Sony has made headlines with its decision to halt its planned release of "The Interview" over fears that hackers, who may or may not be North Korea-linked, might launch 9/11 attacks on movie theaters. "The Interview" isn't being released at theaters, and Sony Pictures...
"This is not who we are. This is not how we operate," were the words of President Barack Obama commenting on the grisly findings of a long-awaited congressional report on the use of torture by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). But what if this is...
A message released by claimed hackers of Sony Pictures threatened to carry out "9/11-like attacks" on movie theaters in the United States if the movie "The Interview" was released. The US has claimed the hackers may be linked to the North Korean government, although...
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When you get an opportunity like this, don’t fall back – I heard my Irish grandmother telling me last Thursday as I took my place at the table to discuss torture with a former congressional committee chairman whose job it was to prevent such abuse.Almost rubbing...
No one except John Kiriakou is being held accountable for America’s torture policy. And John Kiriakou didn’t torture anyone, he just blew the whistle on it.In a Galaxy Far, Far AwayThe United States sanctioned acts of torture by the Central Intelligence...
What do the NYPD arresting officers of Eric Garner, the CIA officials responsible for the crimes detailed in the Torture Report and US foreign policy officials all have in common? They are all agents of institutions that have adopted an “authoritarian...
Does everyone remember when USAID created that "Cuban Twitter" and paid all those guys to start agitating for regime change on it? What if that wasn't even the most ridiculous thing USAID was doing in Cuba at the time? Good news, it wasn't! USAID also hired a bunch of...
Tuesday’s release by the Senate Intelligence Committee of its long-awaited report on the torture by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of detainees in the so-called “war on terror” does not go far enough, according to major U.S. human rights groups.While welcoming...
Early in Citizenfour – journalist Laura Poitras’ new film about whistleblower Edward Snowden – Snowden explains his internal struggle over whether to out himself as the source of the evidence for broad NSA spying on American citizens.Snowden thinks...
