Torture
Twenty Years In A Security State: The CIA's Torture Business After 9/11
(Image: Lance Page / t r u t h o u t; Adapted: public domain / Wikimedia)[Editor's Note: To mark the 20th anniversary of the rise of the American
security state after the September 11th attacks, The Dissenter presents a
retrospective on this transformation in policing and government. Each entry in
Khaled El Masri, Survivor Of CIA Torture And Rendition, Supports Assange At Extradition Trial
"Without dedicated and brave exposure of the state secrets in question, what happened to me would never have been acknowledged and understood," El Masri declared.
Julian Assange's Legal Team Focuses On US Torture And War Crimes Exposed By WikiLeaks
On Day 2 of Julian Assange's extradition hearing, his legal team called Clive Stafford Smith, a human rights attorney who has represented Guantanamo Bay prisoners, to the witness stand.