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Six Questions for Tara McKelvey on Detainee Abuse

Tara McKelvey is the author of the new book Monstering: Inside America’s Policy of Secret Interrogations and Torture in the Terror War, which tells the story of the Abu Ghraib…

Missed Connection

by Ken Silverstein,

A very important phone call regarding Shirlington Limousine came through the Harper’s offices today, and unfortunately the person who called was not provided with my phone number. Could that person…

Alleged Plotter in Rainbow Warrior Bombing Selling Weapons to U.S. Government

by Ken Silverstein,

In 1985, the Rainbow Warrior, a vessel operated by Greenpeace, was blown up in Auckland harbor. It had been sent there to protest French nuclear testing in the Pacific. It…

The Question of Balance: Revisiting the Missouri Election Scandal of 2004

by Ken Silverstein,

“Missouri’s election was ground zero for GOP,” was the headline of a terrific story by Greg Gordon for McClatchy Newspapers: Accusations about voter fraud seemed to fly from every direction…

SIGIR Roast

by Ken Silverstein,

I reported last week that Stuart Bowen Jr., the U.S. Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR), who has issued reports about the misuse of Iraqi reconstruction funds, is now…

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Six Questions for Tara McKelvey on Detainee Abuse

Missed Connection

Alleged Plotter in Rainbow Warrior Bombing Selling Weapons to U.S. Government

The Question of Balance: Revisiting the Missouri Election Scandal of 2004

SIGIR Roast

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