By Andy Worthington Friday was the start of the holy month of Ramadan, and it seems to me that, for both Muslims and non-Muslims alike, there is no better time to send…
The Obama GITMO Myth
by Glenn Greenwald | July 23, 2013 “New vindictive restrictions on detainees highlights the falsity of Obama defenders regarding closing the camp” Most of the 168 detainees at Guantanamo have been imprisoned…
Pentagon, CIA Sued for Lethal Drone Attacks on U.S. Citizens
“the question is whether the government is justified in killing without charging them or trying them for anything.” By David Kravets Survivors of three Americans killed by targeted drone attacks in Yemen…
For Obama’s Lethal Presidency, New Suit Aims at Justice
Abdulrahman al-Awlaki, the 16 yr. old American who was killed in Yemen by a drone strike. By Tom Junod It was a pre-emptive strike against a pre-emptive strike. When Nasser al-Awlaki found…
Pentagon Report into the Drugging of Guantánamo Prisoners Is Released
…a depressing story of prisoners at Guantánamo being given given powerful anti-psychotic medication and then, on occasions, interrogated, even though they were in no fit state to answer questions competently. By Andy…
The Lethal Presidency of Barack Obama
In a thorough and important article in Esquire, author Tom Junod explores and exposes the Obama administrations policy of "targeted killings". "John Brennan presents each decision as something like a symposium –…
Stop Stop and Frisk! Drop the Charges Against the Protesters!
from the New York Chapter of World Can’t Wait The synergy created by the Fathers Day Silent March against "Stop and Frisk," the Center for Constitutional Rights’ class action lawsuit against the…
The Cowardice of the Drone Pilots
by Glenn Greenwald The effort to depict drone warfare as some sort of courageous and noble act is intensifying: The Pentagon is considering awarding a Distinguished Warfare Medal to drone pilots who work on…
U.S. Drugging of Detainees
From Candace Gorman’s Guantanamo blog: Jason Leopold and Jeffery Kaye are out with a new report today, on the use of mind altering drugs on detainees while they were being interrogated by…
Afghans Alarmed at U.S. Plans for Bagram Torture Center
from the International Justice Network New York, NY – On June 4, 2012, National Public Radio (NPR) reported on the growing alarm among Afghans over the unlawful implementation of an administrative detention…