POWs in Legal Limbo POWs in Legal Limbo
It's safe to assume that the 150 or so Al Qaeda and Taliban militiamen now occupying those 6-by-8-foot cages in Guantánamo Bay are not sympathetic characters. It's also re...
Feb 7, 2002 / Editorial / Bruce Shapiro
Unfriendly Skies Unfriendly Skies
The FAA, which had long ignored airlines' requests for help with unruly passengers, is now relying on those same airlines' apparent racial profiling when deciding who gets ...
Dec 20, 2001 / Editorial / Bruce Shapiro
Executive Obstruction Executive Obstruction
The Bush administration's insistence on secrecy in the Whitey Bulger case raises some unsettling questions.
Dec 19, 2001 / Feature / Bruce Shapiro
No Finality Without Fairness No Finality Without Fairness
The US Supreme Court's stunning 5-4 stay Saturday of the Florida undervote count--less than 24 hours after the equally stunning Florida Supreme Court decision ordering that same...
Dec 9, 2001 / Editorial / Bruce Shapiro
Alien’s Law Alien’s Law
Noncitizens in the United States face an increasingly harsh Ashcroft-run Justice Department.
Nov 29, 2001 / Editorial / Bruce Shapiro
Information Lockdown Information Lockdown
Viewers of the old spy spoof Get Smart will remember the Cone of Silence--that giant plastic hair-salon dryer that descended over Maxwell Smart and Control when they held a sensit...
Oct 25, 2001 / Editorial / Bruce Shapiro
Anthrax Anxiety Anthrax Anxiety
Jitters are not among the clinical symptoms of anthrax.
Oct 18, 2001 / Editorial / Bruce Shapiro
All in the Name of Security All in the Name of Security
The Administration is using September 11 to curtail our civil liberties.
Oct 4, 2001 / Feature / Bruce Shapiro
Dead Reckoning Dead Reckoning
A world effort to force an end to the US death penalty is gaining strength.
Jul 27, 2001 / Feature / Bruce Shapiro