Brother of “Guantánamo Diary” Author Barred From Entering U.S.
Mohamedou Ould Slahi has been held without charge for 14 years. His brother Yahdih attempted to discuss his case in D.C. but was questioned for hours on arrival and sent back to Germany.
Cora Currier
Cora Currier is a freelance editor in Los Angeles. A former story editor and reporter at The Intercept, she has written on war, surveillance, immigration, and other topics. She previously worked at ProPublica and the New Yorker, and her writing has appeared in Bookforum, the New Republic, Columbia Journalism Review, The Nation, and elsewhere. She is a co-founding editor of the feminist magazine Lux.
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Snowden Archive
NSA Closely Involved in Guantánamo Interrogations, Documents Show
The files, from Snowden, show the NSA worked daily with the CIA and military on interrogations at Guantánamo and supported renditions.
Snowden Archive
The Secret NSA Diary of an Abu Ghraib Interrogator
A document from the Snowden archive is described in Eric Fair’s new memoir, <em>Consequence</em>, which reckons with the abuse of Iraqi prisoners.
Pentagon Denies War Crimes Allegations in Kunduz Hospital Killings
Nearly seven months after the first shots were fired, the Pentagon says its attack on a hospital in Afghanistan that left 42 people dead is not a war crime.
Letter Details FBI Plan for Secretive Anti-Radicalization Committees
In controversial “Shared Responsibility Committees,” feds can tightly control and exploit treatment.
Drone Warfare’s Ethical Dilemmas Are Focus of Film “Eye in the Sky”
For director Gavin Hood, the audience is the jury, listening to urgent arguments about drones killing people in far-off countries and cities.
Drone Wars
One Year On, No Justice for Italian Hostage Killed in U.S. Drone Strike
Obama promised to investigate a CIA drone strike in Pakistan that killed two hostages, but family members of Giovanni Lo Porto say they’ve had no contact from the U.S.
Redaction Art: How Secrets Are Made Visible
A new book, <em>Negative Publicity</em>, sheds light on the blank spaces of secrecy in the CIA's rendition program, and joins a growing body of artistic work about war and surveillance.
Refugee Camps Are Factories for Terrorists? Not Really.
A new book, <em>City of Thorns</em>, takes a look at Dadaab, the world’s largest refugee camp, and pushes back on popular narratives linking refugees to terrorist groups.
Pentagon Releases Photos of Detainee Abuse in Iraq and Afghanistan
Just 198 photos were released of more than 2,000. Human rights groups contend the Pentagon is withholding the most dramatic images of abuse.