+Terrorism | August 31, 2011

New Documents Offer Details on CIA Program That Critics Charge Abetted Torture

By Mark Thompson

The latest in the alleged role the U.S. played in enhanced interrogation — or torture, if you prefer — from a former ace TIME correspondent: By Adam Zagorin Last June the U.S. Supreme Court decided not to consider a case brought by former U.S. war-on-terror prisoners seeking damages from a Boeing subsidiary that had allegedly [...]

+National Security | June 30, 2011

U.S. To Probe CIA-Linked Death of “The Iceman”

By Mark Thompson

As first detailed by Adam Zagorin on Battleland two weeks ago, the Justice Department has launched a full criminal probe into the death of the “Ice Man” at Iraq’s notorious Abu Ghraib prison in 2003. The department issued a statement in Attorney General Eric Holder’s name Thursday saying he has accepted U.S. Attorney John Durham’s [...]