Under Obama, whistleblowers face a total of 751 months behind bars — compared to 24 months for all other whistleblowers combined since the American Revolution.
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‘Being Tortured Has Been the Best Experience of My Life’
Call it blowback: How one Salvadoran union organizer survived torture by U.S.-backed security forces and took his activism north of the border.
Bush-Era Torture Apologists Are Releasing a Book to Whitewash Their Crimes
They can call it anything they want, but the CIA tortured its prisoners. And that’s a crime against humanity.
Finally, Science Beginning to Prove Torture Doesn’t Work
The stress of torture degrades memory and the functioning of the mind.
There’s Still Time to Prosecute the Torturers
I served two years in prison for exposing the CIA’s torture program. Why are the men responsible for it walking free?
Letter to Loretto
Torture whistleblower John Kiriakou bids farewell to incarceration and moves on with his life.
A Letter to My Grandson
Someday in the distant future, I hope you’ll read this letter and smile indulgently at my worst fears.
10 Things to Know About the GOP’s ‘Iran Letter’ Sponsor
From Guantanamo to Iran and food stamps to women’s rights, Senator Tom Cotton is a dangerous dude.
Why ISIS Exists
In the U.S. war on Iraq, hundreds of thousands died the sort of deaths that, if broadcast in an ISIS video, would have inflamed international opinion.
Six Americans Who Said No to Torture
Meet six heroes who defied the military and the CIA to defy and expose America’s illegal torture program.