending war on terror.
May 16, 2016
Alex Shephard
The CIA is trying to make the Torture Report disappear.
March 28, 2016
Steven Cohen
History is not being kind to President Obama’s decision not to prosecute the crimes of the Bush White House.
February 7, 2016
Gwyneth Kelly
Nearly everyone at the GOP debate thinks bringing back waterboarding is a great idea.
December 16, 2014
Brian Beutler
Obama's Approach to the Bush Torture Regime Has Failed
December 12, 2014
Jessica Schulberg
It's Depressing How Many Americans Still Support Torture
December 11, 2014
Jessica Schulberg
CIA Director John Brennan Just Accidentally Undermined Guantánamo's War Court
December 11, 2014
Yishai Schwartz
We Will Never Know Whether Torture Works. That Shouldn't Matter.
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