02 Mar 2015

President George W. Bush meets with Vice President Dick Cheney, CIA Director George Tenet and National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice in the Oval Office after informing the nation that air strikes were made against the Taliban Sunday, October 7, 2001WHITE HOUSE PHOTO BY ERIC DRAPER

Bush White House’s Repeated Torture Denials Led CIA Torturers to Seek Repeated Reassurances

Dan Froomkin

Bush White House’s Repeated Torture Denials Led CIA Torturers to Seek Repeated Reassurances

Dan Froomkin

Bush White House’s Repeated Torture Denials Led CIA Torturers to Seek Repeated Reassurances

Dan Froomkin

The Bush administration was so adamant in its public statements against torture that CIA officials repeatedly sought reassurances that the White House officials who had given them permission to torture in the first place hadn’t changed their minds. In a July 29, 2003, White House meeting that included Vice President Dick Cheney and National Security […]

Photo by Tony Powell. 2013 Elle Gucci Power List Dinner. Villa Firenze. March 20, 2013

UK Media Regulator Again Threatens RT for “Bias”: This Time, Airing “Anti-Western Views”

Glenn Greenwald

Voices

UK Media Regulator Again Threatens RT for “Bias”: This Time, Airing “Anti-Western Views”

Glenn Greenwald

Voices

UK Media Regulator Again Threatens RT for “Bias”: This Time, Airing “Anti-Western Views”

Glenn Greenwald

This move is the classic hallmark of how a government propagandizes its citizens: ensuring that they hear only those views of which the government approves.

In this photo taken on Monday, Sept. 22, 2014, Hawthi Shiite rebels stand on a tank at the headquarters of the army's 1st Armored Division, in Sanaa, Yemen. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

America Abandoned One of Its Own in Yemen — and Now He May Die

Andrew Jerell Jones

America Abandoned One of Its Own in Yemen — and Now He May Die

Andrew Jerell Jones

America Abandoned One of Its Own in Yemen — and Now He May Die

Andrew Jerell Jones

Combat is encroaching on Sharif Mobley, jailed for five years and reportedly interrogated by U.S. agents.

You Should Really Consider Installing Signal, an Encrypted Messaging App for iPhone

Micah Lee

You Should Really Consider Installing Signal, an Encrypted Messaging App for iPhone

Micah Lee

You Should Really Consider Installing Signal, an Encrypted Messaging App for iPhone

Micah Lee

Now that it's known NSA and GCHQ stole encryption keys for millions of phones, Signal offers a secure way to call and text — one that's easier to understand than many alternatives.

Benjamin Netanyahu’s Long History of Crying Wolf About Iran’s Nuclear Weapons

Murtaza Hussain

Benjamin Netanyahu’s Long History of Crying Wolf About Iran’s Nuclear Weapons

Murtaza Hussain

Benjamin Netanyahu’s Long History of Crying Wolf About Iran’s Nuclear Weapons

Murtaza Hussain

The Israeli Prime Minister is expected to warn the U.S. Congress an Iranian bomb is imminent — just as he warned in 1992, 1995, 2002, 2009, and 2012.

Bush White House’s Repeated Torture Denials Led CIA Torturers to Seek Repeated Reassurances

Bush White House’s Repeated Torture Denials Led CIA Torturers to Seek Repeated Reassurances

Bush White House’s Repeated Torture Denials Led CIA Torturers to Seek Repeated Reassurances

Revealed: Democratic Super PAC Architect Moonlights for Walmart, Cable Lobby

Revealed: Democratic Super PAC Architect Moonlights for Walmart, Cable Lobby

Revealed: Democratic Super PAC Architect Moonlights for Walmart, Cable Lobby

UK Media Regulator Again Threatens RT for “Bias”: This Time, Airing “Anti-Western Views”

UK Media Regulator Again Threatens RT for “Bias”: This Time, Airing “Anti-Western Views”

UK Media Regulator Again Threatens RT for “Bias”: This Time, Airing “Anti-Western Views”

America Abandoned One of Its Own in Yemen — and Now He May Die

America Abandoned One of Its Own in Yemen — and Now He May Die

America Abandoned One of Its Own in Yemen — and Now He May Die

You Should Really Consider Installing Signal, an Encrypted Messaging App for iPhone

You Should Really Consider Installing Signal, an Encrypted Messaging App for iPhone

You Should Really Consider Installing Signal, an Encrypted Messaging App for iPhone

Benjamin Netanyahu’s Long History of Crying Wolf About Iran’s Nuclear Weapons

Benjamin Netanyahu’s Long History of Crying Wolf About Iran’s Nuclear Weapons

Benjamin Netanyahu’s Long History of Crying Wolf About Iran’s Nuclear Weapons

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Bush White House’s Repeated Torture Denials Led CIA Torturers to Seek Repeated Reassurances

Bush White House’s Repeated Torture Denials Led CIA Torturers to Seek Repeated Reassurances

Bush White House’s Repeated Torture Denials Led CIA Torturers to Seek Repeated Reassurances

Revealed: Democratic Super PAC Architect Moonlights for Walmart, Cable Lobby

Revealed: Democratic Super PAC Architect Moonlights for Walmart, Cable Lobby

Revealed: Democratic Super PAC Architect Moonlights for Walmart, Cable Lobby

UK Media Regulator Again Threatens RT for “Bias”: This Time, Airing “Anti-Western Views”

UK Media Regulator Again Threatens RT for “Bias”: This Time, Airing “Anti-Western Views”

UK Media Regulator Again Threatens RT for “Bias”: This Time, Airing “Anti-Western Views”

America Abandoned One of Its Own in Yemen — and Now He May Die

America Abandoned One of Its Own in Yemen — and Now He May Die

America Abandoned One of Its Own in Yemen — and Now He May Die

You Should Really Consider Installing Signal, an Encrypted Messaging App for iPhone

You Should Really Consider Installing Signal, an Encrypted Messaging App for iPhone

You Should Really Consider Installing Signal, an Encrypted Messaging App for iPhone

Benjamin Netanyahu’s Long History of Crying Wolf About Iran’s Nuclear Weapons

Benjamin Netanyahu’s Long History of Crying Wolf About Iran’s Nuclear Weapons

Benjamin Netanyahu’s Long History of Crying Wolf About Iran’s Nuclear Weapons

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