The former vice president’s recent resurgence moved Carl Levin, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, to tackle what he calls Dick Cheney’s “false statements” about torture head on.
Republicans may think they’re being clever by pulling Pelosi into the torture controversy, but they're playing right into Democrats’ hands. By Matthew Yglesias
Scott Horton, who has led coverage of Bush-era wrongdoing, exposes three pervasive myths—and the surprising reason Cheney and Rove are keeping the issue alive.
Torture-memo authors John Yoo and Jay Bybee will likely not be prosecuted, but Paul Campos says the legal profession can punish the men who sanctioned war crimes.
A former senior interrogator in Iraq says that abusing prisoners results in unreliable information, costs American lives, and it still hasn’t turned up Bin Laden.
Mark Danner’s new book, Stripping Bare the Body, is damning in its assessment of American...
by Chris Lehmann
If waterboarding works, The Daily Beast’s Conor Friedersdorf wonders, why is it that the U.S....
by Conor Friedersdorf
Two Cheneys blast the Obama administration on two networks, Maria Shriver and others remember Ted...
by The Daily Beast Video
Why is the Obama administration using heavy, retro-Bush era blackouts in a newly released CIA report?...
by John Sifton
Robert Gibbs responds to Dick Cheney's most recent comments on torture by saying Cheney's facts are "wrong." Your move, Mr. Cheney.
The Justice Department will investigate alleged abuses by CIA officers under the Bush administration after newly released reports suggested interrogators threatened prisoners with power drills and mock executions. But will the independent prosecutor create a partisan mess and sever the administration's relationship with the intelligence community?
Partner Sites: Expedia| Hotels| Hotwire| Urbanspoon| Vimeo
