Politics Dec 15 Senate sends Biden big defense bill that addresses military sexual assault Congress has sent President Joe Biden a $768.2 billion defense bill that makes landmark changes to the way the military handles sexual assaults and keeps women out of the draft. By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press
World Feb 21 Watch 6:33 What short-term deal between U.S., Taliban means for chances of Afghan peace A week-long “reduction in violence” between the U.S. and the Taliban represents a potential breakthrough for peace in Afghanistan. If it holds, the two sides will sign the first phase of a peace agreement that could pave the way to…
World May 09 Watch 4:53 Gina Haspel vows never to resume CIA interrogation as Senate presses her on moral code Gina Haspel couldn't talk about her work for three decades. On Wednesday, she had to defend it. Haspel, who played pivotal roles in the agency's most controversial recent actions in the years after 9/11, promised to never restart brutal interrogation…
Nation Feb 26 When it comes to defining ‘terrorism,’ there is no consensus People have been trying to understand how to interpret and define terrorism for hundreds of years. But there is no easy answer. By Kamala Kelkar
Aug 21 Attorney: Hunger-striking detainee at Guantanamo ‘shockingly thin and frail’ By Phil Hirschkorn The lawyer representing Tariq Ba Odah, a detainee at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who began a hunger strike in 2007, said Friday that his client had lost more than half of his body weight and appears "shockingly… Continue reading
Aug 15 Defense Department looking at alternatives to Guantanamo Bay By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press The Defense Department is taking another look at the military prison in Kansas and the Navy Brig in South Carolina as it evaluates potential U.S. facilities to house detainees from the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, part of the Obama… Continue reading
Dec 16 Watch 8:38 What does Jeb Bush’s campaign curiosity mean for other possible candidates? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 12 Video: Comparing Bush’s 2006 claims about CIA interrogation to what we know now By Margaret Myers In a 2006 speech to the nation, President Bush outlined the U.S.’s successes in capturing and questioning high-level terrorists involved with the 9/11 attacks. The president also lauded the contributions of intelligence officers in their quest to bring those responsible… Continue reading
Dec 09 Senate report: Harsh CIA tactics — including waterboarding, sleep deprivation — didn’t work By Bradley Klapper, Ken Dilanian, Associated Press Senate investigators delivered a damning indictment of CIA practices Tuesday, accusing the spy agency of inflicting pain and suffering on prisoners beyond legal limits and deceiving the nation with narratives of life-saving interrogations unsubstantiated by its own records. Continue reading