About the National Security & Human Rights Campaign
The Open Society Foundations National Security and Human Rights Campaign is working to dismantle the flawed paradigms used to justify current national security policies, and to promote progressive policies that respect human rights and the rule of law.
The U.S. Torture Program in Drama and Dialogue
Karen Malpede February 10, 2012
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The task of theater is not to teach a lesson, perhaps, but to arouse in an audience the energy and excitement of our own fragile humanity—the annihilation of which is the entire objective of torture.
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U.S. Supreme Court Extends Constitution to GPS Tracking
Jim Dempsey January 30, 2012
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In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that government agents violated the Constitution when they tracked a suspect for 28 days using a GPS device installed without a warrant.
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Gitmo: Then and Now
Larry Siems January 10, 2012
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Stacks of formerly classified documents about a torture program may seem like cold and impersonal things, but what they contain couldn't be more intimate or harrowingly human.
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9/11 at 10: A Military Voice Against Torture
David R. Irvine October 1, 2011
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I taught interrogation and the law of war for 18 years to U.S. Army, Air Force, and Marine interrogators. The truth—uncontroversial among those who actually interrogate suspects—is that torture is likely to produce faulty information because its victims will say anything to make the pain stop.
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9/11 at 10: From Religious Diversity to a Common Commitment
Nancy Chang October 1, 2011
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On September 11, 2011, Rev. Richard Killmer, Dr. Ingrid Mattson, Rev. Richard Cizik, and Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster discussed the formation of the National Religious Campaign Against Torture and their collective work to voice the moral objections of America's diverse religious communities to the torture of terrorism suspects held in U.S. custody.
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9/11 at 10: Lessons Learned
Robert Wright September 30, 2011
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At Bloggingheads.tv, we've had more than a dozen experts come on the site and analyze America's post-9/11 approach to fighting terrorism.
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