Month: August 2009

Muslims, like Jews, circumcise their male children. Circumcision is much rarer in the Christian world (as there is no religious mandate for it) but it did become quite normal in the mid-to-late 20th-Century among American...

It’s not just that the press hasn’t been honest about the extent of our barbarism during the Bush administration, it’s that they are actively in denial about it. Any cursory glance at the analysis being done...

Sometime today, the administration is going to release a declassified version of the CIA’s Inspector General report on the treatment of detainees that was produced in 2004. For a preview, go over to Emptywheel. Even though...

I’m a taxi service this morning. It looks like the Obama administration has coordinated a rolling release of info on detainee disclosures, reforms, and investigations today. Let me know what you’re hearing.