by Patricia Lee Sharpe | Dec 18, 2014 | Monitor
By Patricia Lee SharpePinch me!Wake me from this nightmare!Am I really stuck in an America awash in arguments pro torture put forth by fellow Americans proudly proclaiming they’d do it again? Waterboarding. Rectal rapes. Chaining. Hanging. Agonizing stress...
by Patricia Lee Sharpe | Aug 5, 2014 | Monitor
By Patricia Lee Sharpe (1) “We tortured folks.” President Barack Obama. (2) “I have full confidence in John Brennan.” President Barack Obama.Let’s get something straight, Mr. President. We didn’t torture anybody, although John Brennan was somewhere in...
by Spencer Ackerman | Mar 12, 2013 | Monitor
The heads of U.S. intelligence stopped short of saying that al-Qaida is beaten, but the picture they provided is definitely of a terrorist apparatus that’s pretty beaten up.
by Spencer Ackerman | Mar 5, 2013 | Monitor
Now that the White House will let senators read the legal memos justifying its targeted killing efforts, Senate opposition to John Brennan’s nomination to run the CIA is expected to drop.
by Spencer Ackerman | Mar 5, 2013 | Monitor
The United Nations drone investigator going to have to deal with the CIA for his ongoing inquiry. That’s not stopping him from criticizing the agency harshly.
