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This Week in Scandals

Every week, we take stock of how the week unfolded for the stories we're tracking in Scandal Watch (see the right sidebar). Here is how … more…

Pentagon Investigating Gitmo Abuse? Who Knows

Earlier today we wrote about the case of Gitmo detainee Mohamed Jawad, who was first detained as a teenager in Afghanistan in late 2002— … more…

Gitmo Tribunal: Things Fall Apart

Prosecutors at the war crimes tribunals in Guantanamo Bay can’t be feeling very upbeat nowadays. Over the last six months, nearly every … more…

Gitmo Dismissals Don’t Include One of Most Problematic Cases

The Pentagon yesterday dismissed war crimes charges against five detainees at Guantanamo Bay. The military's short press release gave no … more…

Admin on Gitmo: We’re Staying the Course

In perhaps one of the least surprising developments of recent months, the New York Times, citing "senior administration officials," repo … more…

DOJ: We’re Not Releasing Gitmo Detainees

Earlier today we noted that a federal judge has ordered the release of 17 ethnic Uighers currently being held at Guantanamo Bay. "The mo … more…

Former Gitmo Prosecutor: Detainee Was Child Soldier and ‘Duped’

Last week, we wrote about the latest resignation of a Gitmo military prosecutor. The officer, Lt. Col. Darrel Vandeveld, complained in a … more…

Another Gitmo Prosecutor Resigns in Protest

Tired of tracking the meltdown? Take a breather for a moment and head...to Guantanamo Bay.

The planned war crimes trials there are s … more…

Military Has Program Similar to Rendition

Rendition has long been one of the most controversial aspects of the U.S.'s counterterrorism fight. At least four dozen terror suspects … more…

Afghan Officials Holding Terror Suspect’s Son, a U.S. Citizen

The strange case of Aafia Siddiqui continues. As we wrote last week, there are lingering questions about where Siddiqui was in the five … more…

Mystery Surrounds Case of Terror Suspect

As U.S. and Pakistani officials sort through the confusion following Aafia Siddiqui's transfer to New York after being charged with try … more…

Abuse Could Be Detailed in 2nd Gitmo Trial

The U.S.'s first war crimes tribunal since World War II is now history, with quite mixed results for the government. As Carol Rosenberg … more…

In Rebuke to Military, Jury Sentences Hamdan to Mostly Time-Served

A day after clearing Salim Hamdan of the most serious charges against him, a military jury today sentenced Hamdan to 66 months. Prosecut … more…

Jury Dismisses Most Serious Charges Against Hamdan

The U.S.'s first war crimes trial since World War II has ended in a split verdict. Salim Ahmed Hamdan, who acknowledged he chauffeured O … more…

Who Gets to Leave Gitmo? Not Always the Innocent

Of all the reports that have come out of Salim Hamdan's trial for providing support for terrorism, the first U.S. war crimes hearing sin … more…

Jane Mayer’s The Dark Side: Chapter 1

Yesterday we spoke with The New Yorker’s Jane Mayer about "The Dark Side," her new book exploring the White House’s move to abusive … more…

Talking With Jane Mayer

As much as any other reporter, The New Yorker’s Jane Mayer has helped expose the post-9/11 system of detention, rendition and abuse of ‘ … more…

Coming This Week…

New Yorker writer Jane Mayer releases her new book “The Dark Side,” an extensively reported account of the development … more…

Talking With McClatchy’s Tom Lasseter

The McClatchy newspaper chain recently published a five-part series detailing the U.S.'s treatment of detainees at Guantanamo Bay and A … more…

New Report Documents Detainee Treatment in Gitmo and Iraq

For the administration's detainee policy, it's been two weeks full of revelations and upheavals.

Last week, the Supreme Court upset the a … more…