The release of Carl Levin's report on the Bush Administration's alleged "torture" policies was a formality: The Senator's conclusions were politically predetermined long ago. Still, the credulity and ...

Obama should honor the people who tried to stop the torture regime. Demonstrators in Washington call for President Obama to close US Military Detention Facility in Guantánamo Bay. (AP Photo/ Evan ...

Instead of rape, let’s just call it, "unilateral, physical intimacy." Instead of torture, let’s just call it, "enhanced interrogation techniques," and pretend that it’s not morally wrong. By signing ...

Former Vice President Dick Cheney said Sunday the rectal feeding and hydration described in a Senate report on harsh CIA tactics was carried out on suspected terrorists for “medical reasons” and did ...

"The Report" is a captivating movie. Nothing in it – from the government-sponsored cruelty experienced by captives depicted in the torture scenes to the government-sponsored intimidation experienced ...

Kiefer Sutherland (right) with Peter Weller and JoBeth Williams on Fox's 24. As the CIA and Senate Intelligence Committee clash over whether so-called enhanced interrogation techniques are considered ...

"Jack, you want to prosecute a member of the Bush administration for assaulting suspected terrorists?" "The word is 'torturing.' And yes — it's about time somebody did." If you watch Law & Order ...

Demanding information, Jack Bauer faces a terrified man tied to a chair in front of him. Through a window over Bauer's shoulder, the man sees his two children bound and gagged. Tell me where the bomb ...

It has been two years since Afghanistan’s president, Ashraf Ghani, vowed to end torture. Instead, it’s on the rise, with 39 percent of detainees subjected to beatings, electric shocks, or near ...

“Howard Gordon is the main creative force at “24” now. He’s said he invented “Blaine Mayer” to “amuse” himself. He’s a Princeton grad, and conflicted “moderate” Democrat, who seems in real life to be ...

At the end of a week in which we were faced anew with the awful facts of the C.I.A.’s interrogation and detention program, it’s hard not to conclude that President Obama missed an important ...