Death is a given in wartime. But this isn’t about death in the heat of battle; this is about how we treat those already at the mercy of U.S. forces. It’s about who is responsible...

They were really in the forefront of establishing the Supreme Court as a defender of its own power. So it’s a pretty significant test.

In 2004 the court said there is no such thing as unlimited executive power, even in wartime, but it left for another day the substantive rights any individuals have. This is really the Supreme Court’s...

Juries are being presented a real mixed bag of evidence, where on one hand the person before them bears some direct responsibility for the crime that is committed, but on the other hand they’re hearing...

Our report finds that there is a gap between policies leadership says it respects on paper, and behavior it actually tolerates in practice. That’s not a way to stop torture from occurring, and it’s not...

Looking closely at these cases, we found time and again badly flawed investigations, and a lack of command responsibility for what’s gone wrong ? especially in cases where victims were tortured to death. The result...

Secretary Rumsfeld takes the extraordinary position in his brief that ordering torture was ‘within the scope of his employment’ as Secretary of Defense. Especially in light of recent finds that no one at senior levels...

The Supreme Court’s basic take is that when Congress has said something specific, the president’s authority to take action beyond that is at its lowest ebb. This would seem to be right up against that...

The questions this case presents go to the heart of our constitutional system, and, if left unanswered, pose significant threats to our troops. These are the first military trials of their kind the United States...

We found across the board amazing flaws and failures in the way the investigations were conducted in case after case.

People are dying in US custody and no one’s being held to account.

There is a culture of impunity that no one would be held fully accountable for detainee deaths.