American Credibility on Trial
Was one of the youngest prisoners at Guantánamo rushed to court by the Bush administration for political reasons? [...more]
Was one of the youngest prisoners at Guantánamo rushed to court by the Bush administration for political reasons? [...more]
The Bush administration's treatment of juvenile prisoners shipped to Guantánamo Bay defies logic as well as international law. [...more]
In May 2005, FBI Deputy Assistant Director for Counterterrorism John Lewis told a Senate panel that ecoterrorism is "one of today's most serious domestic terrorism threats." Then the FBI's James Jarboe estimated that two organizations (the Earth Liberation Front - ELF and Animal Liberation Front - ALF) committed over 600 criminal acts since 1996, causing over $43 million in damage. For his part, Lewis said both groups committed more than 1100 such acts since 1976, "conservatively" resulting in around $110 million in damages. [...more]
According to the Southern Poverty Law Centre, which tracks hate groups, their number has increased by a dramatic 48 per cent since 2000. At the same time the FBI says that hate crimes against Latinos jumped 35 per cent between 2003 and 2006. [...more]
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request today with the Departments of Justice and Defense for the release of a report on a long-running investigation of the FBI's role in the unlawful interrogations of detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantánamo Bay. The Justice Department's Office of Inspector General (OIG) launched the investigation after internal government documents - uncovered by an ACLU lawsuit - revealed that FBI agents stationed at Guantánamo Bay expressed concern after witnessing military interrogators' use of brutal interrogation techniques. [...more]
At the beginning of a year that brings together the Beijing Olympics and the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, David Ransom assesses the damage done by the ‘War on Terror’ to the one race that really counts. [...more]
If Washington turned its definition of terror on the U.S., America could rise to the top of its own most-wanted list. [...more]