Why lawyers for accused terrorists aren’t, er, terrorists
A piece I worked on during my last two months in the States just appeared on the CSM’s website. It’s about lawyers who defend…
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Why German homeschoolers get asylum and torture survivors don’t
I don’t know, actually. Maybe Uwe Romeike got lucky? Maybe asylum is starting to change? Maybe judges like evangelicals? Or white people better than…
Read More‘How we know waterboarding works,’ by the CIA
Remember that guy who went on ABC and said, “Waterboarding works. One douse, and this al Qaeda guy totally opened up.” (Okay, maybe it…
Read MoreSo much for the Interrogators-Gone-Wild defense
The New York Times finally made it through the newest set of newly released documents on CIA interrogations and concludes that they suggest —…
Read MoreEt cetera, and some good reading
The list of things to blog about is long, but time has been short lately, and this blog, if I would let it, would…
Read MoreThe unintended consequences of American torture
This week, I’ve been reading The Translator by Daoud Hari. Hari spent a few years fixing and translating for Western journalists covering the conflict…
Read MoreTorture photos we apparently don't need to see
Here’s a video of Obama explaining why he’s refused to allow the release, which would no doubt lead to the publication, aggregation, blogging, tweeting,…
Read MoreMonday morning…humor?
Unclear, and probably depends upon your personal affinity for irony and/or your admiration for George Orwell. But apparently there is a face-off happening between…
Read MoreOn torture, from around the blogosphere
It is a topic of distraction, in part because of the news, and in part because of my most recent piece. Here’s an insightful…
Read MoreMaybe Bush won't get away with torture after all
Here’s a story from Salon today, suggesting that an Obama administration may investigate–and I wonder, prosecute?–Bush and his subordinates for their pursuit of harsh…
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