Staff / TruthdigDec 13, 2014
Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other "Left, Right & Center" panelists discuss the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence's report on torture. Scheer says it calls into question whether there are "inalienable rights that human beings have by virtue of being human." Also, Congress struggles with the year-end omnibus spending bill. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigDec 13, 2014
This week, the release by the Senate of a report on torture as practiced in the zeroes by the CIA, along with Thursday night’s dramatic vote on an omnibus spending bill, laid bare the shape of the GOP platform in 2016. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigDec 11, 2014
The "Trews" host weighs in on the Senate Intelligence Committee's CIA torture report and the right-wing media's response. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 11, 2014
The time has come to ponder the implications of China overtaking the U.S. as the largest economy in the world earlier than previously projected; U.K. scientists have made a finding that could help us better treat obesity; meanwhile, perhaps what is most telling about the torture report is not what we can read, but what we can't. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigDec 11, 2014
Fortunately, there are two TV pundits who are, at the very least, trying to help Americans process the ignominy of CIA torture without resorting to blatant denial. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Mark Fiore / TruthdigDec 11, 2014
Even though Dick Cheney isn’t the only one responsible for the stain of torture on the United States, he’s the most, shall we say, colorful? Dig deeper
Juan Cole / TruthdigDec 11, 2014
The hall at the International Criminal Court in the Hague was packed today as the trial began of former U.S. Vice President Richard Bruce Cheney. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Joe Conason / TruthdigDec 11, 2014
With the release of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence report on the use of torture by the CIA after 9/11, the final defense of the indefensible by its perpetrators, advocates and publicists is falling apart before our eyes. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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