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Pentagon Faces Class-Action Lawsuit for Failure to Protect Service Members From Rape
On February 15, 2011, the Pentagon was slammed with a class action lawsuit filed by 15 women and two men who are victims and survivors of rape in the …
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Government to Start Fighting Homelessness Among Veterans
Veterans, particularly poor and minority veterans, are 50 percent more likely to become homeless compared to other Americans, according to a report released last week by the Housing and …
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EXCLUSIVE: My Tortured Journey With Former Guantanamo Detainee David Hicks
David Hicks, author of “Guantanamo: My Journey.” (Image: Random House Australia) I've been struggling these past few weeks. I read a book written by a former Guantanamo …
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Revolutions in the Information Age
Rabat, Morocco - Facebook and cell phone text messages helped Tunisia’s youth organize an unprecedented revolution, which led to the overthrow of the 23-year-long Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali dictatorship …
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Army’s “Spiritual Fitness” Test Comes Under Fire
(Image: US Army) An experimental, Army mental-health, fitness initiative designed by the same psychologist whose work heavily influenced the psychological aspects of the Bush administration’s torture program …
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Ex-Guantanamo Official Was Told Not to Discuss Policy Surrounding Antimalarial Drug Used on Detainees
Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout; Adapted: electron, diarmuidorg Military officials were instructed not to publicly discuss a decision made in January 2002 to presumptively treat all Guantanamo …
Pentagon Health Plan Won’t Cover Brain-Damage Therapy for Troops
Versions of this story were co-published with NPR [1] and Stars and Stripes [2]. For more coverage, listen to NPR's All Things Considered [3] starting today at 4 p.m.
EXCLUSIVE: Controversial Drug Given to All Guantanamo Detainees Akin to “Pharmacologic Waterboarding“
The Defense Department forced all “war on terror” detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison to take a high dosage of a controversial antimalarial drug.
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BP’s Probation Officer Petitions Federal Judge to Revoke Company’s Probation Over Alaska Oil Spill
Days before BP Exploration Alaska's (BPXA) probation was due to end, a federal probation officer petitioned a US District Court judge to revoke the company's probation over a 46,000 …
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Wolfowitz Directive Gave Legal Cover to Detainee Experimentation Program
(Illustration: Lance Page / Truthout) Editor's Note: When President George W. Bush authorized waterboarding and other forms of torture on “war on terror” detainees, the …