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China on Friday lashed out at the United States for prisoner abuse at “black sites,” calling its “enhanced interrogation techniques” brutal and horrifying. The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has set up these black sites in many countries under the pretext of its “War on Terror.” Alleged terrorists are secretly placed in arbitrary detention and […]
Ukrainian government says this was the first one-for-one exchange of captured troops since Russia’s invasion began a month ago. Ukrainian and Russian forces have exchanged prisoners, in what Ukraine said was the first soldier-for-soldier swap since Vladimir Putin, president of Russia, ordered troops into the neighbouring country late last month. “Following an order from President […]
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CNN — A Kentucky prisoner who pulled people from the rubble of a collapsed candle factory in December was honored by a local sheriff last week for going “above and beyond” to help people.
Gibney (who again narrates the film) manages to interview several key players in the counter-terrorism fight, meticulously documenting the extent to which the government compromised established guardrails in the name of safety and security. Lawrence Wilkerson, Colin Powell’s former chief of staff, says the stunning nature of the Sept. 11 attacks “made us stupid.” The […]
*This article contains sensitive topics including torture, rape and terrorism. The U.S. military jury has officially addressed and condemned the torture practiced by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) while investigating the Sept. 11 attacks. The handwritten letter was signed by seven senior military officers who heard the graphic descriptions of the treatment posed by the […]
FORT MEADE, Md. — A Guantanamo Bay prisoner who went through the brutal U.S. government interrogation program after the 9/11 attacks described it openly for the first time Thursday, saying he was left terrified and hallucinating from techniques that the CIA long sought to keep secret. Majid Khan, a former resident of the Baltimore suburbs […]