Interviews Offer More Nuanced Look At Roles of CIA Contractors, Concerns Of Officials During Interrogations by Joby Warrick and Peter Finn July 18, 2009 In April 2002, as the terrorism suspect known as Abu Zubaida lay in a Bangkok hospital bed, top U.S. counterterrorism officials gathered at CIA headquarters in Langley, Va., for a series of meetings on [...]

versión en español abajo by William Fisher July 17, 2009 NEW YORK, Jul 17 (IPS) – A prominent human rights group is calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate why the administration of former President George W. Bush blocked three different probes into war crimes in Afghanistan where as many as 2,000 surrendered Taliban fighters were [...]

by A.C. Thompson July 10, 2009 Television news reports are casting new light on the violence that flourished in New Orleans in the anarchic days after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The reports — broadcast Thursday by WTAE TV in Pittsburgh and WDSU in New Orleans — focus on two unsolved crimes: the near-fatal shooting of Donnell Herrington, who [...]

The Hiroshima of the chemical industry is still claiming victims – babies born 25 years later with serious birth defects by Billy Briggs July 12, 2009 BHOPAL – Unable to steer safely in the mud, the driver of our rickshaw pulls into the side of the road to allow us to take shelter from torrential rain. There, [...]

As US troops and private contractors surge in Afghanistan, a new report reveals a system rife with abuse. Also, why is an executive of a major war contractor on the commission investigating contractors?