Last week, thanks to the generous support of the Freedom of Press Foundation, I traveled to Guantanamo during the height of a mass hunger strike to tour the detention facility, along with four other members of the media. 

Guantanamo detention constitutes torture, abuse and ill-treatment. Long-term detention compounds it.

The FBI is pushing for expanded power to eavesdrop on private Internet communications.

Using the McChrystal Moment to Raise a Forbidden Question

Senior Obama officials tell the US Senate: the 'war', in limitless form, will continue for 'at least' another decade - or two

A week is a long time in politics. It means, as Westminster watchers never tire of telling us, that things can change dramatically in the volatile political ecosphere. 

Federal authorities publicly plot encouraging bounty hunters to kidnap a fugitive black radical from a foreign country for return to prison in the U.S. to achieve long-delayed justice.

When a former member of the Executive calls for Congress to subpoena another former member of the Executive, it is a game-changer. No longer can he rely on "Executive Privilege" to block his own testimony.

As the prison-wide hunger strike continues at Guantánamo, one of the key demands of campaigners — including myself and Tom Wilner, here at “Close Guantánamo” — has been for President Obama to appoint an official to oversee the closure of the prison, toreplace Daniel Fried, the State Department official who oversaw the release of dozens of prisoners in 2009 and 2010, before Congress — and the President himself — raised obstacles to the release of prisoners.

FOR years, many have erroneously claimed that the United States is embroiled in a “global war on terrorism.” It is not, and thanks to Congress, never has been.