McChrystal Sees Taliban Defeat in 18 Months

In confirmation hearings six months ago, Gen. Stanley McChrystal painted a bleak picture of an Afghanistan plagued by a growing insurgency. But in two marathon congressional hearings on Tuesday, McChrystal, now the commander of U.S. and More…

Does It Matter If You Call It ‘Torture’?

As every lawyer knows, language matters. Bill Clinton was famously impeached because his definition of “sexual relations” didn’t include oral sex – a definition that Republican lawyers didn’t agree with.

So does it matter if the interrogation techniques that were used, authorized and encouraged by senior officials in the US More…