Alleged War Criminals May Be Granted Amnesty by El Salvador’s Parliament
The move proposed by conservatives in El Salvador's parliament has outraged the families of victims and leaders in the Roman Catholic Church.
Trump’s New CIA Director Played a Significant Part in Detainee Torture
Gina Haspel, now in the highest position at the CIA, was involved in the use of "enhanced interrogation" techniques on a suspected terrorist in 2002.
The Diplomat and the Killer
In December of 1980, Salvadoran soldiers brutally raped and murdered four American churchwomen. A young U.S. diplomat singlehandedly cracked the case, cultivating an improbable source who risked everything to gather the key evidence.
The FBI Checked the Wrong Box and a Woman Ended Up on the Terrorism Watch List for Years
As questions swirl around U.S. efforts to keep people with terrorism ties from entering the country, the story of Rahinah Ibrahim is a cautionary tale.
The CIA’s Fugitive Banker
How Michael Jon Hand, at the center of a mystery surrounding an Australian bank with ties to American intelligence officials that defrauded investors and then collapsed, was found in Idaho 35 years after disappearing.
The Forgotten Detainee of Guantanamo Bay
The Senate torture report chronicled the CIA’s interrogation of high-profile detainee Abu Zubaydah, but the justice system’s treatment of his habeas corpus petition has largely escaped notice.
The Case Against Guantanamo Detainee David Hicks
Prosecutors acknowledge they accepted a guilty plea from an Australian man under a law that was passed after his alleged criminal conduct, and that his conviction should not stand.
How a Telecom Helped the Government Spy on Me
When federal agents investigated a story Raymond Bonner wrote, they violated Department of Justice rules and his privacy in many of the ways Edward Snowden has suggested could happen.
The Reasons Behind the Slow Pace of Executions
Opponents of the death penalty have hit upon an effective tactic: Learn who is making the lethal drugs used in executions and publicly shame them. Now, death penalty states are fighting to make the names of the drugs a state secret.
Reversal of Fortune: A Prosecutor on Trial
Even when prosecutors engage in strikingly unethical behavior, they are rarely sanctioned for it, much less criminally charged. Could the case of Ken Anderson set a new precedent?