by Lynn Feinerman
Contrary to the claims of President Obama in his recent state of the union address, news reports assert that the US is still torturing. Anand Gopal’s recent article in the Nation magazine reveals the existence of many secret field sites in Afghanistan where torture is continuing apace, while the US maintains a somewhat [...]
The NYPD’s Divisive Intelligence Division
By Len Levitt
No one in New York City, and arguably in the nation, has done more to combat terrorism than Ray Kelly.
Since returning as New York City Police Commissioner four months after the 9/11 attacks, he has made fighting terrorism his mission, creating a Counter-Terrorism Division, revamping the department’s [...]
Zazi Case: How Far Should FBI Go in Tracking Muslims?
By Michael B. Farrell
Muslim groups say the surveillance techniques authorized by the Patriot Act and credited with helping nab alleged New York bomb plotter Najibullah Zazi are alienating potential allies against terrorism.
Three arrests in three separate terror cases last week bolster the Obama administration’s [...]
Thoughts on the 5th anniversary of the arrest of Yassin Aref and Mohammed Hossain.
On Tuesday, August 4, 2009 over 100 people marched through the streets of Albany, New York to protest the FBI’s tricking Yassin Aref and Mohammed Hossain into doing something that could look as if it was illegal and then putting them in [...]
USA v Aafia Siddiqui
Cageprisoners Inside the Courtroom Coverage
by Petra Bartosiewicz
Last week the long awaited trial of Aafia Siddiqui began in a federal courtroom in Manhattan. Her case has been one of the most baffling in the annals of post-9/11 terrorism prosecutions. Siddiqui, as regular readers of this website know, is a 37-year-old, MIT-educated neuroscientist, who [...]
USA v Aafia Siddiqui
Cageprisoners Inside the Courtroom Coverage
by Petra Bartosiewicz
Last week the long awaited trial of Aafia Siddiqui began in a federal courtroom in Manhattan. Her case has been one of the most baffling in the annals of post-9/11 terrorism prosecutions. Siddiqui, as regular readers of this website know, is a 37-year-old, MIT-educated neuroscientist, who [...]
USA v Aafia Siddiqui
Cageprisoners Inside the Courtroom Coverage
by Petra Bartosiewicz
Last week the long awaited trial of Aafia Siddiqui began in a federal courtroom in Manhattan. Her case has been one of the most baffling in the annals of post-9/11 terrorism prosecutions. Siddiqui, as regular readers of this website know, is a 37-year-old, MIT-educated neuroscientist, who [...]
USA v Aafia Siddiqui
Cageprisoners Inside the Courtroom Coverage
by Petra Bartosiewicz
This week the long awaited trial of Aafia Siddiqui began in a federal courtroom in Manhattan. Her case has been one of the most baffling in the annals of post-9/11 terrorism prosecutions. Siddiqui, as regular readers of this website know, is a 37-year-old, MIT-educated neuroscientist, who [...]
USA v Aafia Siddiqui
Cageprisoners Inside the Courtroom Coverage
by Petra Bartosiewicz
This week the long awaited trial of Aafia Siddiqui began in a federal courtroom in Manhattan. Her case has been one of the most baffling in the annals of post-9/11 terrorism prosecutions. Siddiqui, as regular readers of this website know, is a 37-year-old, MIT-educated neuroscientist, who [...]
USA v Aafia Siddiqui
Cageprisoners Inside the Courtroom Coverage
by Petra Bartosiewicz
This week the long awaited trial of Aafia Siddiqui began in a federal courtroom in Manhattan. Her case has been one of the most baffling in the annals of post-9/11 terrorism prosecutions. Siddiqui, as regular readers of this website know, is a 37-year-old, MIT-educated neuroscientist, who [...]
