If Chile, Argentina, Guatemala, and South Africa could have Truth Commissions, then certainly that great bastion of democracy and human rights, the United States, can do no less. Torture cannot be allowed to go unpunished, no matter how painful and humiliating its exposure might be to our country.
If George W. Bush and Dick Cheney authorized torture, as seems the case, then they are guilty of terrible crimes and must be brought to justice.
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
Once seen as a lunatic fringe, reactionary anti-women groups are courting respectability
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