How ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ Brought Back the Bush Administration How ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ Brought Back the Bush Administration
The film is a seven-pronged attempt to making US torture and detention policies once again palatable.
Jan 10, 2013 / Karen J. Greenberg
Preparing for a Digital 9/11 Preparing for a Digital 9/11
Fear of a cyber attack is eroding US civil liberties and the constitution.
Oct 22, 2012 / Karen J. Greenberg
Military Commissions on Trial in Guantánamo Military Commissions on Trial in Guantánamo
The dramatic opening of the 9/11 trial shined a light on all the ways in which a commission is not a federal court.
May 11, 2012 / Karen J. Greenberg
A New Age of Enemies A New Age of Enemies
The unstoppable legacy of the war on terror.
Mar 19, 2012 / Karen J. Greenberg
Taking the Justice Out of the Justice System Taking the Justice Out of the Justice System
How Washington lost faith in America’s courts.
Aug 22, 2011 / Karen J. Greenberg
How the Obama Administration Can End the War on Terror How the Obama Administration Can End the War on Terror
The White House and Congress have interpreted the killing of al-Qaeda’s leader as a virtual license to double down on every “front” in the war on terror.
Jun 20, 2011 / Karen J. Greenberg
How ‘Enemy Creep’ Is Guantánamo-izing America How ‘Enemy Creep’ Is Guantánamo-izing America
Congressman Peter King's hearings on Muslim radicalization are only the latest sign that, if the ascending right in Washington (and elsewhere) has its way, the age of toleranc...
Mar 29, 2011 / Karen J. Greenberg
Guilty Until Proven Guilty Guilty Until Proven Guilty
How the "War on Terror" is threatening the presumption of innocence.
Nov 18, 2010 / Karen J. Greenberg
Secrets and Lies Secrets and Lies
By the time the first prisoners were taken in Iraq, a green light to abuse had been issued in writing. Now torture is cloaked in a veil of secrecy, with obscured statistics, dismis...
Dec 8, 2005 / Feature / Karen J. Greenberg