CNN Presented a Syrian Jailer as a Torture Survivor
The fiasco around the “Syrian prisoner” filmed by CNN demonstrates that sometimes institutions aren’t the best judges of misinformation.
Torture
Court Rules That the Government Can Hide Its Own Report on CIA Torture
The executive branch and the Senate have played hot potato with an infamous torture report, allowing the CIA to evade the Freedom of Information Act.
The 9/11 Plotters Should Have Been Found Guilty in a Real Court
War on Terror fears and the CIA’s torture program kept Khalid Sheikh Mohammed out of civilian courts—and prevented true justice from being served.
Alabama Discovers There Is No 'Humane' Way To Execute Someone
Instead of searching for gentle execution methods, states should just stop killing prisoners.
'The Most Horrible Thing I've Ever Seen': Alabama Executes Inmate With Experimental Method
Kenneth Eugene Smith was likely the first person in the world to be executed by nitrogen hypoxia.
In Utah Senate Race, Evan McMullin Has To Reckon With an Ugly History
In a campaign where much of the focus has been on Donald Trump and January 6, McMullin's CIA career deserves more interrogation.
A Psychiatric Facility Punishes Residents With Painful Electric Shocks. Now It's Trying To Sue Its Critics.
The Judge Rotenberg Center, which has been condemned by the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, is suing a small nonprofit for defamation after they published a survey critical of the school's practices.
Supreme Court Rules the CIA Can Keep Mouths Shut About Its Post-9/11 Torture Black Sites
All of this is a transparent effort to stop lawsuits from those who have been tortured.
The Card Counter Is an Unexpectedly Powerful Anti-War Film
Paul Schrader's story of an ex-military torturer is a searing tale of violence and redemption.
A Declassified Case Against Torture
Retired FBI agent Ali Soufan argues that the agency's thirst for torture made it harder to protect Americans.
Will Obama Torture Apologists Make a Triumphant Return to Joe Biden's White House?
His rumored candidate for CIA director, Michael Morell, is raising alarms.
Welcome to Chechnya
The documentary follows the harrowing efforts of activists running what is essentially a modern underground railroad to help at-risk gay citizens flee the country.
The Report
Amazon Prime's new show attempts to dramatize the "enhanced interrogations" that took place under President George W. Bush as well as the Obama administration's failure to hold anybody to account.
To See How Our Last 'War on Terror' Went Awry, Watch The Report
The CIA and its defenders insisted that torture would help keep America safe. They were wrong.
Can Adam Driver Make Americans Care About CIA Torture Again?
A new movie, The Report, documents the Senate struggle to inform the public about our wartime waterboarding and "enhanced interrogations."
Nobody Should Be Placed in Solitary Confinement—Not Even Paul Manafort
Paul Manafort isn’t deserving of torture. Neither was Kalief Browder.
Millennial News Site Thinks the CIA Being Run Entirely by Women Is a Progressive Victory
This is not the first time generic "yaaassss slay kween" feminism has been used to obscure an awful person's record.
Jon Burge, Chicago's Most Famous Corrupt Cop, Is Dead at 70
Credibly accused, but never actually convicted, of torturing dozens of people to force confessions
John McCain's Lessons About Torture
The senator was wrong about plenty, but not about the immorality of inflicting cruelty on prostrate detainees.
John McCain, the Senate's Most Influential Hawk, Is Dead
The late Arizona senator's relentless energy and patriotic sense of honor led him to heroic acts of defiance, but also misguided support for disastrous foreign interventions.
James Clapper Thinks Americans Are Dumb Enough to Vote for Trump Because of Facebook Ads
The former head of our intelligence agencies thinks we're all easily manipulated rubes. Is that why he lied to the Senate?
Top LGBT Magazine Invokes 'HerStory' Covering Gina Haspel's Swearing In and Gets Smacked Down
Many aren't willing to ignore her ties to torture just because of her sex.
Senators Want to See Secret Torture Memo Before Haspel's Confirmation
As the Senate prepares to vote on Gina Haspel's nomination, senators call for more transparency on torture and her role in it.
Is Trump Just Doing the Crazy Things Republicans Always Promised?: Podcast
From ripping families apart to nominating a torture-enabler as CIA director, the administration is calling the GOP's bluff, Reason editors argue.
Gina Haspel, Susan Collins, and the Folly of the 'Good Soldier' Defense of Torture
Haspel's defenders say she was just following protocol when she oversaw the waterboarding of a suspected al-Qaeda operative. That's not good enough.
Gina Haspel's Confirmation Hearing Is a Reckoning for America's Use of Torture During the War on Terror
"It says that it's OK to engage in war crimes and crimes against humanity, and if you do it, you'll get promoted."
Rand Paul Threatens to Filibuster Trump's CIA Pick, Because Torture: Podcast
Plus: Facebook goes after Trump's social media firm, and Trump tiptoes toward a trade war.
Trump to Rex Tillerson: Someone Has Told You That You're Fired!
Secretary of State replaced by CIA Director Mike Pompeo, who is replaced by torture aficionado Gina Haspel.
You Won't Read a Full Accounting of America's Use of Waterboarding and Torture Anytime Soon
Supreme Court turns away transparency lawsuit trying to force release of Senate report.
Bravo to Rand Paul for Saying President Trump Is Wrong, Torture Doesn't Work
'It's currently against the law and I hope it will remain against the law.'
Will Trump Really Bring Back CIA 'Black Sites'? Even If He Wants To, He Might Not Need To
The Trump administration can always outsource its dirty work to allies.
CIA 'Black Sites' Could Be Back Soon, Per Leaked Trump Administration Draft Order
The secret prisons used by the CIA during the Bush administration-where torture took place-could get a Trump-era reboot.
Obama Preserves Torture Report While Keeping It Secret
Will we ever truly know the full extent that we used waterboarding and abusive techniques on prisoners during the war on terror?
Trump Says He's Not Sure Torture Works but Might Use It Anyway
The president-elect reserves the right to torture terrorism suspects for revenge.
President Donald Trump Could Make Military Interrogations Medieval Again
The next commander-in-chief could legally bring back torture.
Chicago Police Torture Archive To Go Online In Early 2017
Transparency of decades of Chicago PD abuse is almost here.
The ACLU Counts the Ways Trump Would Violate Civil Liberties
On immigration, surveillance, torture, and press freedom, Trump's ideas are not just bad-they're unconstitutional.
Will We Ever Truly Know the Extent of CIA Torture During the War on Terror?
Copy of Senate report 'mistakenly' gets destroyed as government successfully resists release.
Let Us Be Skeptical of the CIA's Support for Limits on Interrogations
Remember the role they played in Zero Dark Thirty, used to publicly justify waterboarding
Donald Trump Walks Back His Pro-War Crimes Stance
Republican front-runner says he "will not order a military officer to disobey the law."
Obama Is Guilty of Executive Overreach, Says Lawyer Who Authored Bush Torture Memos
John Yoo thinks the president should have virtually limitless war-making powers.
Experts Quietly Admit to Senate Torture Report's Accuracy, But Does Anybody Care Anymore?
We have a presidential frontrunner who openly embraces abusing prisoners.
New York Rolls Back Solitary Confinement
The most successful solitary confinement reform this year will release 1,000 prisoners.
Showtime Documentary Presses CIA Leaders on Drones, Torture
The Spymasters helps viewers understand the mindset behind controversial decisions.
Edward Snowden's Lawyer on the Government's War on Whistleblowers
Jesselyn Radack reveals what happens when whistleblowers go through those "proper channels" we're always hearing about.
