September 11 Aftermath
Torture and Washington's policy of aggressive war
By Alex Lantier, April 27, 2009
The use of torture is itself inseparable from the central criminal act that was sanctioned by the entire US political establishment--the launching of illegal and aggressive wars in Iraq and Afghanista...
New York man receives 6-year “terror” sentence for Hezbollah TV broadcasts
By Peter Daniels, April 27, 2009
A New York man was sentenced last week to 69 months in prison on charges of assisting Hezbollah, the mass-based Lebanese Shiite movement, by providing satellite television services that included broad...
Democratic defender of NSA spying was wiretapped in Israeli spy probe
By Bill Van Auken, April 22, 2009
The revelation has further exposed the internecine struggles within the US state apparatus as well as the intimate involvement of the Democratic Party and the media in the assault on democratic rights...
Torture memos provoke deepening political crisis
By Tom Eley, April 22, 2009
The Obama administration has made repeated assurances that it will not investigate top Bush administration officials or CIA agents, while leaving open the possibility of a whitewash commission.
White House bars prosecution of Bush officials who authorized torture
By Patrick Martin, April 20, 2009
President Barack Obama opposes prosecution of the Bush administration officials who authorized torture of CIA prisoners and wrote the documents laying out the pseudo-legal justification for this abuse...
More revelations from Bush torture memos
By Tom Eley, April 20, 2009
The full release of Bush administration torture memos provide overwhelming evidence of horrific crimes, organized from the White House, perpetrated on prisoners at “black sites” around the world.
Obama exonerates CIA torturers
By Patrick Martin, April 17, 2009
By declaring an amnesty for those who carried out actions that—even according to the Obama administration—constituted torture and were illegal, the White House is sanctioning criminal activity by ...
The “anti-terror” arrests in northwest England: what really lies behind them?
By Julie Hyland, April 15, 2009
One week after a series of high profile arrests, little evidence has come to light of plans for the mass terrorist atrocity that supposedly triggered the detentions.
Canada defends ban on British anti-war MP
By Keith Jones, March 26, 2009
Lawyers for British anti-war MP George Galloway are mounting a court challenge to a Canadian government order that prohibits him from entering the country on the grounds he is a “national security...
Britain: Right-wing campaign waged against freed Guantánamo detainee
By Robert Stevens, March 18, 2009
The Conservative Party is leading a right-wing campaign against Guantánamo torture victim Binyam Mohamed.
A change in name only
Obama administration ends use of “enemy combatant” designation
By Tom Eley, March 16, 2009
In a court filing Friday, the Obama administration abandoned the Bush administration's legal designation of “enemy combatant.” However, the filing defended the president's right to seize and hold ...
Binyam Mohamed free after years of imprisonment and torture
By Robert Stevens, March 5, 2009
Binyam Mohamed, finally released from Guantánamo Bay, has accused British intelligence of complicity in his torture.
