On his first day in office, President Barack Obama promised that he would close the Bush-era prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, "as soon as…

These days, it’s virtually impossible to escape the world of torture the Bush administration constructed. Whether we like it or not, almost…

Just when you think you’ve woken up from a bad dream… When it comes to offshore injustice and secret prisons, especially our…

Sometimes a little stroll through history can have its uses. Take, as an example, the continuing debate over torture in post-9/11 America.…

“Some people have said, we ought to close Guantanamo. My view is, we ought to double Guantanamo.” — Mitt Romney, Republican presidential…

For Americans, it should be startling to see the word “detainee” suddenly appear in a different country, on a different continent, and…

A surprising number of Americans of note are in agreement. Guantanamo should be closed. The New York Times and the human rights…

Several weeks ago, I took the infamous media tour of the facilities at Guantanamo. From the moment I arrived on a dilapidated…

Imagine my disappointment. Two long-awaited Pentagon reports on detainee policy had finally reached public view: the Jacoby Report on Afghanistan and the…

Last month, Americans were given a new and persuasive reason for objecting to the use of torture as a tool in administration…