Is “Terrorism” a War Crime Triable by Military Commission? Who Knows?

This is a cross post from The Huffington Post Thirteen years after the USS Cole was bombed by an approaching vessel in the…

Does the Accused USS Cole Bomber Have a Right to Hear Evidence of his Own Torture?

This is a cross post from The Huffington Post. Does an accused man have the right to hear classified evidence…

Alleged Cole Bombing Mastermind Scheduled to Appear in Court — 13 Years Later

Back in 2000, nearly a year before al Qaeda became a declared U.S. enemy and household word, a Navy guided-missile…

Today’s National Security Address a Step toward Transparency, Signals New Approach to Fighting Terror

Washington, D.C. – Human Rights First today welcomed President Obama’s pledge to pursue an exit strategy from the current armed conflict, to take concrete…

LISTEN: The CIA Shapes the #Torture Debate

Four years after President Obama signed an executive order to ban torture, we’re still debating whether it saved American lives. Why? Because the most authoritative record of the CIA’s post-9/11 “enhanced interrogation” program remains classified.

News broke recently that the CIA has edited the script for the Academy-Award winning film, Zero Dark Thirty,–raising much needed attention to the CIA’s role in actively shaping the torture debate. Human Rights First’s Raha Wala joins us in the podcast.