ACLU Studio: A Fall from Grace, or Business as Usual at Guantánamo?
Many people saw the torture and abuse of prisoners and indefinite detention at Guantánamo Bay in the wake of 9/11 as a fall from grace. Harvard Historian, Jonathan Hansen disagrees. “America,” he says, “scarcely has any gra...
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ACLU Studio: Former FBI Special Agent Disagrees with Cheney’s Tortured Logic
For nearly 10 years, Ali Soufan helped fight the United States’ secret war on terror, gathering intelligence and interrogating prisoners as an FBI Special Agent. Soufan claims that former Vice President Dick Cheney’s insistence that waterboarding was effective is flat-out wrong.
For nearly 10 years, Ali Soufan helped fight the United States’ secret war on terror, gathering intelligence and interrogating prisoners as an FBI Special Agent. Soufan claims that former Vice President Dick Cheney’s insistence that waterboarding was effective is flat-out wrong.
Soufan’s new book, The Black Banners: The Inside Story of 9/11 and the War Against Al-Qaeda reveals the faulty logic of Cheney and members of the Bush administration who still feel that it was justifiable for the United States to torture.
Ali Soufan talks with ACLU Deputy Legal Director, Jameel Jaffer in our latest episode of ACLU Studio.
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Cheney Digs in on Legacy of Torture
Former Vice President Dick Cheney's brazenness is again on display this week as he promotes his new book In My Time. His comments in a recent interview coupled with excerpts from the book have served as a jarring reminder of the lack of accountab...
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Waterboarding Redux: Anthony Romero Takes on Yoo, Gonzales Over Bush-Era "Lawlessness"
The Aspen Security Forum never lacks for high-powered panelists for its annual discussions on homeland security. The July 30 session featuring ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero was no exception. For a discussion on The Rule of Law and the War o...
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