Obama Troop Announcement Renews Focus on Bagram

One of many consequences of President Obama’s decision to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan is that those troops are likely to capture many more prisoners that end up at the U.S.-run prison at Bagram air base.  That’s raising concerns among human rights groups that the More…

Judge Rules Torture Details Irrelevant to Detainee’s Mental Health

A military commission judge has ruled that the types of abusive techniques U.S. interrogators used on a suspected 9-11 conspirator are irrelevant to determining his competence to stand trial, the Miami Herald reports.

Ramzi bin al Shibh is one of five men charged by the U.S. military commission More…