International Law

Video: Tracking the Army’s Secret Detainee Abuse Task Force

Video: Tracking the Army’s Secret Detainee Abuse Task Force Video: Tracking the Army’s Secret Detainee Abuse Task Force

The Army's on-the-ground investigative team in Iraq has failed to hold torturers and abusers accountable for their crimes.

May 14, 2011 / PBS

Memo Noting the Founding of the Detainee Abuse Task Force Memo Noting the Founding of the Detainee Abuse Task Force

This memo, dated August 17, 2004, notes that "On 28 Jul 04, the Detainee Abuse Task Force, was formed by USACIDC to investigate all allegations of Iraqi Detainee abuse involving Co...

May 14, 2011 / The Nation

January 2011 Response to Freedom of Information Act Request January 2011 Response to Freedom of Information Act Request

In this letter, the Army's associate deputy general counsel writes that the CID "never created an official 'Detainee Abuse Task Force.'"

May 14, 2011 / The Nation

Memo From the Detainee Abuse Task Force Memo From the Detainee Abuse Task Force

One of more than twenty CID documents from 2004 and 2005 obtained by the ACLU that reference the Detainee Abuse Task Force. This one, dated October 6, 2004, refers to five abuse ca...

May 14, 2011 / The Nation

Inside the Detainee Abuse Task Force

Inside the Detainee Abuse Task Force Inside the Detainee Abuse Task Force

Former agents say Army accountability after Abu Ghraib was a whitewash.

May 13, 2011 / Feature / Joshua E.S. Phillips

Honoring Baltasar Garzón

Honoring Baltasar Garzón Honoring Baltasar Garzón

The Spanish judge who dared to hold brutal human rights violators to account is now fighting for his legal career.

May 12, 2011 / David Cole

McCain Slams Torture Advocates on bin Laden Kill McCain Slams Torture Advocates on bin Laden Kill

Arizona senator provides definitive refutation against Mukasey, Cheney, Rep. King.

May 12, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss

The Goldstone Affair The Goldstone Affair

Despite a “reconsideration” on the part of its author, the Goldstone Report remains as vital as ever for understanding the 2008-2009 Gaza conflict.

Apr 14, 2011 / Adam Horowitz, Lizzy Ratner, and Philip Weiss

Genocide Trial in Kansas Genocide Trial in Kansas

Since the US government prosecuted Nazi war crimes, there have been no criminal prosecutions of genocide here in America—until now.

Apr 14, 2011 / John S. Friedman

Could a Serbian Heart Have Saved Richard Holbrooke?

Could a Serbian Heart Have Saved Richard Holbrooke? Could a Serbian Heart Have Saved Richard Holbrooke?

The diplomat was spared the annoyance of seeing one of his best-known political creations accused of supervising the killing of captives in order to slice out their organs for tran...

Jan 13, 2011 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

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