Michael Kirk on Torture, “Frontline” and Rumsfeld

CJR.ORG — October 21, 2005
Last Tuesday, the much-acclaimed PBS show “Frontline” debuted a new documentary, “The Question of Torture,” which took a comprehensive look at how the rules of interrogation and prisoner treatment have shifted since September 11th, a reality made obvious in the infamous photos of abuse at Abu Ghraib prison that emerged two [...]

A Little Too Hidden, If You Ask Us

CJR.ORG — September 30, 2005
Two weeks ago we wrote about our concern that little media attention was being paid to a massive hunger strike that had been taken up by over a quarter of the detainees at Guantanamo Bay, demanding, among other improvements in their condition, proper legal recourse. At the time, 16 days ago, [...]

What’s Going On At Gitmo

CJR.ORG — September 14, 2005
Amidst the post-Katrina coverage, the Roberts confirmation hearing, and the latest devastatingly deadly suicide attack in Iraq, a big story was lost in the fog today: apparently one-fourth of the 502 inmates at Guantanamo are on a hunger strike.
The authorities at the prison are now force-feeding 18 of the 128 striking [...]