Tag: Senate Intelligence Committee

Donald Trump is even weaker and less credible than he was before as a result of this testimony, except perhaps in the eyes of his most die-hard fans.

The chaos and suspense created around the Paris accord takes on a whole new meaning—a diversionary tactic to distract attention from infinitely more embarrassing matters.

Torture, secret prisons, kidnapping: The U.S. Senate wants to release previously secret reports about the CIA under George W. Bush. The action is controversial, there are security concerns, yet it is urgently required.

This catharsis is necessary if America is to live up to its ideals once more, the price it has to pay to regain a moral authority that it has partly lost.

Sleep deprivation, beatings, rape: America fears the world's reaction to revealing the CIA's interrogation methods. Meanwhile, former President George W. Bush praises his intelligence officials.

The revelation of the use of torture in interrogations and prisons clearly is a violation of human rights and will deal a heavy blow to America’s reputation as a human rights defender.