Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the Problem of Torture
In the months following the attacks of 9/11, the government laid the blame for orchestrating them on Osama bin Ladin. Then, after it murdered bin Ladin, the government decided that the true mastermind was Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. By the time of bin Ladin’s death,...
That Time The U.S. Government Accidentally Dropped a Nuclear Bomb on South Carolina
Helen Gregg was 6 years old when her world blew up. She remembers vividly the day in 1958 when she was playing in front of her childhood home outside Florence when everything was shook by an explosion — the result of the accidental aerial release of a nuclear bomb....
A Bittersweet Deal That Freed Innocents — And An Assassin
WASHINGTON — National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan fought to hold back tears Thursday as he talked about watching President Joe Biden on the phone informing the families of American hostages held in Russia that their loved ones would be free after a prisoner swap....
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SOUTH CAROLINA: Local UDC sues Charleston County School District to Restore Robert E. Lee Highway Marker The local chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy has filed a lawsuit against the Charleston County School District to restore a marker commemorating...Obiter Dicta
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