When Are Secrets Not Secret?
“Three people can keep a secret if two of them are dead.”- Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) Last week, President George W. Bush’s torture regime reared its head in an unusual argument before the U.S. Supreme Court. In 2002, Abu Zubaydah was captured by...
Torture Enters the Courtroom
For the first time in American history, a federal judge last week authorized the government to admit as evidence in a criminal case in a public courtroom words uttered by the defendant that were obtained under torture. The fruits of torture – which is any cruel...
Ending State and Local Support for Torture and Rendition
In late 2017, Testimony offered before the North Carolina Commission of Inquiry on Torture (NCCIT) revealed the culpability of state and local officials in a U.S. program of extraordinary rendition and torture. In response to these revelations, the Tenth Amendment...