gwot One of the CIA's waterboarding torturers called himself "The Preacher" and shouted religious nonsense while performing executions Cory Doctorow
corruption CIA black-site torture survivors sue shrinks who made $85M overseeing CIA torture program Cory Doctorow
guantanamo Why today's court decision ordering release of Guantanamo force-feeding videos matters Barry Eisler
human rights Doctors were compelled by US military and CIA to harm detainees, report says Xeni Jardin
guantanamo Yasiin Bey, formerly actor/rapper Mos Def, is force-fed Guantanamo style to illustrate cruel procedure Xeni Jardin
politics Seven steps to learning to love US torture and detention policies, via "Zero Dark Thirty" Xeni Jardin
books At Gitmo, ‘Fresh Prince’ replaces Harry Potter as entertainment most requested by detainees Xeni Jardin
happy mutants Republic of Lies: the rise of conspiratorial thinking and the actual conspiracies that fuel it Cory Doctorow
carceral state Edelman PR drops GEO Group after employee revolt at the prospect of laundering the reputation of private US concentration camps Cory Doctorow
trumpism Grifty conservative PACs raised millions pushing racist Obama conspiracies to elderly, low-income supporters, then kept almost all of it Cory Doctorow
trumpism Molly Crabapple's illustrated report from the immigration detention Gulags of Texas Cory Doctorow
germany Germany's top domestic spy advised far right xenophobic political party on how to avoid being billed as "extremists" Cory Doctorow
News Haspel now likely to get CIA boss confirmation. Thanks, Democratic senators. You had one job. Xeni Jardin
politics A hive of scum and villainy: meet the right-wing "Democrats" the DCCC is planning to win 2018 with Cory Doctorow
music Discover the joy of watching a guitarist hear Stevie Ray Vaughan for the first time Seamus Bellamy
Business Two of the Chicago airport cops who beat up Dr David Dao got fired for lying about it (but not for the beating) Cory Doctorow
