Jurisprudence

Slate on the Torture Investigation

Inside the military’s interrogation training, why it’s time to sympathize with Dick Cheney, and other highlights.

One More Time, Please: The president is having trouble straightening out his position on torture,” by John Dickerson. Posted April 23, 2009.

I Feel for Cheney,” by Emily Bazelon. Posted April 22, 2009.

Harm School: Rape, S&M, and the Bush torture program,” by William Saletan. Posted April 22, 2009.

Water-Bored: Al-Qaida’s plot to bomb the Library Tower was not worth torturing anyone over,” by Timothy Noah. Posted April 21, 2009.

Maybe the Torture Memo Authors Shouldn’t Go to Europe Right Now,” by E.J. Graff. Posted April 21, 2009.

Torture and Competence,” by Kerry Howley. Posted April 21, 2009.

Obama: Holder’s Call,” by Emily Bazelon. Posted April 21, 2009.

The Torture Defenders,” by Dahlia Lithwick. Posted April 20, 2009.

The End of the Necessity Defense,” by Emily Bazelon. Posted April 20, 2009.

Yes, We Tortured. Who Is Responsible?” by E.J. Graff. Posted April 17, 2009.

Over It: America’s quick recovery from its torture program suggests it wasn’t a torture program in the first place,” by Dahlia Lithwick. Posted April 17, 2009.

We Tortured. We Pretended Otherwise,” by Emily Bazelon. Posted April 16, 2009.

Spain’s Most Wanted: Gonzales in the Dock: What the Spanish prosecutions of Bush administration lawyers really means,” by Julian David Mortenson. Posted April 6, 2009.

Ice Water and Sweatboxes: The long and sadistic history behind the CIA’s torture techniques,” by Darius Rejali. Posted March 17, 2009.

A ‘Beacon Light’ Into Black Sites: Our answer to secret torture prisons ought to be the rule of law,” by Anne Applebaum. Posted March 16, 2009.

Obama, Bush Secret-Keeper: What’s the president’s rationale for keeping so many legal skeletons in the closet?” by Dahlia Lithwick. Posted, March 6, 2009.

See No Evil: Why is the Obama administration clinging to an indefensible state-secrets doctrine?” by Dahlia Lithwick. Posted Feb. 10, 2009.

Cancel Water-Boarding 101: The military should close its torture school. I know because I graduated from it,” by David J. Morris. Posted Jan. 29, 2009.