Torture.gov

Torture is,A brutal crime;Which we permit,From time to time. As we all know, the United States doesn’t torture. Within our own borders. Anymore. That we talk about. OK, some rogue members of the military, and a few unsupervised intelligence agents now and again,...
Eight Years of Guantanamo: What’s Changed?

Eight Years of Guantanamo: What’s Changed?

The first 20 detainees arrived at Guantánamo’s Camp X-Ray eight years ago, on January 11, 2002. Just over seven years later, President Barack Obama—on his second full day after taking office—issued an order to shut the prison within a year. His rhetoric was...