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16 Oct 2007, 8:40 am
Indeed, after World War II, U.S. military commissions prosecuted and severely punished enemy soldiers for having subjected American prisoners to waterboarding, as well as other techniques used by the CIA in recent years such as sleep deprivation, forced standing, and removal of clothing. [read post]
16 Feb 2016, 2:15 pm
As we explain in our brief, torture is unequivocally illegal under both U.S. and international law. [read post]
1 Oct 2015, 7:36 am by Tom Smith
One of the airstrikes hit an area primarily held by rebels backed by the Central Intelligence Agency and allied spy services, U.S. officials said, catapulting the Syrian crisis to a new level of danger and uncertainty. [read post]
28 Dec 2016, 7:32 am by Sabrina I. Pacifici
Journalist Jason Leopold and Ryan Shapiro, a Ph.D. candidate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), filed a lawsuit in the U.S. [read post]
5 Nov 2007, 9:30 am
Indeed, at least to the extent that the writer's audience includes the U.S. public, I would assume that the victim of U.S. government actions has a First Amendment right to publish the story, even if he is an alien abroad (see Lamont). [read post]
18 Dec 2007, 8:35 am
Rebuffing a Bush Administration suggestion that the courts stay out of the controversy over  the destroyed Central Intelligence Agency videotapes, a U.S. [read post]
14 Jun 2011, 12:02 pm by Jonathan H. Adler
TIME has learned that a prosecutor tasked with probing the CIA — John Durham, a respected, Republican-appointed U.S. [read post]
14 May 2011, 7:21 pm by Bill Otis
The New York Daily News puts it as well as anyone: Despite the heroic success of just one week ago, in which American intelligence and military might combined to kill the biggest enemy of civilized society, the U.S. government could still proceed with prosecutions against the CIA interrogators whose work contributed to that victory. [read post]
20 Jun 2012, 6:27 am by McNabb Associates, P.C.
Although the CIA is best known for its spy work overseas, the agency has stations in most major U.S. cities. [read post]
7 Feb 2013, 3:03 am by Jack Goldsmith
  In answer to the same question, Brennan declined to commit to make the CIA less “militarized,” while at the same time repeating that it should not do missions that should be carried out by the U.S. military. [read post]
8 May 2009, 11:44 pm
Attorney General Eric Holder to review all the facts and circumstances surrounding the "torture" interrogations conducted by CIA and U.S. military personnel and make a determination of whether criminal charges should be filed either against those who approved the torture interrogations or those who conducted them, or both. [read post]
8 Apr 2011, 5:06 am by Federal and Extradition Defense
"Federal prosecutors argued Thursday that an elderly ex-CIA agent's Cold War service to the U.S. doesn't excuse his lying during immigration hearings about sneaking into the country and masterminding a wave of deadly 1990s bombings in Cuba. [read post]
27 Sep 2018, 8:45 am
Seeking justice for the U.S. torture program of the post-9/11 period has required a lot of stubbornness. [read post]
5 Feb 2013, 2:41 pm by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
Information on the ACLU's work on accountability for torture can be found at: www.aclu.org/national-security/torture Learn more about U.S. sanctioned torture and other civil liberty issues: Sign up for breaking news alerts, follow us on Twitter, and like us on Facebook. [read post]