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Obama Delivers Major Foreign Policy Speech on Drones, Targeted Killing, Guantánamo

Obama Delivers Major Foreign Policy Speech on Drones, Targeted Killing, Guantánamo

President Barack Obama delivered a major foreign policy speech on Thursday in which he addressed hot-button issues including drones,..

May 23, 2013 with 0 Comments
New York Times Calls Guantánamo Bay a “Political Prison”

New York Times Calls Guantánamo Bay a “Political Prison”

The New York Times published an editorial on Thursday in which it called the US military detention center at Guantánamo Bay..

April 27, 2013 with 0 Comments
Senate Approves 6,000-Page CIA Torture Report, Feinstein Cites “Terrible Mistakes”

Senate Approves 6,000-Page CIA Torture Report, Feinstein Cites “Terrible Mistakes”

The Senate Intelligence Committee voted 9-6 on Thursday to approve the findings of a report on the Central Intelligence Agency’s..

December 14, 2012 with 0 Comments
GITMO Judge James Pohl Orders Blackout of All 9/11 Terror Suspects’ Torture Testimony

GITMO Judge James Pohl Orders Blackout of All 9/11 Terror Suspects’ Torture Testimony

The judge presiding over the Guantánamo Bay military commission 9/11 trial has approved a government request to censor all testimony from..

December 13, 2012 with 0 Comments
US Admits to Imprisoning Hundreds of Afghan Children

US Admits to Imprisoning Hundreds of Afghan Children

The United States has admitted to imprisoning hundreds of Afghan children as ‘enemy combatants’ in a report to the United..

December 10, 2012 with 0 Comments
Wikileaks Suspect Bradley Manning Testifies about Inhumane Prison Treatment

Wikileaks Suspect Bradley Manning Testifies about Inhumane Prison Treatment

Bradley Manning, the US Army private accused of leaking classified military and diplomatic material to the whistleblowing website..

December 1, 2012 with 1 Comment
Senate Bans Indefinite Detention of Americans on US Soil– with Major Caveat

Senate Bans Indefinite Detention of Americans on US Soil– with Major Caveat

The US Senate voted Thursday to ban the indefinite detention of Americans and lawful US residents on domestic soil, but not of foreigners..

December 1, 2012 with 0 Comments
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Is Right

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Is Right

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 terror attacks which killed nearly 3,000 people in the United States in 2001,..

October 18, 2012 with 0 Comments
US Supreme Court Slams Door on Justice for Guantánamo Detainees, Half of Whom Are Cleared for Release

US Supreme Court Slams Door on Justice for Guantánamo Detainees, Half of Whom Are Cleared for Release

The Supreme Court has slammed the door on justice for detainees at the US military prison at Guantánamo Bay by refusing to hear any new..

June 12, 2012 with 0 Comments
Sgt. Joel Morgan; Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Veteran, Suing Pacifist Landlord Janice Roberts for Rental Discrimination

Sgt. Joel Morgan; Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Veteran, Suing Pacifist Landlord Janice Roberts for Rental Discrimination

A National Guardsman who served in Iraq, Afghanistan and at Guantanamo Bay is suing a Massachusetts landlord who he claims discriminated..

June 4, 2012 with 4 Comments
Douche Du Jour
  • Texas Judge John Roach Jr. Forces Lesbian Couple Carolyn Compton and Page Price to Live Separately or Lose Children
  • Illinois Man David Beckman Accused of Deadly Sex Abuse of Peacock
  • Jodi Arias Guilty of First-Degree Murder; Says “Death Is the Ultimate Freedom”
  • Air Force Sexual Assault Prevention Chief Arrested for Sexual Battery ahead of Senate Committee Meeting
  • New Mexico Police: Ashlee Gurule and Jennifer McKee Seduced Maurice Gonzalez, Killed Him for His Car
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