Ronald Reagan famously said that the nine most terrifying words in the English language are "I'm from the government and I'm here to help."

Last November, a war crimes tribunal established in Malaysia “found George Bush and Tony Blair guilty of ‘crimes against peace’ and other war crimes for their 2003 aggressive attack on Iraq, as well as fabricating pretexts used to justify the attack,” as Glenn Greenwald explained at the time.

US civilian and military employees regularly target and fire lethal unmanned drone guided missiles at people across the world.  

To the pitifully few who have followed him over the years, Khaled el-Masri is the man who arguably holds the world’s record of unsuccessful attempts to get his “day in court.”

May 14, 2012 "Information Clearing House" -- If there were any real terrorists, Jose Rodriguez would be dead.

"If tears can build me a way, and memories can build me a lane, I will walk the ocean to be with you once again" - Shaker Aamer, in a letter to his family.

Wake up, America! We have become far too complacent and trusting.

A new study suggests that the federal courts are no longer going to grant habeas corpus petitions from Guantanamo detainees—even those who were cleared by the military long ago

"The dark side -- that’s what we do."

May 13, 2012 "Information Clearing House" - Since even readers of the New York Times are aware of deputy national security adviser John Brennan’s open identification with torture, secret prisons and other abuses of national and international law,