This last month has shown America that society will gladly tolerate vigilante violence, provided a vigilante chooses the right target.
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Former U.S. Detainees Sue Psychologists Responsible For CIA Torture Program
James Mitchell, John “Bruce” Jessen and their employees netted almost $85 million dollars in contracted fees from the CIA for executing a pseudoscientific plan to extract information from alleged terrorists.
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CIA Torture Report Brands Post-9/11 Program As Brutal and Ineffective
Report released by Senate after four-year, $40 million investigation concludes the CIA repeatedly lied about brutal techniques in the years after 9/11.
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Marking the 12th Anniversary of America's Guantánamo Prison Disgrace
Though it's been over a decade since 9/11, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, whose trial has not yet started, is being tried in a military commission system that has produced eight convictions out of the nearly 800 men in Gitmo.
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Investigation: The NYPD Division of Un-American Activities
After 9/11, the NYPD built in effect its own CIA — and its Demographics Unit delved deeper into the lives of citizens than did the NSA.
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Bradley Manning to Request Pardon from Obama Over 35-Year Jail Sentence
The sentence was more severe than many observers expected, and is much longer than any punishment given to previous U.S. government officials who have leaked information to the media.
