Case Against CIA Torture ‘Architects’ Headed To Trial

The lawsuit against James Mitchell and Bruce Jensen, contractors for the CIA, is being brought by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of three men held in secret CIA facilities

Jamie Henneman
By Jamie Henneman
James Mitchell, pictured left, and Bruce Jensen, supervisors of the CIA's "conditioning" program.

SPOKANE, Wash. – A lawsuit against two Spokane-based psychologists dubbed the “architects” of an interrogation program used on CIA detainees in 2002 will be heard by a jury in September, a federal judge ruled Friday. The lawsuit against James Mitchell and Bruce Jensen, who were contractors for the CIA, is being brought by the American Civil

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Capitol Hill Police Demand Journalists Delete Protest Photos

At least one journalist reported being forced to delete his photos of the scene.

Julia Conley
By Julia Conley
A minister belonging to a group protesting the Trump administration's budget proposals and health care bill, is arrested during in the Russell Senate Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 18, 2017. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) responded to reports on Tuesday evening from journalists on Capitol Hill, who alleged that Capitol Police were blocking reporters' access as they tried to cover healthcare protests. Reporters from the Daily Beast, the Huffington Post, the New York Post, and the Washington Post all tweeted from the Senate

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Newly Declassified Memos Reveal Extent Of NSA Spying Under Obama

New memos obtained by the ACLU via an FOIA request detail violations that occurred during the Obama administration which includes illegally surveilling people on U.S. soil.

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By ZeroHedge.com
President Barack Obama, accompanied by, from left, Office of National Intelligence Director James Clapper, Vice President Joe Biden, and Secretary of State John Kerry, walks away from the podium after speaking at the National Counterterrorism Center in McLean, Va.,Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Back in May the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA) found that the National Security Agency (NSA), under former President Obama, routinely violated American privacy protections while scouring through overseas intercepts and failed to disclose the extent of the problems until the final days before Donald Trump was elected president last

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Saving 1,400 Iraqi Nationals From ‘Grisly Fate,’ Court Blocks Deportations

A federal court in Michigan temporarily blocked the deportation of over 1,400 Iraqi nationals, many of whom are religious minorities who say face persecution if deported back to Iraq.

Kevin Gosztola
By Kevin Gosztola
Iraqi women stand outside the Theodore Levin United States Courthouse, June 21, 2017, in Detroit. A hearing began on a lawsuit that seeks to stop the government from deporting more than 100 Iraqi nationals who were recently rounded up. (AP/Carlos Osorio)

Published in partnership with Shadowproof. A federal district court in Detroit temporarily blocked the deportation of over 1,400 Iraqi nationals, who say they face a “grisly fate” involving “persecution, torture, and senseless religious hatred” if they are deported back to Iraq. The government refused to acknowledge “extraordinary

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NYPD Faces Suit Over Surveillance Of Black Lives Matter Activists

The NYPD has a long and sordid history of dragnet surveillance of citizens, whether it involved targeting them for their political or religious beliefs.

Kevin Gosztola
By Kevin Gosztola
A NYPD officer records Occupy protestors (Photo by Palinopsia Films)

Published in partnership with Shadowproof. The New York chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and activists with Millions March NYC sued the New York Police Department after the department refused to confirm or deny the existence of records on Black Lives Matter activists. Mariko Hirose, a senior staff attorney for the New York

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ACLU Files Suit Seeking Details Of Trump’s Deadly Yemen Raid

The botched raid took place shortly after Donald Tump’s inauguration and resulted in the first known U.S. military combat casualty since the President was sworn in on Jan. 20.

Larry Neumeister
By Larry Neumeister
saudi arabia

NEW YORK (AP) — A civil rights group asked a court Monday to force the U.S. government to divulge more information about a January raid in Yemen that resulted in the death of a U.S. Navy sailor and Yemeni civilians. The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit in Manhattan federal court, saying it wants to learn the legal basis and

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