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Jun 21, 2013
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
Jun 21, 2013
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
Jun 20, 2013
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
Jun 19, 2013
James Comey: Two Thumbs-Up on Waterboarding?
Jun 19, 2013
Guántanamo Dispatch: Improvising Basic Trial Rights
Jun 5, 2013
New Report Shines a Light on Solitary Confinement
May 30, 2013
I Was Raped at East Mississippi Correctional Facility