Florida Firm Cites BMW Posts in News Release

Officials at the National Institute for Truth Verification issued the following news release today, four days after I published the second post in a two-part series about the U.S. military’s use of portable lie...

If Not for Memo, Torture Might Not Be An Issue (Updated)

The question of whether members of the U.S. military and intelligence communities should be allowed to use waterboarding and other forms of torture during interrogations might be largely irrelevant today if not for...

US Terror Suspects Lose Enemy Combatant Status, Geneva Protection

As part of a move to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center the Obama administration has announced that it will no longer unilaterally hold all Taliban and al-Qaeda suspects as "enemy combatants."  Under the new detention guidelines only terror suspects who gave...

Obama Administration Condemns 'Waterboarding' as Torture

A new administration in the White House calls for a new approach to terrorism — and a radical overhaul of past practices. On Monday, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, declared 'waterboarding' to be a "a form of...

GITMO Detainees Likely to Thank MLK, Allah

If President Barack Obama succeeds in shutting down Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility within 12 months, he will be tempted to describe himself as an emancipator in the mold of Abraham Lincoln.  Unfortunately,...

Cracks appear in UK government terror policy

Ex first sea lord and now government security minister Lord West today made public that he was unconvinced of  the need to extend the time limit for holding suspected terrorists without charge and then 2 hours later after a reported call from prime minister Gordon...

Terror suspects subject of Facebook group

"Eighteen people arrested in an alleged terror plot have become the subject of a discussion group on the popular social networking website Facebook. The 500-member group is arguing for the fair treatment of the...

Day seeks security powers

"The federal government plans to try to revive the extraordinary anti-terror police powers of "investigative hearings" and "preventive arrest" as part of a series of major security initiatives. The initiatives...

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