Law

Leave Your Morals at the Border Leave Your Morals at the Border

A Supreme Court ruling turns a blind eye to torture and human rights violations, as long as they're done offshore.

Apr 4, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer

Attorneygate in Guam Attorneygate in Guam

Before there was Attorneygate, there was the 2002 firing of a US Attorney in Guam engaged in a prosecution of Jack Abramoff. Anyone see a pattern here?

Apr 2, 2007 / Editorial / Ari Berman

A Wider Corruption A Wider Corruption

The US Attorneys scandal sheds light on a broader pattern of transforming government agencies into a permanent GOP patronage machine.

Apr 2, 2007 / Editorial / The Editors

The CIA’s Italian Job The CIA’s Italian Job

The story of Hassan Nasr, a victim of "extraordinary rendition" who was interrogated and tortured in Egypt for four years, is finally being told.

Mar 30, 2007 / Feature / Mohamad Bazzi

As California Goes… As California Goes…

What can the nation learn from the Golden State's struggles to deal with its immigrant population?

Mar 30, 2007 / Feature / Peter Schrag

Porn Cop vs. US Attorney Porn Cop vs. US Attorney

A federal prosecutor fired as he was launching an investigation of a GOP Congressman now stands smeared by the White House and its antiporn crusader.

Mar 29, 2007 / Editorial / Max Blumenthal

Prosecutors and the Death Penalty Prosecutors and the Death Penalty

As the US Attorney purge scandal intensifies, new light is shed on federal prosecutors' struggles with the Justice Department over the death penalty.

Mar 29, 2007 / Feature / Liliana Segura

Surveillance Makes You Paranoid Surveillance Makes You Paranoid

Reports that New York police conducted sweeping nationwide surveillance of people suspected of anti-Bush sentiment in 2004 just might scare us into silence.

Mar 28, 2007 / Feature / Nicholas von Hoffman

Veiled Intolerance Veiled Intolerance

A batch of new books describe how European governments have dealt with Muslim immigrants and citizens since 9/11.

Mar 22, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Richard Wolin

Sami Al-Arian Sami Al-Arian

Dr. Sami Al-Arian could die in jail.

Mar 22, 2007 / Editorial / The Editors

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