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Jun 21, 2013

Let's Check James Comey's Bush Years Record Before He Becomes FBI Director

Let's Check James Comey's Bush Years Record Before He Becomes FBI Director

Jun 21, 2013

A Victory for Free Speech from the Supreme Court

A Victory for Free Speech from the Supreme Court

Jun 21, 2013

Efforts to Close Guantánamo Must Be Accompanied By an End to Force-Feeding

Efforts to Close Guantánamo Must Be Accompanied By an End to Force-Feeding

Jun 21, 2013

State Dept. Report Spotlights Urgent Need to Fight Modern-Day Slavery

State Dept. Report Spotlights Urgent Need to Fight Modern-Day Slavery

Jun 20, 2013

Rights Groups to Government: Allow U.N. Torture Expert to Examine U.S. Use of Solitary Confinement

Rights Groups to Government: Allow U.N. Torture Expert to Examine U.S. Use of Solitary Confinement

Jun 19, 2013

James Comey's Indefensible Defense of Indefinite Detention

James Comey's Indefensible Defense of Indefinite Detention

Jun 19, 2013

James Comey: Two Thumbs-Up on Waterboarding?

James Comey: Two Thumbs-Up on Waterboarding?

Jun 19, 2013

Guántanamo Dispatch: Improvising Basic Trial Rights

Guántanamo Dispatch: Improvising Basic Trial Rights

Jun 5, 2013

New Report Shines a Light on Solitary Confinement

New Report Shines a Light on Solitary Confinement

May 30, 2013

I Was Raped at East Mississippi Correctional Facility

I Was Raped at East Mississippi Correctional Facility