The American people clearly spoke, and the drubbing Democrats received requires looking beyond just issue polls, voting patterns, campaign strategy, or get-out-the-vote tactics.
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Act Out! [162] - Inside the C.I.A., Facial UnRecognition & Bills for Blue Lives
Facial recognition is here, but far from being the slick Bond-style tech of tomorrow, it can't seem to recognize faces very well—and it's the hands of the untrained and apparently senile.
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Act Out! [153] - The Torturous Truth About Some Women in Power + How to Rid Your Community of Cops
This week on Act Out!, March is Women's History Month – and while it's always a good idea to recognize the powerful role of women in the fight for justice, not all women who have power wield it well – or deserve our pride and recognition.
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Bucking War On Terror, Psychologists Vote Not to Participate In U.S. Torture
The American Psychological Association voted overwhelmingly on Friday to prohibit members from participating in interrogations conducted by U.S. agencies at locations deemed illegal under international law.
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"A Line in the Sand" in Fight to Release Thousands of Photos of Prisoner Abuse
A federal judge is demanding that the government explain, photo-by-photo, why it can’t release hundreds, and perhaps thousands, of pictures showing detainee abuse by U.S. forces at military prison sites in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Searching for the Truth About California's Prison Hunger Strike
With one prisoner dead and hundreds more continuing to strike, advocates and officials disagree about almost everything.
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More Than 50 Countries Helped the CIA Outsource Torture
The CIA ran a worldwide program to hold and interrogate suspected members of al-Qaida, with dozens of partner nations helping in ways large and small. But it was never clear just which nations collaborated, and in what ways - until now.
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Report Finds Harsh CIA Interrogations Ineffective
The Senate intelligence committee approved a long-awaited report Thursday concluding that harsh interrogation measures used by the CIA did not produce significant intelligence breakthroughs.
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The Senate Report on CIA Interrogations You May Never See
The Senate intelligence committee is set to vote on the results of its investigation into detention and interrogation at the CIA.
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Democrats Retreat on Civil Liberties in 2012 Platform
The 2012 Democratic platform abandons or omits much of the '08 version's focus on civil liberties in the war on terror.
