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CIA Confirms 12 of 92 Videotapes Destroyed Showed Prisoners Tortured
Heavily redacted government documents filed in a New York federal court Friday afternoon say the CIA destroyed 12 videotapes that specifically showed two detainees being tortured. The documents were filed in response to a
Read More »ACLU: Md. police kept files on 20 activist groups
FREDERICK, Md. - The American Civil Liberties Union said yesterday that it had obtained records showing the Maryland State Police kept files on at least 20 groups the police considered potential security threats. The list
Read More »UN expert wants Gitmo probe before camp closes
By FRANK JORDANS | GENEVA – A U.N. human rights expert applauded the Obama administration Tuesday for pledging to turn a page in U.S. history by closing the Guantanamo Bay prison, but said the
Read More »No freedom here
By John Pilger | FREEDOM is being lost in Britain. The land of Magna Carta is now the land of secret gagging orders, secret trials and imprisonment. The government will soon know about every
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